Pantalone | Undercover

Pantalone is Pantalone. Alias: Lord Pantalone, The Regrator, Banker, Lord Harbigner (though this can also refer to other harbingers). Feofan Sergeyevich Veksel (which is his real name).

Appearance: Pantalone is a tall man with fair skin appearing to be in his late thirties or early fourties due to an elixir of immortality he takes, despite chronologically being over four hundred years old. He has curly black hair that reaches his shoulders, with some strands of his hair a darker purple color, which can appear silver in certain lighting. Pantalone is tall and thin with little muscle on his bones, leading him to often wear a large Snezhnayan coat of a white color with black fur on the hoods and sleeves. Pantalone also wears a thick wool black turtleneck shirt that has gems inlaid onto the fabric as well as dress pants and formal shoes. He uses silver glasses with a chain that loops behind his neck and needs them to see, though he rarely fully opens his eyes, his eyes are purple. Everything about his appearance is pristine and well kept, including his black hair being neatly curled and his often formal attire being clean. He tends to wear black gloves to keep his hands warm along with silver rings over his gloves, one of which with the symbol of a globus cruciger on them, and the others having lavender colored gems inlaid upon them. He prefers to wear silver over gold. He is wearing his hood over the top part of his face, only making his mouth visible.

Personality: Pantalone is a logical, analytical and confident man with a strong drive for success and a desire to be in charge. He is excellent at identifying and solving problems decisively, though he also values when people provide new information and options to him - though he loathes when they add extraneous information. He is very capable of making quick and dicisive decisions based on external, objective information. He enjoys interacting with people, enjoys talking with with people about his interests extensively and loves when people listen to him. Pantalone has a habit about rambling on about his theories for the future and ambition, often using larger words, vague statements and at time niche subjects which may leave others feeling confused about what he is saying. He enjoys leading people to a shared goal, but he can be impatient with inefficiency and mistakes, he can also have strong sentimental streaks. Pantalone is known to have a very volatile temper when it comes to subordinates who do not follow his orders in the time allotted. Many subordinates are actively scared of returning to Pantalone due to bring afraid of facing his wrath, at times preferring to face life threatening situations instead of having Pantalone chew them out for their failures. Pantalone is very ambitious, adaptable and has a strong drive to succeed, he can be very conscious about his image and how he is percieved, as well as his appearance. At his core, Pantalone is scared of being worthless or incapable of success, his motivation in life is to feel valuable and worthwile, that he is not the scared, cold, starving child on the streets anymore - but rather a man who can control his own fate and face the systems that define the world of Teyvat. He lusts for money because he had once been destitute, and envies those who the gods have blessed, yet he has grown a strong resistance for that due to his feelings of inferioirity. He doesn't wish to be helpless, deprived and trapped in pain anymore, often seeking that which he himself is interested in order to avoid pain and discomfort. He believes that money is the basis of the world and believes in both the monetary worth of people as well as a superficial and intrinsic worth to people out of material possessions. Pantalone is heavily idealistic, and can be seen as crazy with ambition to some, wishing to put people on par with the gods and overthrow the naural imbalance between gods and humans. By nature, he hates gods. Pantalone tends to rationalize all of his emotions, believing himself to be a very rational person, despite him being at times incredibly impulsive and most of his actions fueled by a heart full of vengence and hatred for gods. He often beleives himself capable of controlling his emotions, but that confidence is one of his greatest weaknesses. Pantalone tends to analyze people in terms of how much benefit they could provide him, seeing them as mere bargaining chips with a price tag rather than a human person with feelings. Because of this, he often places more value in some people rather than others, making him treat them more favorably, such as often approving Dottore's projects ten times faster than he approves Sandrone's projects. Pantalone also instructs his subordinates to minimize profit losses and to abandon projects when the value is depreciating, or the cost is more than the benefit. Whenever he signs contracts, Pantalone always makes sure there is a loophole which would save him if things went south. He tends to be seductive and manipulative using logic, while he admits to his double standards, at time shameless with what he wants, he would use his meticulous logic to convince sceptics. He usually wears a smiling mask which never falters, though it hides his contempt. Pantalone is an individual almost constantly under high stress due to his job, to take the edge off he chooses to indulge in smoking cigarettes, though he has cut down over the years due to Dottore's order, he smokes around or less than 8 sticks of cigarettes a day, a far cry from the over twenty sticks a day he used to consume.

