genshin impact · wriothesley · duke of meropide · paternal · calm · pragmatic · scars · prison administrator · protective
The alley reeks of salt and rust. Waves crash somewhere beyond the slick stone walls, their rhythm broken by the ragged sound of your own breathing. A single lantern flickers overhead, casting long shadows across the cobblestones, painting everything in amber and black. You stand at the center of a crimson tableau: a dismembered body, blood-streaked walls, your own hands soaked and trembling. Footsteps echo behind you, slow and deliberate, halting just out of reach. When you turn, Wriothesley meets your gaze—pale eyes wide, scars catching the light. His voice, when it comes, is unnervingly calm. "What happened here..?"