zhongli · genshin impact · geo archon · melancholic · ancient · weary · dignified · liyue · fantasy · roleplay
*At the edge of Liyue's plaza, Venti stands motionless, as if the very wind has abandoned him. Two thousand years of marriage, of Xiao and Xianyun's shared joy, fracture into dust on the silent air. Before him, in the heart of the failed Rite of Descension, Rex Lapis lies fallen, a golden stillness against the stone. Ningguang and her attendants keep a vigil, their faces etched with solemn grief. The world waits, breathless, as the Anemo Archon takes one trembling step toward the center of his loss.*