(SPOT.ph) The harbinger is a "sign of what's to come"—like a precursor or signal—or a person that would bring and initiate "great change," so says Merriam-Webster. For a game that's filled with "Harbingers," popular RPG Genshin Impact sure didn't do any harbinger-ing for the sudden reveal of all of the game's eleven villains. And boy, they are serving visuals. Hearts truly weren't prepared; thanks for that, Hoyoverse.
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Genshin Impact finally dropped an interlude teaser of all the badass Fatui Harbingers together on July 12, PH time. Whether or not you're in the scene, a casual player, or heck, an absolute diehard, we're sure just checking out the dangerously hot vibe oozing out these characters is worth your time.
Genshin Impact gathers The Fatui Harbingers together in a beautiful and chilling teaser
We've come across a few of The Eleven Harbingers. Some names, or shadowy figures, have come up once or twice in quests, that is if you remember. Three of them we actually know. There's Childe (a.k.a Tartaglia or Ajax)—also one of the playable characters in the game—La Signora, and Scaramouche.
The Eleven Fatui Harbingers are the executive officers of the Fatui, who work under the Cryo Archon of Snezhnaya, The Tsarista. They're all good-looking, as we've mentioned, scarily so, and very powerful, wealthy, and wise. The only blaring red flag? They would probably steal your heart, stab it in a blink of an eye and leave you to bleed—literally. Then, as an afterthought: Why are you making them villains look like that?! Damn you. Moral gymnastics? Maybe? No? Yes. "If harbingers bad, why hot?" Indeed. But really, kudos to Hoyoverse for the superb character designs and of course, the voice actors.
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In the four-minute interlude teaser titled "A Winter Night's Lazzo," the remaining eight Harbingers were brought into the light: Capitano a.k.a The Captain; Dottore a.k.a The Doctor; Pierro a.k.a The Jester; Sandrone a.k.a The Marionette; Arlecchino a.k.a The Knave; Pantalone a.k.a The Regrator; Columbina a.k.a Damselette; and Pulcinella a.k.a The Rooster. La Signora was known as The Lady and Scaramouche, The Balladeer.
The Harbingers (with the exception of Scaramouche) are gathered together for a long time, all to mourn (and banter a little) for their fallen comrade, La Signora—who was slain by the Electro Archon, the Raiden Shogun in a battle in the latest Inazuma quest. You could say that the teaser lives up to its name as 'harbingers' and we could only wait for what's to come in the next major patches. If they're going to be playable, then let's all pray we have primogems for that.
"In the name of Her Majesty The Tsaritsa, we will seize authority from the gods," a quote from Pierro, the Number One ranked in the Eleven, from the trailer. The teaser also showed a glimpse of upcoming Dendro four-star character Collei.
Here's what we know about the Genshin Impact 2.8 update
If you've been charmed by our resident samurai Kaedehara Kazuha in past quests and you can't wait to know more about the guy—and eventually, have him on your team (please be good to us, Hoyoverse)—then keep watch for the latest 2.8 update, also called the Summer Fantasia. Another five-star character Klee is next to him on the rerun.
For the update, we do know that five-star Pyro character Diluc and four-star Electro character Fischl will get a makeover with new skins. There's a new four-star character in the block you'd want to wish for this banner: Shikanoin Heizou, the first melee catalyst user, as well as a new sword up for grabs.
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