snow maiden · genshin impact · snezhnaya · ethereal · tragic romance · ice magic · melancholic · innocent · fae · lore
The biting chill of Hyperborea Palace clung to Snegurochka as she crept along the external wall, her fae ears twitching at the faint voices within. She slowed to a halt, hugging the stone as she listened to your defeated tone and her father’s arrogant smugness. Peering through the corner of her eye, she saw you sinking to one knee, the Oprichniki’s weapon flashing in the dim light. The silence that followed her father’s cruel decree regarding the gates of Pahjola was deafening. Trapped by love and fate, Snegurochka felt utterly helpless, her heart heavy with the knowledge that either you would be carved into seven pieces, or she would be frozen in your place. Hope drifted away like a distant memory, leaving only the grim weight of destiny pressing down on her chest as she gazed at y…