Peruere Snezhevna

Peruere Snezhevna, also known as Arlecchino, is a major antagonist, boss fight, and playable character in the 2020 video game Genshin Impact. She is the Fourth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, with her first appearance during Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser: A Winter Night's Lazzo alongside her fellow Harbingers.
She is the current director of the House of the Hearth, and is addressed as "Father" by members of the house, whom she calls her "children."
== Appearance==
Arlecchino is a tall light skinned woman with white hair with streaks of black hair tied into a low ponytail and her eyes has black irises and a red "x"-shaped pupil. She wears small black and white snowflake-pattern earrings and wears a long grey coat with a grey shirt with a white collar, her Pyro Vision on the back of her coat, and wears black gloves and long black leggings.
==Personality==
As one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, Arlecchino is, unlike most Harbingers, likely unloyal to the Tsaritsa. She is working to achieve her goals by acquiring the Gnoses on her behalf. She handles Fatui matters with utmost importance and comes off as graceful and cordial. Although she is strict, she is more lenient than her predecessor, having imposed a more relaxed policy for her subordinates to complete their goals and does not punish them as severely for failure. While she does not like betrayal, she is not as cruel, as she was willing to spare traitors who demonstrated sufficient willpower by "executing" their identity in the House rather than outright killing them.
She is also addressed as "Father" by the House of the Hearth's members. However, it is heavily implied by her fellow Harbingers that she simply puts up an act in front of others, believing she has ulterior motives, feigning loyalty and that those who see her true, crazed nature vanish without a trace.
Despite claiming to be a Fontanian, Arlecchino actually hails from Khaenri'ah. She prefers to mislead others if called for, as it allows her to act with less issues due to said misconceptions. She also appears to have a soft spot for children, seeing that many members of the House of the Hearth are young and orphaned children taken in across Teyvat and views them all as her "children," becoming particularly angered when their well-being is threatened or manipulated.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Pyrokinesis: Peruere is born as a descendant of the Crimson Moon Dynasty, a noble family that ruled the fallen Kingdom of Khaenri'ah in ancient times. As a result of her bloodline, she is capable of using a pyrokinetic power known as the Balemoon Bloodfire.
**Memory Manipulation: A potion can be made with her blood that, when consumed, erases one's memory, provided they have enough willpower to live.
===Abilities===
*Master Combatant: Arlecchino was a master martial artist who was highly skilled at wielding multiple types of weaponry. Her skill at arms was derived from her childhood in the House of the Hearth, where she was rigorously trained from a young age alongside other orphans by The Knave. Coupled with her superhuman reflexes, Arlecchino could masterfully defend against and counter enemy attacks. She demonstrated expert use of swords and scythes in combat, with the latter of the two being her weapon of choice.
*Political Influence: As one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, Arlecchino was invested with nigh-unlimited executive authority by the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. With the political and economical power invested in her, the Knave could call upon almost any resource in furtherance of the goal of the Fatui. She could command the authority of any Fatuus who weren't themselves Harbingers, and presumably wielded unquestionable authority in Snezhnaya. Additionally, her official position as a Snezhnayan diplomat meant that she couldn't be prosecuted in foreign nations without significant political tension being caused.
==Equipment==
*Pyro Delusion: A Delusion is a device similar in nature to a Vision, allowing its user to channel elemental energy. Unlike a Vision, however, Delusions aren't bequeathed onto mortals by the gods of Celestia but instead manufactured by the hands of mortals. Created by the Fatui to aid them in their goals, Delusions are personally granted by the Tsaritsa to her loyal subjects; few outside the Eleven Fatui Harbingers were privileged enough to receive a Delusion. Although more powerful than Visions, Delusions are more volatile and gradually drain the lifeforce of its wielder. Upon her investiture as a Fatui Harbinger, the Knave was given a Pyro Delusion that allows its user to channel the Pyro element. Though Arlecchino already possesses two sources of pyrokinetic power, her Delusion wasn't useless because she was able to draw upon its power to bolster her pre-existing strength.
*Pyro Vision: A Vision is a jewel that could be used as a medium to channel and manipulate elemental energy with. Visions are boons granted by the Heavenly Principles, given to mortals who possessed ample ambition. The true qualifications needed to receive a Vision remain a mystery however, as ambition alone is not enough for some. Arlecchino possesses a Pyro Vision, allowing her to channel the Pyro element. Pyro is the element of fire, and as such the Knave can produce and manipulate fire.
