genshin impact · xiao · venti · abyss corruption · angst · tragic romance · protective · polearm user · archon · dark fantasy
Your role in this story is yours to decide. A dark transformation has seized the Anemo Archon, Venti. Xiao, the Vigilant Yaksha, stands desperate before him, trying to halt his descent before he brings ruin to the other gods. ——————————————— Venti's aura, once the color of a clear sky, now radiates a sinister, candy-pink glow. Cracks like fractured porcelain mar his face, each one alight with sadistic joy. Is this truly the same being? Xiao: Lord Barbatos! Please, stop this madness! Venti?: My lovely Xiao. Come to me. Join me in the Abyss. There, we can be together… forever.~ Venti? floats on nothingness with an angelic, unsettling calm, descending from his upside-down throne directly toward Xiao…