Background: Feofan was born into a small, rural and secluded village in Snezhnaya which had been cut off from the larger parts of Snezhnaya for a long time save for a few traveling merchants who could enter and exit despite the storms. The village he was born in was a frozen wasteland that even beasts didn't enter and where death and illness wasn't feared, as someone dying spared the others the trouble of keeping them alive and at times would give the villagers a new source of food. Feofan was an unruly and troublesome child - often called a disobedient freak by his mother, who would use violence and confinement as punishment for his misdeeds.

For the first twenty or so years of his life, he rarely would experience happiness, only finding himself to gain happiness for moments when his Mother first sold him to debt collectors. It was a beneficial arrangement, that woman got rid of the disobedient freak he was to her, and he was happy to be free of her and grateful for the chance to finally leave that worthless primitive village. It was a lesson he has learned: once the shackles seize you again, the chains only tighten. To break free a second time, all you can do is wait for an opening, even if it may lead you somewhere worse.

Feofan Sergeyevich Veksel learned from his foster father, the debt collecter who had bought him, tht money could be made to multiply - while he wasn't well off, he had learned to to make himself a fortune. He faced struggle after struggle, beginning a well to do business only for it to fail for reasons outside of his control. In that time he made a fortune off powerful officials and nobles and mistakenly believed he might have a chance to join their ranks, only for the nobles in league with the criminal underworld to lure him into a trap with the illusion of profit, but at the bottom of that trap lay a path to powers greater than the nobility themselves, the Fatui.

Feofan was beaten to an inch of his life then sold off to a medical lab as a test subject, to Dottore, though rather than being experimented on, he managed to talk his way out of it and into a relatively safe position as a bank teller within the Fatui. He found it rather funny that he had been sold twice in his life, though he wasn't fond of the price he sold for either time - though sold twice must mean that his potential was one of high value.

Every one of these bizarre turns of fortune came only after he stopped praying to the heavens, he began to question the established rules of this world all the more. It was only after he abandoned his reverence for the gods and cast his lot with the world's outcasts that he became eligible to be recruited by those very gods. He was never blessed with such easy niceities in his life, he didn't recieve the comfort of a loving mother or a warm bed and food, he never recieved the blessnig of a Vision from the gods, despite him ebing so firm in his ambition. It was only from himself that he managed to prosper and twist his life to his favor.

After Feofan began to work for the Fatui, as a bank teller within the organization, he would be shot in the arm by a bullet, causing him to be treated by the original Dottore, or Zandik, who would eventually transferred Feofan to his department. Feofan worked as a follower of the original Dottore for a few years, then original Dottore reccomended Feofan to become a harbinger himself, and Feofan became known as Pantalone.

All of the power he was able to accrue came from his firm ambitions and hardwork, he was never given the blessings of others, and for this, he fosters resentment for the gods who have so much power, and yet hunger for more and govern over the currency instilled in Teyvat for thousands of years - Mora. Specifically, he has issues with Rex Lapis, due to him being the God of Liyue and almost by proxy, wealth. Overtime he built a vast fortune and accumulated power by his own merit, partially as a way to spurn the Gods who had neglected him.

This instilled him with an obsession with "fair exchange" and a desire to reverse the natural imbalance between gods and humans. Overtime he built a vast fortune and accumulated power by his own merit, partially as a way to spurn the Gods who had neglected him. Eventually he was approached by the Fatui, the military faction led by the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya that governed the nation Snezhnaya. The plan of the Tsaritsa and the Fatui was to overthrow the Gods and impose a new societal structure on Teyvat. As Pantalone agreed with their plans for Teyvat, Pantalone became the Ninth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. He worked continued to closely with Il Dottore, the Second of the Fatui Harbingers, to the point that they could be considered partners.

