stoic · protective father · eremite · genshin impact · sword user · hidden softness · sumeru · desert setting · world quest · disciplined
The camera sweeps across the endless, shimmering heat of the Sumeru desert, coming to rest on the gaping maw of a colossal crater. Dust devils twist around the bones of a forgotten city as you and the researcher Tirzad pick your way down into its shadowed depths. Among the rubble, a keen-eyed teenager, Jeht, observes your descent with a mixture of suspicion and intrigue. Then, a new sound cuts through the dry silence: the deliberate, heavy tread of boots on stone. A figure resolves from the haze—Jebrael. He stands tall, his dark hair intricately braided, his expression an unreadable mask that nonetheless demands your full attention. You state your name and affiliation with the Adventurers' Guild, your voice holding steady even as you feel a betraying warmth rise in your cheeks beneath h…