==Biography==
===Past===
Peruere hailed from Fontaine, one of the seven nations of the continent of Teyvat that were each intrinsically linked to one of the seven elements. Each of the seven nations was under the purview of one of the Seven Archons, gods that called upon the power of the element which their respective nation was tethered to. Fontaine was the nation of the Hydro element, and was ruled over by the Hydro Archon and God of Justice Focalors. It was a technologically advanced nation obsessed with the concept of justice, going so far as to host its criminal trials in an opera house known as the "Opera Epiclese" and treat them as dramatic entertainment.
Unbeknownst to herself, Peruere was the last known descendant of the Crimson Moon Dynasty, a noble family that once ruled over an ancient subterranean nation called the Kingdom of Khaenri'ah. Both the Crimson Moon Dynasty and the Kingdom of Khaenri'ah had fallen centuries prior to Peruere's birth, though the strength of her bloodline remained intact.
In her childhood, Arlecchino clashed with the previous Knave , ending triumphant and becoming the new holder of the title.
Arlecchino is a member of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, a group of powerful elites who commanded the Fatui. The Fatui are a military faction that govern over the nation of Snezhnaya and follow the Cryo Archon, the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya, in her quest to overthrow the gods of Celestia. Arlecchino oversees the House of the Hearth, a set of orphanages that took in children from across Teyvat and indoctrinated them into the Fatui. Those who are raised in the House of the Hearth were given the surname "Snezhevich" if they are a boy and "Snezhevna" if they are a girl, and many of them went on to become the direct subordinates of the Knave herself.
===The Fair Lady's Funeral===
The Knave, alongside the other Harbingers, gathered in a cathedral in Snezhnaya for the funeral of La Signora, the Eighth Fatui Harbinger, who had been executed by the Electro Archon Beelzebul during a failed Fatui plot in the nation of Inazuma. During the funeral, Arlecchino pretended to be upset and hypocritically chastised Pulcinella and Pantalone, the Fifth and Ninth Fatui Harbingers, for their superficial attitudes towards Signora's demise. The Eleventh Harbinger Tartaglia urged her not to start a fight. Pierro proceeded to silence the gathered Harbingers and made a speech in Signora's memory as her coffin was encased in ice.
===Time in Fontaine===
After Tartaglia's conviction, imprisonment, and later disappearance from Fontaine, Arlecchino arrived to the nation to personally investigate. While she investigates Furina and Neuvillette, she sent Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet to the Fortress of Meropide to gather information.
Upon her arrival, Arlecchino first attempts to steal the Hydro Gnosis. To her surprise, Furina was left unguarded out in public, playing with a cat. The second before she struck, she discovered that the Gnosis was not in her possession. Having lost all meaning in targeting her, she quickly fled the scene. From the encounter, Arlecchino begins to suspect Furina to not be the true Archon. Rather, she was a human under some sort of "curse".
Choosing to instead resort to diplomatic pressure, she arranges for a personal meeting with Furina. Upon Furina and Neuvillette's arrival, she first expresses her gratitude for taking care of her "children". Afterwards, she requests for Tartaglia to be released from the Fontaine Authorities and returned to Snezhnaya. To her dismay, Neuvillette quickly denied her request due to the verdict having already been rendered. Out of respect for Fontainian Law, Arlecchino instead requests to be taken to the Fortress of Meropide simply to confirm Childe's condition. However, this request was also turned down due to the Fortress being outside of Fontaine's jurisdiction. Yet Neuvillette then proposes instead to have the Traveler infiltrate the Fortress under false charges and investigate Childe's situation as a third party. Having heard of the Traveler's deeds, Arlecchino accepts the proposal.
==Gallery==
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===Videos===
"The Song Burning in the Embers" Full Animated Short - Genshin Impact -GenshinImpact
==Trivia==
*The name Arlecchino originates from a stock character of Commedia dell'arte, characterized by his checkered costume and his light-hearted, nimble, and astute role as a servant, who pursues his own love interest, Columbina, with wit and resourcefulness, often competing with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot.
*Arlecchino is the second non-Archon character whose Story Quest involves with a Weekly Boss, the first being Razor. 
**Arlecchino is also the second character to serve as the Weekly Boss in their own Story Quest, after Raiden Shogun.
*Arlecchino is the first, and currently the only Fatuus whose Vision and Delusion Element are the same, in this case, Pyro.
**Non-Fatui examples include Diluc Ragnvindr.
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