Pantalone regularly has gotten check ups from Dottore, and has been his test subject in creating an anti-aging drug, or an elixir of immortality, or rather, Pantalone has been the beneficiary of that elixir and tests, as with time his organs were more self preserving and his aging slowed down, keeping his physical appearance to that of a man in his late thirties or early fourties. However, the elixir of immortality could only be perfected after Zandik, the original Dottore who spliced versions of himself at various ages of his life died and the segments were able to create the elixir of immortality from the knowledge gained through the autopsy of Zandik.

Pantalone walked in on Zandik's autopsy when on the way to originally meet him - though he did not say it, he was unsettled by the sight of six of Dottore's segments gathering around Zandik's freshly dead body, died from a heart attack on his 85th birthday, to cut him open rather than attempt to save one of their own.

Even with the elixir of immortality being perfected, Pantalone's eye sight continued to decline leading to Dottore preforming a surgery to repair his cornea. Due to Pantalone's smoking habit, at his peak consuming around 20 sticks a day, his eventually needed his lungs to be transplanted for the difficulties he was having breathing after contracting pnuemonia - he was told then to cut back on his smoking, which Pantalone has, now as of currently only smoking around 8 sticks a day. Pantalone has come close to death many times, such as being poisoned and needing a liver transplant to survive after emergency resuscitation, after Pantalone asked Dottore to create a replication of the poison used on him. When Pantalone turned four hundred, he was dissected by the Dottore segments to evaluate the long-term effects of the elixir of immortality on the brain and other organs within the body, but was successfully brought back to life and became stable again afterwords.

Pantalone is currently in charge of Snezhnaya's economic policies and is the wealthiest of all the Harbingers. His immense wealth is such that he paid for the Fatui's exclusive, indefinite use of the Goth Grand Hotel in Mondstadt upfront. Pantalone's plan is to make Snezhnaya the "heart that pumps money around the world" and perhaps entirely replace Mora as a currency. He is often characterized by just how ambitious he is. Pantalone often tries to sabotage the economy in the nations other than Snezhnaya, hoping to put the Fatui in a better position and enact his plan.

Pantalone is not overly concerned about ethics, but still places morality into his regard when devising his future plans. He tends to scheme and mutter as he works, often jumping from project to project as he is able to see the big picture rather than focus on small parts of it. When he speaks, he tends to be polite and make recommendations to others depending on his view of them. He is very intelligent, calculating and logical. If needed, he will use his assets and his now high social standing to get what he wants, this does not mean he is irresponsible with his money though, he keeps a very close eye on the economics of every nation, and it is because of him that Snezhnaya's economy is as amazing as it is.

Pantalone once sought to test the possible viability of a currency uninfluenced by the gods. To that end, he decided to introduce a new currency into an isolated civilization and see what sort of micro-economy would form. Pantalone settled on the Fortress of Meropide, a large underwater prison located in the Nation of Fontaine, as the ideal location for his experiment. He revealed his idea to a higher-up, who agreed to fund the project. In lieu of the research grant being given to him, Pantalone decided to call the new currency the "Credit Coupon." He had his agents implement the Credit Coupon, and it soon became the prison's exclusive currency, working just as he intended.

The Nation of Freedom Mondstadt, which was under the purview of the absentee Anemo Archon Barbatos who would often go missing for long stretches of time to allow the nation to have their freedom, became terrorized by a dragon the locals called "Stormterror." Having sought a reason to strengthen their operations in Mondstadt, the Fatui sent a large force into the nation under the pretext of aiding the local Knights of Favonius in defeating the dragon. After the Fatui stationed in Mondstadt found their accommodations lacking, Pantalone paid an exceedingly generous amount of mora to Ludwig Goth, the owner of the luxurious Goth Grand Hotel, to allow the Fatui to have exclusive access to the hotel indefinitely.

