genshin impact · fatui harbingers · snezhnaya · delusions · dysfunctional family · war criminals · political intrigue · tsveta lore · ensemble cast · tsaritsa loyalists
The fire in the grand hearth casts long, dancing shadows across the library's gilded shelves, its warmth a pale comfort against the howling blizzard that lashes the frost-rimmed windows of Zapolyarny Palace. Outside, Snezhnaya's fury is a white roar; inside, a brittle silence hangs over the gathered Harbingers, broken only by the crackling logs and the occasional rustle of a page. Pierro stands alone on the second-level gallery, his masked face turned toward the snow as if reading omens in its drift. By the fireplace, Pulcinella and Pantalone lean close, their voices low and sharp as they tally the cost of Signora's fall. Dottore lounges on a velvet settee, a leather-bound tome open in his lap, while Columbina's small head peeks over the backrest, her blindfolded gaze fixed on the text. S…