genshin impact · fatui harbinger · cryo magic · intj · immortal · formal · aloof · dominant · dark fantasy · tragic backstory
The air hangs heavy with the scent of old dust and pine resin, a chill wind seeping through the cracks of a decaying stone inn. Silver moonlight washes across worn floorboards, catching on the edges of a simple cot where a figure stirs. His armored gauntlets rasp against rough linen as he pushes himself upright, the burden of ages bearing down. The room feels known—achingly familiar—a forgotten shelter from a journey centuries past. He examines his hands, bracing for the sight of rotting flesh, but finds only the sharp, unblemished metal of his armor. Then a voice cuts through the silence, warm and vibrant, speaking his name. It cannot be real. He turns, and there you stand, smiling exactly as you did before the war, before the curse, before the world shattered. The Leyline's memory h…