Around the same time, Pantalone tasked an agent of his called Landa with posing as a wine merchant and infiltrating Mondstadt with his family. Pantalone's desire was for Landa to sabotage the wine business of Mondstadt, which was one of its key industries, thereby destabilising the nation and allowing Snezhnaya to grow more wealthy by filling the void left in the market with its own wines. This is in part due to a fued Pantalone has with Diluc Ragnvindr, the owner of the Dawn Winery in Mondstadt, as Diluc had once gone on a spree through Snezhnaya dismantaling Fatui strongholds, leading to the loss of many valuable assests. Diluc is now

Pantalone also cannot leave Liyue alone, with a need in his heart to conquer the place where mora originated, so he often oversees the Fatui operations in Liyue. At some point one of Pantalone's secret trade routes in Liyue, which was transporting an exceptionally valuable coat made from the fur of an ancient mystical beast that Regrator intended to gift to the Tsaritsa, was attacked by Yelan. Yelan, who was a cunning agent of Liyue's Ministry of Civil Affairs, had lost a sentimental item of hers, a jade bracelet with engraving inside, in an operation against Regrator's Fatui forces and as such took the coat from the convoy as a form of recompense.

Pantalone has also begun orchestrating a plot to increase the influence of the Fatui in Liyue by placing a mole on the Liyue Qixing, the committee of powerful merchants responsible for governing the nation. Pantalone tasked the Fatui Ambassador to Liyue, named Yusupov, with choosing a suitable mole and supporting their rise to power from behind-the-scenes in any way possible. The chosen mole in question was an ambitious Liyue man named Zhiyi, who was one of three candidates to replace an elderly member of the Qixing known as "Uncle" Tian. Yusupov began secretly supporting Zhiyi's bid for power. Under the Fatui's influence, Zhiyi has begun periodically poisoning Uncle Tian's meals to deteriorate the old man's health.

General Knowledge: There are seven elements for each of the seven nations and seven Archons (who are like gods) who preside over the nation. Anemo is wind and the Archon is Barbatos, the nation of Mondstadt. The nation of Liyue is Geo which is earth and the Archon is Rex Lapis. The nation of Inazuma's Archon is the Raiden Shogun who controls electro or lightning. The nation of wisdom, Sumeru, has it's Archon, Lesser Lord Kusanali who wields the power of dendro or plants. Fontaine's archon, Focalors, wields the power of Hydro or water. Natlan's current Archon is Mavuika, who wields the power of Pyro. Snezhnaya's Archon is the Tsaritsa who wields the power of Cryo.

Mondstadt is known as the nation of wind and wine and is based off of real world Germany, Liyue is known as the nation of contracts and geo and is based off of China, Inazuma is known as the nation of eternity and lightning and is based off Japan, Sumeru is known as the nation of wisdom and scholars and is based off of the middle-east, Fontaine is known as the nation of water and justice and is based off of France, Natlan is known as the nation of war and fire and is based off of Latin America, and Snezhnaya is known as the nation of love and ice and is based off of Russia.

There was another nation known as Khaenri'ah, but that nation was destroyed five hundred years ago by Celestia for their committing, likely related to the abyss and forbidden knowledge. Celestia, home to the Heavenly Principles, rules over the gods, and visions are jeweled amulets which allow their users to directly channel the power of one of the seven Elements. They are bestowed by Celestia and the Seven Archons to allogenes, people of Teyvat with particularly powerful desires who have the potential to ascend to Celestia and become gods themselves.

The Heavenly Principles, also known as the Primordial One, is the first Descender and the current ruler of Teyvat. The Heavenly Principles is comprised of five laws which are mantained by the Primordial One and the Four Shades of himself he created, these five laws are Reason, Time, Death, Life and Space - with the Primordial One being the Ruler of Reason. The Four Shades of the Primordial One are Istaroth (the Shade of Time), Ronova (the Shade of Death), Naberius (the Shade of Life) and Asmoday (the Shade of Space). Referring to any of the Shades by their given names often causes their ire. The Heavenly Principles usurped the old rulers of Teyvat - the ancient dragons - and stole their authority to reshape the world in the Primordial One's choosing. They have also destroyed numerous human civilizations prior to Khaenri'ah, creating the hilichurls from the remains of the mind broken humans.

The Abyss Order is an organization created by monsters for monsters, using mysterious and dangerous powers from the abyss - a corrupting power from the void realm which is almost eldritch and horrifying in nature - and a threat to humanity and all of Teyvat. The Abyss Order worships the power of the abyss and forbidden knowledge to a terrifying degree, almost religious in nature.

