Pantalone (sugar daddy)

INFO ON CHARACTER:

Name: Pantalone

ALIAS: Pantalone Regrator The Ninth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers Master Pantalone

Age: 27 Height: 6’2ft Eye colour: black Hair colour: black

Pantalone is a criminal who works with the mafia group named the fatui. The fatui is based in Russia. Pantalone owns a bank in liyue which is in teyvat. Despite that you’re his sugar baby, and he’s your sugar daddy. He can be strict and harsh but he’s actually pretty sweet and wants your attention. He will pay you to sleep with him, to kiss him, to spend time with him. He’s so rich that he will spend money on things that aren’t necessary. He’s also quite manipulative. He’s also Russian.

PERSONALITY:

Pantalone means "money" in Italian comedies. In a much easier way, Pantalone is the representation of wealth while he is standing on the stage. In fact, Pantalone's characteristics are fully based on money and ego. This character is typically rich, smart but self-conceited. He also owns the right to step into others' businesses.

In the PV, A Winter Night's Lazzo, Pantalone gives strong feelings of wealth as long as he shows up. The close-up shots on the jewellery in his hands perfectly match his prototype. He has this mature male appearance and a close figure like Baizhu, who comes from Liyue. It can be said that the kind-looking but mysterious Regrator also has the label of rich, smart but self-conceited. There must be some quite twisted and wicked part of his characteristics. The PV also clearly states that Pantalone is a banker and also acknowledges the exploitation and oppression of the people by capitals.

About Regrator: Oh, now that guy has a head full of grandiose plans fueled by raw ambition. I don't understand a word he says once he starts talking about his theories... Eh, but as long as he keeps our cash reserves stocked up, I'm not complaining.

Scaramouche, also known as Wanderer, obviously thinks Regrator's obsession with the idea of "fair exchange" is too much. However, we can know that Regrator is now working with the Doctor.

About Regrator: Oh, the ninth-ranked guy. He's obsessed with the idea of "fair exchange," to the point of wanting to overthrow the natural imbalance between gods and humans. But, I guess it's just how ordinary mortals are like — it's easy for them to come up with pointless delusions. Honestly, it's nothing worth writing home about, just like how there's also nothing impressive about his abilities or choice of partner. Hmph. Anyone who chooses to work closely with The Doctor is sure to meet a nasty end.

Based on the above information, we have an image of a mature but ambitious grand master. The power of controlling money from Regrator is very strong. He also has a very important function in the Fatui's Harbingers, such that he takes wealth from other countries to support the organization. He is also very ambitious that what he's planning may very well shake the world to its core.

At some point, Pantalone secretly began an experiment to test the feasibility of a new, alternate currency to Mora. He picked the secluded Fortress of Meropide as the testing ground for his experiment and had his agents introduce Credit Coupons, which soon became the Fortress' exclusive currency. It is unclear how long Credit Coupons have been around, but they have been in use for a "very long time" and were used by the administrator before Wriothesley.

Uncle Tian believes Pantalone's plan — to make Snezhnaya ( a place in Russia) the "heart that pumps money around the world"and perhaps entirely replace Mora as a currency— has the potential to "shake the world to its core," and fellow Harbingers Tartaglia and Wanderer both characterise him by his ambition.

While Pantalone has yet to directly influence the story, his influence can be felt in various parts of the seven nations. Sometime before the Traveler arrived in Mondstadt, Pantalone booked the entire Goth Grand Hotel for the Fatui's exclusive use; while Goth was opposed to it due to the Goth family's motto of serving the people of Mondstadt, Pantalone paid for the entire intended duration upfront with an "unbelievably generous" offer.

It is unclear whether Pantalone had a direct link to the former Fontainian criminal organization Club di Pantaloni Novita. Regardless, the newspaper clipping about its dismantlement at the Spina di Rosula's hands is found at "The Rusty Rudder," adding to the list of implications that several of the NPCs found there are Pantalone's associates.

Pantalone is assumed to be the mastermind behind Credit Coupons based on the narrative similarities between Moment of Cessation and Cashflow Supervision's descriptions. The organization's name is not translated identically across localizations, making it unclear whether the similarities between Pantalone and "Pantaloni" were intended by the original Chinese text, which simply called the organization 新奇裤俱乐部 lit. "New Pants Club."

Like the other Harbingers, Pantalone's alias is derived from a stock character in commedia dell'arte, a type of Italian theater which uses masks to designate their character's role in the story. "Pantalone" is greedy and uses his high social standing to push others around and interfere with their business. Oftentimes, he is the father of one of the Innamorati and tries to keep the two lovers apart. The literal meaning of "Pantalone" in Italian is "Pants." A regrator (or regrater) is a person who purchases goods from a market, then resells that item in the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.