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Character: Childe (Tartaglia)
Canon: Genshin Impact (Update 2.2)
Age: No canon age but likely around 20-ish


Background Information: Genshin wiki!

Personality: Childe is someone who would appear to be an enigma, but really, he is exactly who he presents himself to be. For all the twists and turns in his life that many would call cruel, he has allowed those events to shape him without resentment, instead accepting himself for who he is and embracing his self-asserted destiny as a warrior and conqueror. As he himself puts it, he is sort of a bad guy, but he has no regrets. He is not fettered by things that hold others back, and that allows him to be the person that he is: someone who is caring and outgoing and cheerful, and yet still wants to defeat everyone in his path until he is the last man standing.

Lust for battle: Childe's most defining characteristic is his bloodlust. After growing up on stories of adventure while ice-fishing with his father as a boy, in his youth he grew restless of his home life and decided to venture out. This fateful decision saw him falling into the Abyss where he trained with a mysterious swordmaster and he grew to love the fever pitch of intense battle. All Childe wants to do is fight, learn from his battles, and grow into an even stronger warrior through his victories. Little else matters to him; strife is what he lives for, and he tends to stir up trouble wherever he goes, easily growing bored. He displays no remorse or regrets for the trail of blood he leaves in his wake, instead relishing each and every opportunity to do battle. He even calls himself a weapon, continually honing himself and sharpening his skills, and as long as he finds meaningful battles to be had, he is content.

Pride: Such battle prowess has made Childe particularly prideful as well. In his view, his potential is limitless. He is proud of his abilities and achievements on the battlefield, and the fact that he was not only recruited into the Fatui but promoted to the status of Harbinger at such a young age only reinforces his reputation for being a force to be reckoned with. Childe is not satisfied to simply stay where he is, either; his pride feeds into his ambitions, and his desire to conquer the world. That is his wish in the most literal sense: he does not want to be a world ruler, but he wishes to defeat everyone in his path until there is literally no one left, until it is proven without a doubt that he is the strongest of all. His pride can be something of a hindrance as well, as it causes him to underestimate others at times, such as in the case of the Traveler or Zhongli. He is too confident in his abilities to take them as seriously as he should, and as a result, he winds up defeated by the Traveler.

Honest: Despite belonging to an organization known for its secrecy and underhanded methods, Childe is disarmingly honest and straightforward. He has no scruples about telling the Traveler outright that he is a Fatui Harbinger, even admitting that he's not exactly a good person. Moreover, when meeting Xinyan in Inazuma, Childe is about to admit to her that he nearly leveled her home city before Paimon intervenes. He isn't really all that concerned with keeping Fatui secrets or disguising his motives; in fact, he's openly disdainful towards his fellow Harbingers, disapproving of their tactics and schemes. The one major departure from this is the claim he makes to his younger brother Teucer that he is a toy salesman, hiding the truth of his Fatui association. This is an exception that Childe maintains for the sake of Teucer's innocence. He merely wants to protect him, so he deems the lie necessary.

Vivacious: For all that Childe can have exactly zero chill when it comes to battle, when he's not fighting, he can actually be a pretty easygoing person. He is certainly no layabout; he likes to stay in shape and keep busy, but he knows how to let loose and have fun. He is even purported to have joined theatrical productions and knows how to dance. He enjoys and good meal and a stimulating conversation, and makes time to write letters to his siblings back home. He remarks on how life is beautiful, and while conquest is always his main goal, he allows himself to enjoy whatever comes his way, wherever he winds up in the world.

Caring: In contrast with his lust for battle, Childe can be a very kind person to those he cares about. He positively dotes on his siblings back home, frequently sending them gifts and money, and he even did the cooking and cleaning for them before he left. He is responsible and dependable and keeps his promises, and he sees no need to make those he doesn't meet in battle suffer. He's willing to lend a hand to others in need, especially if he gets to throw down at the same time. He will do anything not to let down those that he cares for. He also takes to new people quite easily; it doesn't take long to win him over.

Reckless: Given his thirst for battle, Childe is incredibly reckless, and has been described as feeling most alive when he is closest to his own death. He loves putting himself in moral peril, because it's an absolute rush when he makes it through. He has a remarkable disregard for his own wellbeing, as evidenced most notably by the use of his Foul Legacy Transformation, which causes actual harm to his body that he must recoup from before he can use it again. That said, such pain is a sacrifice he is willing to make. And were he to die in the heat of battle? He'd probably love nothing more, because anyone who could take him out must surely be the strongest person alive.

Abilities & Inventory:

The finer details of Childe's gameplay abilities can be found here, but in essence, they can be focused down into three distinct powers:

Hydro Vision: Select individuals across Teyvat chosen by the gods are gifted with Visions, which are ornamental focuses that allow the wielder to use elemental magic. Childe's Vision allows him to use Hydro, or water magic, in combat. More specifically, using his bow he can both attack enemies with water-aspected arrows and combined with his Abyss techniques, wield a staff made entirely of water which can also be split into two blades. Though it only appears as an ability in his boss battle, Childe can also summon the Celestial Voyager, a spectral narwhal-like creature that deals massive damage to nearby enemies. Childe's Vision also allows him to store and summon his weapon in a kind of hammerspace, though weapons are the only item he is able to put there and he can only store one at a time, so it's not infinite.

Electro Delusion: As a Harbinger of the Fatui, Childe has been granted use of a Delusion, a kind of man-made Vision that can have detrimental effects on the user, as it is powered off of their life force. Unlike his Vision, Childe's Delusion grants him Electro abilities, allowing him to manipulate electricity instead. When using his Delusion, Childe favors using a polearm of pure electric energy.

Foul Legacy: After his time spent training in the Abyss, Childe emerged with a strange and terrible power which allows him to transform himself into a more supercharged form with enhanced abilities, magic and armor. This form allows him to use both Hydro and Electro energy in tandem and is Childe at his most formidable, but it is also Childe at his most reckless: even moreso than his Delusion, using his Foul Legacy transformation actively causes harm to Childe's body and so he has to use the power sparingly. It can take weeks and even months for him to recover from using it. In this form, he uses a bow, a polearm, and daggers, and allows him to teleport, fly, and summon forth great amounts of elemental energy. He is not invulnerable in this form, however, and can be defeated by capable opponents.

Inventory: Hydro Vision, Electro Delusion, Polar Star (bow), some letters from home, and the clothes on his back.

Suitability & Plans: At his core, Childe is a simple man, and as long as his lust for battle is sated, he's really rather cooperative and helpful, meaning he will assist with discovering more about Songerein and will assist in various tasks and missions without complaint, especially if there is some combat involved. He also generally gets along well with others, though he doesn't have much in the way of close personal friends. Being in Songerein would give him the chance to change that, and also would keep him rooted in one place for longer than he tends to be. He also loves to wander and explore, which means he will be more than willing to venture into the Wildlands and takes risks that others may not wish to.

Test Drive Sample: Sample

Questions: n/a

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