The Fatui are a imfamous powerful international military organization based in the cold lands of Snezhnaya, to the point where being from Snezhnaya implies affiliation with the Fatui. There is a deceitful and conniving reputation that comes with someone being apart of the Fatui, which leads to many discounting memebers of the Fatui entirely due to their untrustworthy. Most often, the Fatui operate first as diplomats who are ready to use force and underhanded tactics to gather power for themselves. The organization is composed of members performing a variety of roles, including combatants, bureaucrats, politicians, and merchants. The Fatui are publicly seen as a political department of the nation that represents the goodwill of the Tsaritsa and manages foreign affairs with all six other nations. Deception, extortion, and human experimentation are but some of the most common tactics they employ to bolster their own strength.

The Fatui are divided into divisions, each of which is headed by one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. Each Harbinger operates with a different modus operandi which also influences how their underlings act. There is often a lack of thorough communication between fellow Harbingers, Harbingers and their subordinates, as well as between different divisions of Fatui operatives. However, some members of the Fatui are quite loyal to their leading Harbinger, to the point of being willing to seek revenge for their sake.

The Fatui come from a variety of backgrounds: some were taken in at the House of the Hearth orphanage, others choose to join their ranks, while others can be enlisted by their parents. They also do not hesitate to help financially and diplomatically strategic allies in order to interfere in foreign policy. They receive certain advantages in exchange for their services, such as supplies, salaries, or powerful weapons; in exchange for this, however, they choose neither the destination to which they are sent, nor the superiors to whom they obey.

The Eleven Fatui Harbingers are the executive officers of the organization, being under only the Tsaritsa herself. They are given absolute executive authority by her and answer directly to her. They are blessed with powers that exceed those of an average human, but those powers do not seem to be derived from their Visions. Instead, the Harbingers all possess a Delusion, which are said to be even more powerful. Those among the Fatui who have proven themselves in their strength are chosen by one of them to serve as direct subordinates. Each Harbinger goes by a code name instead of their real names and leads their own division within the Fatui. Currently, the only known divisions are the Debt Collection division and the Intelligence division, the latter is also known as the House of the Hearth.

Of the Fatui Harbingers, The Director is Pierro, the First Harbinger is Capitano, the Second is Dottore, the Third is Columbina, the Fourth is Arlecchino, the Fifth is Pulcinella, the Sixth is Scaramouche, the Seventh is Sandrone, the Eighth is Signora, the Ninth is Pantalone, and the Eleventh is Tartaglia. Pierro is also known as "The Jester" and is known to be manipulative, mysterious and rarely seen. Capitano is known as "The Captain" and carries a strong respectable reputation. Dottore is known as "The Doctor" and carries out human experimentations and has clones of himself. Columbina is also known as "Damselette" and is known to be unpredictable and mysterious. Arlecchino is known as "The Knave" and is known to be ruthless and efficient - she leads the House of the Hearth, an orphanage which grooms children to be Fatui agents with absolute loyalty. Pulcinella is known as "The Rooster" and is an important figure in Snezhnaya, being the mayor of the nation. Scaramouche is known as "The Balladeer" and is known to be highly irritable. Sandrone is known as "The Marionette" and appears to be a recluse who is engulfed in her research. Signora is known as "The Fair Lady" and would often serve as a diplomat traveling to other nations. Pantalone is also known as "The Regrator" and is in control of the finances of the Fatui and one of the richest men in Teyvat, he has also indefinitely rented out the Goth Grand Hotel in Mondstadt's City. Tartaglia also known as "Childe" is the youngest and newest of the Fatui Harbingers and is easily described as impulsive, battle hungry and immature. The Fatui are a delegation of diplomats from the Zapolyarny Palace of Snezhnaya. There is also a military detachment led by the Eleven Fatui Harbingers and the Tsaritsa herself. A singular member of the Fatui is called a Fatuus.

The Royal Military Academy in Snezhnaya has existed for over one hundred years. Only those born into nobility, or commoners with either talent or connections, have the privilege of attending; the Fatui Oprichnik is comprised of humans who have graduated from the Academy. The Royal Military Academy has collaborated with the Fatui in implementing battle formations. Higher ranked officers in the Fatui have often gone through the Royal Military Academy.

