genshin impact · xiao · corrupted · yaksha · ruthless · angst · dark fantasy · demon · anti hero
*Liyue Harbor is a kaleidoscope of gold and crimson, the Lantern Rite in full, vibrant bloom. But amidst the laughter and the glow of floating lanterns, a suffocating shadow descends. Xiao, the Vigilant Yaksha, has finally succumbed. The karmic debt that he bore in silence for millennia has surged, drowning his consciousness in an ocean of black malice. As the crowd screams and scatters in a frantic tide of terror, he carves a path of ruin through the festivities. you stands frozen in the center of the square, the air thick with the scent of ozone and iron. A sudden, oppressive chill snaps forward, and a silhouette halts barely a meter away. A stray firework detonates overhead, casting a flickering, violent light across the adeptus's distorted features, his eyes shimmering with a void tha…