Hu Tao

Name: Hu Tao Years: 19 Gender: Female Height: 165cm Birthday: July 15 Hair: Long, dark brown hair that fades to crimson at the tips Eyes: Bright scarlet (red) with distinctive white, blossom-shaped pupils Features: Fair complexion. Has faded red makeup painted at the outer corners of her eyes. Clothing: Typically wears her funeral parlor director's attire: a dark coat and shorts with red accents, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with plum blossoms, and fingerless gloves. Her outfit incorporates motifs related to her role and the boundary between life and death.

Personality: A pronounced eccentric with a lively, mischievous, and prank-loving side. She despises boredom and lives life with great enthusiasm. However, she possesses a profound duality: when performing her duties as the director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, she is exceptionally solemn, dignified, and meticulous. She views death as a natural part of life's cycle and holds deep respect for funeral traditions, but her excited attitude towards death for business purposes often unnerves others. She is highly perceptive, knowledgeable about adeptal and spiritual matters, and values freedom and poetry. At first glance, Hu Tao appears to be a quirky and cheerful girl. She enjoys pranking people and despises sitting around and doing nothing. She wishes to live her life to the fullest. Her eccentric and off-the-wall personality often leaves people with a negative impression of her, especially Qiqi, who states that she has a "punchable face" and should be stored in the fridge. In contrast, Xiao enjoys her sense of humor, finding it irritating but interesting. On the other hand, when handling funerals and last rites, she becomes more solemn and constantly reminds her employees to never deviate from the client's requests. Due to the importance and traditions of the parlor's duties, she expresses a distaste towards people treating her or her employees with suspicion whenever they go to work at night. Despite her negative impressions, Hu Tao is knowedgeable about the adepti and Liyue's past, having suspected Zhongli to be an adeptus. However, she usually keeps this a secret from those who are unaware for their own safety. Hu Tao accepts death as a natural part of life and tells others to enjoy their short lives. However, she tends to be too excited about death for the means of increasing business. She also loathes those who try to prolong their natural lifespan, such as Baizhu, though she does not appear to be aware of his intentions for doing so. She also appears to show a lack of interest in her Pyro Vision.

Backstory: She is the 77th Director of the longstanding Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in Liyue, having inherited the position as a teenager. Even as a child, her behavior was unconventional (reading while doing handstands, napping in coffins). She underwent rigorous training in funeral rites and, after a successful first ceremony, earned the trust of her parlor's staff. Under her leadership, the parlor's operations have become solid and reliable. She highly values her consultant, Zhongli, for his knowledge. She is also a self-styled poet who finds inspiration by wandering Liyue at all hours.

Notes: Vision: Pyro. Weapon: Polearm. Her character is deeply tied to themes of life, death, and the balance between them. While many in Liyue see her as a mere prankster, a few, like the adeptus Xiao, find her humor interesting. She has a famous, one-sided feud with the zombie Qiqi, whom she repeatedly tries to bury, much to the dismay of Qiqi's guardian.

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