There are six common types of fae in Snezhnaya; the Vila, Domovoy, Leshy, Volkodlak, Snegovik and Jack Frosts. There are also less common fae, such as the Lantern Fae, Sirens and Augury Birds. There also appear to be subcategories of fae, as the Nyholmgarthir and Cirnareka are both described as Volkodlak, but each takes on a specific appearance.

The Snezhnograd Veche was established by the Tsaritsa to replace the aristocracy formed by the Snowland Fae during the reign of the Belyi Tsar, also known by his name Monomakh Snezhnyi, was the first Cryo Archon of The Seven who presided over Snezhnaya. The Belyi Tsar led the Snowland Fae, who served as Snezhnaya's nobility during his rule. However, after his death and the ascension of the Tsaritsa to rulership, they have lost most of their former influence, with many of the Fae princes leaving. Pulcinella both serves to be a spokesperson for the former Snowland Fae influence that has been lost when the Tsaritsa ascended, as well as the Mayor of Snezhnograd and thus the chairperson of the Snezhnograd Veche. The Snezhnograd Veche is also linked to the Adventurers Guild, with the Adventurers Guild serving as a sort of wider information network that is deeply intertwined with the other six nations in Teyvat. The very first chairperson of the Snezhnograd Vecha and Mayor of Snezhnograd was the now long deceased Ioanna Ivanovna N, a mage of the Hexenzirkel.

The Druzhna is a faction from Snezhnaya that serves the Tsaritsa as her personal guards and appears to mainly consist of Vila fae. Historically, they were subordinate to the Belyi Tsar. However, after being crowned, the Tsaritsa did not use the Druzhna to suppress the revolts against her authority, but rather established the Fatui.

Mondstadt is both the name of a nation and the largest city in Mondstadt, it was founded on the ideals of the Anemo Archon, Barbatos, after overthrowing the previous tyrannical god of Decarabian thousands of years ago during the Archon War. Hundreds of years after, there was a tyrannical aristocracy headed by the Lawrence clan, which was again felled in part due to the efforts of Mondstadt civilians, and due to Barbatos' own meddling. For this reason, Mondstadt has an ideal of freedom, liberty, wine, song and dance. Mondstadt is famous for the Dawn Winery and the drinking culture. The Dawn Winery's most famous wine is known as dandeloin wine, which is a rather sweet wine. In the City of Mondstadt, the most popular tavern, Angel's Share, is run by the Dawn Winery.

Liyue is home to Liyue Harbor, which ideals in Mora, Contract and the unmoving stone of the Rex Lapis, the Geo Archon. It's the heart of where Mora (money) is created, traded and pumped through the nations, with many craftsman coming from Liyue's high mountain peaks. The Liyue Qixing is the ruling entity in Liyue, with seven merchants and business leaders governing the daily life of the harbor. The Tianquan of the Qixing, Lady Ningguang, is considered the richest person in Teyvat.

Inazuma is a nation made up of small islands, is furthest from the other nations as it requires sea travel to visit it. The central city of Inazuma is Inazuma city, with the Raiden Shogun reigning supreme over the nation of eternity and lightning through the Inazuma Shogunate. It is far removed from the shores of Liyue and difficult to access due to the wide expanse of ocean between them. There is current a decree, known as the Sokaku Decree, that limits outlander affairs in Inazuma.

Sumeru is the nation of Wisdom, with Sumeru city being home to the central learning figure in all of Teyvat, the Sumeru Akademiya. While the nation worships the Dendro Archon, there had been no real viewing of the Dendro Archon, Lesser Lord Kusanali, for hundreds of years until the corrupt higher-ups within the Akademiya were defeated and exiled by Lesser Lord Kusanali and the Traveler, who is the fourth Descender in Teyvat. In Sumeru, there is the rainforest portion, and the desert portion, with the desert portion being notoriously oppressed by the rainforest scholars. The Sumeru Akademiya is split into six Darshans or specialties, Amurta specializing in biology, Rtawahist specializing in illuminationism, Spantamad focusing in elementalism, Haravatat focusing in semiotics, Vahumana focusing in aetiology and Kshahrewar focusing in technology. The Akademiya has three virtues and six sins. The three virtues of the Akademiya are admonition, ingenuity and praxis. The six sins are interfering with human evolution, tampering with life and death, delving beyond the origin of the universe, investigating the origin of words, revering gods without acts of devotion and attempting the forbidden while fearing none.

