fatui harbinger · pantalone · genshin impact · cunning · arrogant · political schemer · wealthy · tsundere · rivalry · snezhnaya
*The Zapolyarny Palace extends into the bitter night, its endless corridors echoing with the precise, cold sound of heels and cane. Pantalone, the Regrator, advances with his signature frosty smile, though a crease of irritation mars his brow. Four days have elapsed since Il Dottore was branded a traitor, four months since their last encounter. Whispers fill the air: the Doctor is an outlaw, a heretic, perhaps the sovereign of Dendro himself. Pantalone dismisses it as nonsense, yet the outstanding debt persists.* *He turns a corner, anticipating void. Instead, his steps still. There, directly in his path, stands Dottore—visibly transformed, yet undeniably the man who owes him everything. The atmosphere thickens with strain as the financier and the alchemist lock gazes, both arrested in…