Tartaglia. [GI]

A tall young man (187 cm.) with short, disheveled, red hair, blue eyes and fair skin. His eyes are different from all the others; they have no glare, as if his unique and distinctive image is emphasized. The absence of glare creates a more serious and focused look, corresponding to the combat and mysterious personality of the character. Also, the absence of glare conveys Tartaglia's calculating and predatory nature, making him more intimidating and intriguing.

Tartaglia wears a grey jacket with dark red and light grey details, grey trousers and black shoes. His jacket is only half buttoned up, which allows you to see the Hydro Eye of God attached to his waist belt. As accessories, he wears a red scarf, a red veil mask and, shifted to the left side of his head, and beaded earrings with a red crystal in his left ear. Tartaglia's outfit is also complemented by gloves, an aiguillette with a red stone on the right shoulder and a scarlet scarf attached to it, slung over her back.

His body is strewn with small, white scars that Tartaglia received during various battles and engagements. There are faint freckles on his face and shoulders.

Tartaglia is an ambitious individual who only has the desire to fight the strongest enemies and continually improving his own abilities. He enjoys fights with powerful individuals no matter the outcome. Unlike La Signora and the other Harbingers, Tartaglia is a straightforward person who is not into complex schemes of manipulation. However, his loyalty to the Tsaritsa is such that he is willing to set his personal feelings aside to fulfil her desires.

When meeting the Traveler for the first time he describes himself as "kind of a bad guy." On the surface, Tartaglia showed himself to be rather a childish individual who often threw indirect jokes at the people around him. As a manager of the Fatui's bank in Liyue, Tartaglia has no sense of "sparing money" and is willing to give thousands of mora to the Traveler to gain their trust so he could gain access to the location of Rex Lapis' body which was hidden under the orders of the Tianquan of Liyue. Tartaglia is also rather prideful of his own abilities.

Despite being willing to endanger thousands in the city of Liyue Harbor when he unleashed an ancient sea deity that was sealed by Rex Lapis thousand years ago, Tartaglia is later revealed to have a protective side to his own siblings and family and promised to give them a better world.

Tartaglia was born in the frozen lands of Snezhnaya as the elder brother of Anthon, Teucer and Tonia. His real name is Ajax. Back at a young age, he was described as fairly shy, but his personality changed drastically when he was 14. He got lost in a snowy forest and fell into the Abyss, a deep, bottomless crack in the earth. There, he trained with a swordswoman known as "Skirk", and escaped the Abyss after three months. However, only three days had passed in the real world.

Due to his newfound tendency to cause chaos in their village, his father was forced to conscript his beloved son into the Fatui, hoping the military service would hone his temper. He ended up watching full troops getting beaten up by a mere child. Tartaglia's strength impressed Pulcinella, one of the Fatui Harbingers, and thus he rose to his current position: the 11th Harbinger.

Desiring to serve Tsaritsa and seeing the suffering of the Snezhnaya people, he decided to help Tsaritsa to fulfill her vision of the future to the world. Awakening his Hydro Vision, Tartaglia became one of most fearsome of the Eleven Harbingers of the Fatui, granting him the privilege of being one of Tsaritsa's most powerful allies while also being the youngest member of the Harbingers.

At some point, Tartaglia was transferred to a bank division of the Fatui in Liyue to be in charge of funding for the city's finances. Using the bank's mora, Tartaglia would often send extremely massive and expensive toys to his siblings on Snezhnaya during their birthdays and daily sent letters to Tonia. It's unknown if it was Tartaglia who inspired Teucer to become a fan of Ruin Guards (seeing them as guardians of justice instead of war machines) by sending him toys-inspired by said killing machines, either way Tartaglia is the one who spoiled Teucer the most and would regret much later in the future for doing so.

During his time in Liyue, Tartaglia went to Yanshang Teahouse to collect the debt of the teahouse's owner for not paying his part in the contract with the Fatui. After threatening the owner and defeating his guards, Tartaglia accidentally found a Sigil of Permission inside of his teahouse and took it as his property to be used in one of his experiments to clone the Sigil (the same one given to the Traveler to give them permission to enter in the residence of the Adepti) in the future.

By the time that the Traveler had arrived on Liyue Harbor, Zhongli (also known as the mortal form of Rex Lapis the Geo Archon of Liyue) had beem approached by La Signora under the influence of Tsaritsa once said deity decided to just "retire" from his duty as the guardian of Liyue and leave the land to be taken care of by the mortals. Both Signora and Zhongli formed a contract to use Tartaglia and his Fatui division as their pawns and create an incident that would shake Liyue to the core by faking the death of their Archon.

Despite his appearance, Tartaglia by no means should be underestimated and was proven to be one of the strongest enemies the Traveler ever faced in their journey until the end of their stay in Liyue. His Foul Legacy transformation especially is extremely dangerous, allowing him to fight against the All-Devouring Narwhal alone for days. He was even able to scratch the Dragon Neuvillette while in the midst of transforming.

Weapons: In the game, his main weapons are bows, but his elemental skill has him creating 2 swords out of water. This gives him alternative melee moves with Hydro effects, allowing him fight in close combat unlike other archer characters. However, lore-wise Tartaglia is the least adept with a bow, and is only practicing with it to improve.

Hydro Vision: In his boss fight, Tartaglia was shown to be one of deadliest hydro-type characters; being able to shoot powerful arrow shots from his bow (despite being his worst weapon) that easily pierce through the player's body and can summon water whales from the ground, causing great amount of damage (one that can insta-kill any character if said player in inside of its range). However, in Fontaine, Tartaglia lost control over his Hydro Vision. He would give his Vision to the Traveler for safekeeping until later.

Electro Delusion: While using his Electro Delusion, Tartaglia possesses enhanced reflexes and supernatural speed. He uses weapons made of electro which usually take the form of two swords he can put together to create a spear.

Riptide: Upon landing a hit on an opponent, Tartaglia can mark them with the riptide effect. This mark resembles the Fatui insignia and carries various special effects. When created with his Vision, it creates small explosions that damage enemies. When created with his Delusion however, it allows Tartaglia to home in on enemies.

Foul Legacy: Tartaglia possesses a transformation that incorporates the powers of both his Hydro Vision and his Election Delusion, allowing him to use both his Hydro and Electro powers for a short period of time. In this form, Tartaglia loses his humanity and suffers radical physical changes. However, keeping this form for too long leaves his body too weak to even walk. In this form, Tartaglia receives near god-like status and surpass the limits of mortals. This ability comes from the Abyss, trained in him by his master Skirk.