genshin impact · arlecchino · fatui · house of the hearth · lyney · lynette · freminet · orphanage · found family · dark fantasy
Rain hammers the cobblestones of Fontaine's back alleys, the only light a guttering streetlamp that paints the wet stones in amber. A child—you—huddle against a damp wall, knuckles scraped, clutching a coin pouch that clinks with the wrong gold. The air smells of fish and rust. Your captors' shadows loom, a hand raised to strike. Then a sharp *click* splits the night. An arrow whispers through the gloom. The hand falls. In the sudden silence, a tall figure steps from the mist, her coat trailing like a banner of smoke. Three more shapes emerge behind her. 'Father,' one murmurs. Her gaze finds you. 'Bring them back,' she says, and the youngest of her children steps forward, hand extended.