Tartaglia/Lore

==Personality==
Tartaglia describes himself as "kind of a bad guy", living for the thrill of a fight and causing chaos. As a child, Tartaglia was frightened and hesitant, but he secretly desired to become an adventurer like the ones his father told him about as they fished together. After falling into The Abyss and meeting and training with Skirk, Tartaglia's personality drastically changed. Although he appears to relatively friendly on the surface, Tartaglia is a bloodthirsty warrior. The Abyss and his old master, Skirk, made him self-confident, solipsistic, and brash, thriving on the sensation of being alive. A warrior at heart, he constantly seeks ways to grow stronger, regardless of how he obtains said power. Tartaglia considers those who wish to become strong like him to be friends and takes pleasure in battling them on the battlefield. He lusts for combat and grows excited by fighting strong opponents, even if it could mean dying in the process. He uses bows because he is weakest with them, making his victories with them all the more exhilarating.
Because of his pride, Tartaglia is exceptionally reliable at accomplishing the tasks given to him, no matter how difficult they may be or if they go against his values. This, combined with his straightforward nature, makes him rather easy to manipulate. Despite disliking how his plan in Liyue Harbor could potentially harm innocents, he puts it into motion to fulfill his mission in Liyue — only to learn he was meant to fail as part of an even larger plan he was not privy to, much to his consternation.
Amongst the rest of the Harbingers, Tartaglia is considered an oddball. While his fellow Harbingers prefer clandestine operations and staying behind the scenes, Tartaglia favors being front and center. He is a public figure known for attending social gatherings and even participates as an actor in plays and theater. As a result, Childe's coworkers are wary of him, while he holds them in disdain for their schemes and "intangible" methods. While he is easily capable of scheming, he only resorts to such approaches when necessary due to his straightforward nature. He also appears to treat his subordinates less harshly than the rest of the Harbingers, stating that he doesn't use lethal force against the recruits in his care nor does he threaten any of them.
Tartaglia dedicates himself to those he cares about wholeheartedly. He is unquestionably loyal to the Tsaritsa and holds her in high esteem, seeing himself as her weapon of war.YouTube: Collected Miscellany - "Childe: Foul Legacy" He also cares deeply for his family; he sends money, gifts, and letters home often. Tartaglia is exceptionally proud of his three younger siblings and dotes on them frequently, especially his youngest brother Teucer — he is willing to lie and even put himself in mortal danger, so as long as it makes him happy. Although he was once on good terms with Zhongli (even allowing the former Archon to use him as financial support), he seems to have taken his deception personally, stating he will only forgive him if he agrees to trial by combat. Zhongli appears to be unaware of Tartaglia's change in opinion, being under the impression he will still meet him for drinks to catch up after the recent Liyue events.
==Appearance==
Tartaglia uses the tall male model. He has short ginger hair and dull blue eyes. He wears a red Fatui mask pulled off to the left side of his head, and a beaded earring with a red crystal on his left ear. A few lighter blond streaks can be seen in his hair, with one prominent one on the left side of his bangs.
Tartaglia wears his Blades of Glory outfit during the first phase of his Golden House battle. After the first phase, Tartaglia's clothes turn from gray to black, he wears his mask on his face, and his Hydro Vision appears to be supplanted by his Electro Delusion. After the second phase, he undergoes a full outfit change and becomes larger, and his Vision reappears in the empty slot on his right chest while his Delusion moves to the center of his belt. Both his Vision and Delusion also obtain more prominent black and silver casings.
==Official Introduction==
Warm and friendly one minute, ruthless killer the next... His shifting and unpredictable personality can leave those around him at a loss for words to describe him. But in rare, private moments, he dispenses with titles, casts off his armor and the layers of intrigue that come with it, and show his authentic self.
His name is Tartaglia, and he is devoted to the thrill and the physical feel of battle.
Don't be under any illusion as to what he might be thinking or what his intentions are. Just remember this: Behind that innocent, childlike exterior lies a finely honed instrument of war.
Like a velvet sheath that houses an ostensibly ornamental blade, his unpredictability puts people on edge.
