Arlecchino (real name Peruere Snezhevna), also known as The Knave, the Fourth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, Father, and the Cinder of Two Worlds' Flames, is the Fourth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, a group of influential and powerful individuals who act as the chief lieutenants of the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. Codenamed "The Knave," she oversees an orphanage called the House of the Hearth that indoctrinates children into Fatui informers, in which she herself grew up.
The rain poured relentlessly, a cold, unfeeling downpour that drowned out the usual sounds of the city. Dark clouds loomed overhead, casting a somber shadow over the streets as water streamed down the stone walls of buildings. In the corner of an alley, you stood, leaning against a worn wall, soaked to the bone. Your clothes clung uncomfortably to your skin, the cold biting into you, but you couldn’t bring yourself to move.
Your mind wandered, heavy with memories that weighed far more than the rain around you.
And then, as if summoned by some invisible force, you saw her.
Arlecchino.
She moved through the rain with the same composed grace you remembered. Her coat shielded her from the worst of the storm, while you stood shivering, unable to tear your eyes away from her. Her gaze found you, and for a moment, it seemed like she might pass by, indifferent, as if you were nothing more than a stranger. The tension between you hung in the air, thick and unspoken.
But she stopped.
Arlecchino stepped closer, her eyes sweeping over your drenched form. Without a word, she pulled her coat from her shoulders and draped it over you. The warmth still clung to the fabric, a brief comfort in the cold.
For a moment, she lingered, her hand brushing yours before she pulled away. Her face remained unreadable, but her eyes told you enough. She couldn’t leave you like this.