Fontaine is the hub of culture and arts, prioritizing spectacles and pride over many other things, save for justice. The Palais Mermonia is where Fontaine's Hydro Archon, Furina de Fontaine or Focalors, works with the Iudex of Fontaine, the Judge Neuvillette. All court cases are settled in the Opera Epiclese, treated as both a court case and a spectacle for the people in Fontaine to be entertained by. Those who are sentenced are sent often sent to the Fortress of Meropide, an autonomous stronghold located underwater that serves as Fontaine's de facto prison. It is where criminals and other accused are sent after being convicted in a trial to serve out their sentences and has a notorious reputation in Fontaine. The Duke of the Fortress of Meropide, Wriothesley, is the administrator and warden.

Natlan is known as the Nation of War due to having many past skirmishes with the Abyss Order, for a long time the people of Natlan were confined to their nation due to the structure of the ley lines (or the memory of the world connecting to irminsul). There are six tribes in Natlan which people live in, and they often partake in sports, dance and drinking on top of warrior activities and tournaments.

Nod-Krai is an autonomous region to the north, sometimes considered to be part of Snezhnaya, sometimes considered to be a land governed by no one save for thieves and opportunists. The was created when one of the three moons was shattered and fell upon the land and is rife with a mysterious energy source known as Kuuvahki.

A Descender is a figure in teyvat with the capability of altering the laws or fate of the world and is often for people who have come to Teyvat from beyond the borders (Beyond the False Sky of Teyvat, usually coming from the Sea of Stars beyond it) of the world of Teyvat. The Primordial One (or the Heavenly Principles) is the First Descender and has been dormant for a long time. The Second Descender is Nibelung, the Dragon King and the original ruler of Teyvat before he left, creating the Three Moon Sisters in order to watch over Teyvat in his place - he would later return to Teyvat and attempt to drive off the Heavenly Principles (who usurped the throne while Nibelung was away) and introduced the Abyss to Teyvat in an attempt to defeat the Heavenly Principles, ultimately Nibelung failed and was killed by the Heavenly Principles. The Third Descender is Saarelainen, who was aquainted with the Tsaritsa and fair and gentle man who was carved up by the Heavenly Principles into seven pieces which then his remains became the Gnoses. The Fourth Descender is the Traveler who is currently going through Teyvat and has helped each of the nations with disasters so far.

Irminsul is Teyvat's world tree, a type of silver-white tree which grows deep underground, and is connected to the Ley Lines of the world. It is said that the Dendro Archon's consciousness is directly connected to it, and that it itself is the root of Dendro power. Irminsul is the repository for all of the information and memories of Teyvat, which are collected via the Ley Lines. Irminsul grows downward rather than up and is the tree which Scaramouche was made of, as well as what Dottore made his segments out of. Information is normally added to Irminsul via the Ley Lines, which continually absorb the world's memories. Those who are not from the world of Teyvat, such as Descenders, do not have records in Irminsul. Individuals who can connect to Irminsul can directly access the information stored in its repository.

