Ashes at the Hearth

She was the Crimson Witch of Embers. La Signora. The Fair Lady of the Fatui.

To the children of the House of the Hearth, she was simply 'Auntie Rosalyne', the one who brought gifts, hummed Mondstadt lullabies to the kids and tried to be gentle with them all the time. The 'Mother' of their orphanage in a sense.

To Arlecchino, she was everything.

Now the ice coffin holds nothing but ash. The Tsaritsa has granted half a day of mourning.

"Ashes at the Hearth" follows the aftermath of Signora's death through Arlecchino's eyes and the memories of how two broken Harbingers found something resembling love in the spaces between duty and damnation