==Character Stories==
==Namecard==
==Constellation==
==Quests and Events==
==Character Trials==
==Character Mentions==
==Mail==
==Trivia==
* Tartaglia comes from a large family, with an ambiguous number of older siblings (most likely two older brothers and at least one older sister)As noted above, the Chinese version of "Tartaglia's Letters to Home" mentions suggesting he has at least one of each. In "Character Story 5", he is called the which suggests that he has two older brothers and an unknown number of older sisters.Alternatively, the term could be ambiguous and indicate that he is the third child with two older siblings of unspecified gender. Combined with the clue from his letter to home, this would suggest he has one older brother and one older sister, but this possibility is less likely given the interpretation of the original Chinese.His phrasing of , with the plural marker , would be an unlikely way to refer to a single older brother and a single older sister; it instead suggests he has more than one of either older brothers or older sisters (or both). If he only had one of each, he most likely would have simply written without the plural marker. Therefore, the most likely possibility is still that he has two older brothers and at least one older sister. and three younger siblings: Tonia, Anthon, and Teucer, with Teucer being the youngest. In his official English character introduction, Tonia boasts that he can cook and clean, and is "the bestest big brother ever!"Twitter, Tartaglia's English Character Intro
** Tartaglia's birth name, Ajax, is derived from the Greek mythological figure , a warrior who participated in the Trojan War, known as a resistant and strong lancer. was Ajax the Great's younger half-brother and an archer who fought alongside Ajax.
** Tartaglia's weakness with bows and preference for melee weapons may be a reference to the mythological Ajax's strength in spears, while Teucer was much more skilled in archery.
* Despite being the first playable Snezhnayan character, Tartaglia is located under the Liyue Harbor section of the official website, as that is the region the player meets him in. Kaedehara Kazuha, the first playable Inazuman character, received the same treatment as he joined Beidou's Crux Fleet some time before the player meets him.
** Though, as of the release of Inazuma, Kazuha was moved to the Inazuma section.
* He is the first Fatui Harbinger to be made playable.
* He is the first character to be both a playable character and a boss.
* Tartaglia's melee fighting stance and constellation names shares similarities with an Abyss Herald's Hydro abilities; both form dual blades made of raw Hydro and make similar broad, rapid slashes as they advance on a foe, and the constellation name is similar with the Abyss Herald's moveset. Given his time learning the ways of combat in the Abyss, it is possible he or Skirk modeled their fighting skills on the Heralds, if not directly emulated them.
* In his Normal Attack, the last arrow which he throws by hand does the most damage.
* Despite hailing from Snezhnaya and making his first appearance in Liyue, Tartaglia uses Mondstadt talent books.
* Tartaglia is the only character wielding a Vision that does not have a Vision story. Instead, he has a Delusion story.
* Tartaglia is also known by these aliases or titles:
** Red (by Xinyan)
** Brother (CN: Big Brother) (by Xinyan)
** Master Childe (by Lyney and Freminet)
===Etymology===
* In , an early form of professional theatre originating from Italy, is a stock character. Unlike some other stock characters, his role in the story typically varies, but he is distinguished by his farsightedness and stutter.
* The alias he gives to the party is translated differently across various language versions. Because Tartaglia is his name, languages that used names for the other Harbingers' aliases had to use a different alias for him.
** His English alias, "Childe," is a direct translation of his Chinese alias. Childe is an archaic English word that refers to the son of a nobleman who has not yet attained knighthood.
** In Chinese, he introduces himself as "Childe" The names are always translated into Chinese when used as an alias, so there is no overlap between his alias and his Italian name.
** In Japanese, he introduces himself as Tartaglia before telling the Traveler to call him "Childe" While his name appears as Tartaglia on his dialogue boxes, all other characters call him "Childe." Like in Chinese, the names are always translated into Japanese when used as an alias.
** In French, Childe always refers to himself as Tartaglia and never uses his alias , which is a direct translation of the Chinese .
** In German, his alias was translated as , which means "earl."
* His constellation, Monoceros Caeli, can be interpreted as Latin for "Celestial Narwhal."
** The for the narwhal is .
** The Chinese name for his constellation is , literally meaning "Whale Sky Constellation."
** Traditionally in mythology, translates to "unicorn" with the more literal translation as "one-horned."
* His birth name, Ajax, comes from the Ancient Greek, .Wiktionary, 
==Notes==
==Other Languages==
===Character Title: Childe===
==References==
==Navigation==
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