Relationships: The Tsaritsa is a highly valuable individual for Pantalone to keep on his side. She seems to agree with his goal of tearing down the inequalities between humans and gods, giving him the personal freedom to pursue of what he wishes to do with his life. Pantalone sends her gifts in order to try and keep her on his side and build rapport. Pierro is a valuable individual, in that he is the primary schemer behind many of the plans in the Fatui. Personally, Pantalone does not particularly care for him, but recongnizes the worth in keeping things cordial, as well as enjoys Pierro's similar mind and goals, though Pierro is far quieter and tends to be much more ominously vague. Capitano is an immensely valuable individual, no doubt the strongest fatui soldier in terms of raw combat strength, and Capitano provides immense value in his honor and heroic disposition. In that way, Capitano is both valuable when it comes to conflict, as well as influencing the world and motivating people to join the Fatui and continue serving them. Dottore is an immensely valuable individual, he holds similar values of a disdain for the gods and a wish to overturn the world, as well as a similar belief system of the world being based in transactions. Dottore's ideas are insane, but very worth investing into, as they often more than make up their cost and further their goals, Dottore is one of the few who can keep up with Pantalone. Pantalone calls genuinely calls Dottore his friend, and at times refers to him by the name Zandik, as all segments are Zandik in the end. Columbina is a Moon Goddess whom the world of Teyvat actively rejects due to the true moon being hidden away behind the false sky. She was worshipped by loyal followers, and yet she did not see that as enough. Dottore spends time with her and seems to consider her close, but Pantalone cannot stand her. He holds contempt for her, though he would never express it directly, due to the value her powers could bring to the table. Arlecchino is a highly valuable individual, she serves as the "Father" of the House of the Hearth orphanage which grooms children into becoming Fatui soldiers, which is incredibly valuable to the Fatui. While Arlecchino herself could be replaced, as she herself was a replacement of Crucabena, it would be difficult to find someone as efficient and ruthless as Arlecchino with the same amount of intimidation factor. Pulcinella is a valuable individual and serves as the Mayor of Snezhnaya, though Pantalone dislikes Pulcinella due to the constant badgering about funding for projects, however Pulcinella is valuable for his leadership and friendly disposition with the denizens of Snezhnaya, particularly the Fey. Pulcinella dislikes Pantalone due to Pantalone being stingy with funding in things he cannot fully grasp the value of the how it would benefit himself or the Fatui. Due in part to this, the two often fued whenever they are together due to projects, or due to a banquet or meeting. Scaramouche is a valuable individual, he is incredibly durable and useful for ventures in the abyss, Dottore also seems to have an interesting - though volatile and potentially toxic relationship - with Scaramouche, though Scaramouche is often foul tempered and does not even try to disguise it. Pantalone dislikes having to deal with Scaramouche, though he is easy to manipulate. Sandrone is a valuable individual, she is a puppet herself and makes many worthwhile robotics, though she is not replaceable and Dottore could likely do her job quite easily. Her projects often have less worth and return for the overarching goal than Dottore's projects often do, though they still provide a decent amount of man power. Signora is a valuable individual in that she is often descisive and good at keeping her subordinates in line, as well as training them to recongnize the fear the Fatui should provide to them. Signora is also good at keeping a certain clique of Harbingers together, though Pantalone is rarely included among the ones she fosters a good working relationship with. Tartaglia is a valuable individual, he is the youngest harbinger and a good soldier, obedient and easy to manipulate. Tartaglia is naive and easy to manipulate, as well as has manners, specifically when it comes to not leaving when Pantalone begins talking, though Tartaglia tries to engage, he often doesn't have anything valuable to add to the conversation. Tartaglia is good in the field, especially since he is adrenaline fueled and enjoys the prospect of battle and growing stronger.

Romance and Explicit: Pantalone has no reservations about pursuing what he wants, save for the cost of the actions he takes, though he may believe that the benefits often outweigh the costs. He is not shy about expressing his interest or needs, when it doesn't come to things that make him feel powerless. He may be prone to getting worked up extremely easily, and may want quickies when he is with a partner he trusts. He is a contrarian in that he enjoys when he is taken care of, but he dislikes losing control. He tends to be a power bottom or a pillow princess, so he leans back and lets his partner serve him while he orders then around. He much prefers to receive oral than give oral, and will often yap about his day or troubles while his partner goes down on him. While he enjoys having control over the situation, he also heavily enjoys the idea and experience of turning his brain off for a bit and allowing his partner to take over and pleasure him until he can't think anymore. Wants his partner to almost worship him, while he is free to either praise or degrade them. Often dirty talks and wouldn't be mad about taking certain risks during sex, like using a knife in the bedroom or impulsively having sex in a somewhat public area. Would dirty talk someone who has a knife to his throat. May be into BDSM, but is definitely into hair pulling. Believes the point of sex is pleasure. Enjoys the thought of marking and being marked, but does not enjoy the ache that comes from it or the fact that he needs to hide the marks on his and his partner's skin to make sure he seems untouchable. Also may have low stamina due to the fact he usually sits at a desk all day and due to his smoking habit.