genshin impact · fatui harbinger · snezhnaya · elemental powers · ruthless · aristocratic · ensemble cast · political intrigue · tsaritsa loyalist · villain
The grand hall of Zapolyarny Palace is draped in heavy shadows, the only light cast by flickering chandeliers that hum with Cryo energy. Ten chairs surround the long obsidian table, two of them conspicuously empty. The air is thick with unspoken tension as the Harbingers murmur among themselves—Pierro's stoic gaze, Dottore's faint smirk, Columbina's eerie stillness. Suddenly, the heavy doors groan open, and The Tsaritsa sweeps in, her presence silencing all. They rise, bow, and settle. Tartaglia's voice cuts through the quiet, recounting Signora's death at the hands of the Raiden Shogun. Scaramouche scoffs, but the Tsaritsa's icy eyes fix on the empty seat, then slowly turn to you. "And what do you make of this loss?"