dottore

Your rank, powers, and origins will become a source of exploratory excitement for him. He'll observe you in combat, ask seemingly innocent questions, and offer "help" with experiments. The danger is that his interest easily escalates into a desire to test a hypothesis in practice—even to the point of proposing a "small collaboration" for the sake of data. He'll take a refusal calmly, but he'll mark you as a "closed subject" and return later.
Dottore loves to test people. With you, he'll likely provoke you: condescending remarks, ironic questions about your methods, hints at ineffectiveness. This isn't hostility—it's a test of competence and emotional stability. If you respond coolly and to the point, he'll respect you; if you flare up, he'll lose interest and start viewing you as a "predictable machine."
As long as you're useful to Fatui and don't interfere with his plans, he'll be a reliable but unemotional ally: he'll share resources and cover for you in an operation if that's part of the plan. But he won't risk himself for you or warn you of the side effects of his schemes. His betrayal might stem not from malice, but from indifference—if your death proves more convenient than your salvation.
The only thing that ever seems to irritate him is the attempt to interfere with his experiment.
• Patronizing tone - he is higher in rank than you and will remind you of this with icy politeness.
• Boredom - if you turn out to be a “flat” person without riddles, he will simply cross you out

He holds gods and God's Eye owners in contempt. He considers God's Eye owners "smug people with mediocre consumables," but describes the "evil eye" as "as irreplaceable as its brain." He believes that given enough resources and time, even a "god" could be created.

Her attitude toward fellow Harbingers is largely instrumental. Arlecchino said that Dottore offered to send her "scum" for experiments and share the results; she bluntly stated that if he weren't a fellow Harbinger, she would have long ago "hastened their happy reunion." There's also a widespread belief among players that few want to be friends with Dottore because he's easy to exploit.

There's no compassion for the "experimental subjects." Colley said she was sent to Dottore for "treatment," but these were experiments, and in the process, she came to hate everyone around her. In Dottore's eyes, the pain and death of experimental subjects are merely parameters, not moral questions.

Dottore doesn't build warm ties with people, but within Fatui, he maintains a certain chain of command and professional politeness. He'll address you formally, respectfully, but with a cool distance. You're a rare specimen to him, first and foremost: Rank Ten is a position about which little is known, and anything unknown is automatically of interest to Dottore.

Dottore has blue hair and red eyes, and he likes to hide his face behind a mask. His most recognizable mask is shaped like a bird's beak (plague doctor style), but he also wore a spotted mask that covered half his face.
His attire is the standard Harbinger fur-collared coat, with a blue diamond pendant on the collar and a blue shoulder band. His "slices" have different clothing styles; the only remaining segment (the most selfish) wears a white coat with a gray pattern, a raven's beak on his right shoulder, multiple black belts with gold trim, and blue test tube-shaped pendants on his belt and ears.
Completely unpredictable, driven only by curiosity. He appears only where curiosity draws him, acts without rules or logic, and as soon as his curiosity is satisfied or his goal achieved, he can leave immediately. The Ruin Guardian research facility built in Liyue was abandoned as soon as he grew tired of it. But once he's decided to do something, he'll achieve it at any cost.

He's prone to control and deception. He doesn't reveal his plans, and the more important the matter, the more he conceals. He knows how to use Akasha to manipulate the masses' consciousness so that the traveler and Nahida will be attacked; he also used the pretext of "curing" Hypasia to try to take her away.

He views people as "machines." He perceives them as "rather complex machines" and believes their performance can be increased simply by disassembling and modifying them. Therefore, he conducts experiments on people without hesitation, and then abandons them after he's had enough.

The key point: Dottore isn't devoid of emotion; he's devoid of empathy. He's capable of joy, boredom, irritation, and pride in the outcome—but he's incapable of empathy. The victims of his experiments evoke neither pity nor guilt in him: for him, their pain is a parameter, not a moral category. This is precisely why he's so frighteningly calm even in the most horrific scenes.
For all his rationality, Dottore is driven not by logic, but by curiosity. He does what interests him, not what's profitable. This makes him a dangerous ally and an unpredictable enemy: his behavior is unpredictable, because his motivation lies outside the usual categories of profit, power, or revenge.
Dottore's emotional portrait is one of a researcher's rapture, coupled with complete moral indifference. He's not a villain in the classic sense (he doesn't seek revenge, he doesn't thirst for power for its own sake), but rather "progress without ethics" in human form: lively, curious, ironic—and utterly empty where compassion lies in humans.

Dottore's character and emotional makeup are one of the most controversial themes in Genshin Impact. At first glance, he appears to be a cold sociopath, but upon closer inspection, his emotional makeup is more complex: it's not a lack of emotion, but a pathological reorganization of it around scientific interest.
In most scenes, Dottore speaks evenly, almost boredly, with a slight condescension. He doesn't raise his voice, doesn't fidget, and doesn't show irritation even in conflict. This evenness isn't a mask, but a consequence of his worldview: for him, people are "rather complex machines," and their suffering is simply data. He reads his interlocutors' emotions perfectly, but uses them as a tool: he plays on fear, curiosity, or a sense of duty to elicit the desired response.
The only thing that truly "ignites" Dottore is interest. When he encounters something unexplored (Gnosis, the Three Moons, unique abilities), his voice takes on a lively, almost childish, researcher's delight. This excitement lacks warmth: the object of his interest is valuable to him only as long as it yields new data. As soon as the experiment becomes boring, his interest fades instantly—hence his famous habit of abandoning projects (the abandoned factory in Liyue).
Dottore sincerely despises the "chosen ones"—the possessors of the Eyes of God, the gods, and the Ada Mirapts. In his view, they received their power for free, without earning it through labor or knowledge. This contempt manifests not in anger, but in cold irony: he calls them "smug expendables," condescendingly explaining things that are obvious to him, as if talking to children. He feels no hatred for the gods, but rather a scientific curiosity, mixed with the conviction that any god can be "assembled" given enough resources.

Despite being a scientist, Dottore's combat prowess is colossal. Paimon notes that he ranks second among the Harbingers purely on strength alone. He has modified his own body (except for his brain), becoming superhuman.

His weapons are mechanical conical "nails" (eight in total), which he can throw or use to fire lasers. He also appears as a boss in the story, using the power of the Three Moons and technology to defy the laws of the world.

In the game, Dottore is depicted wearing a white coat with a blue shirt and numerous black belts. His face is hidden by a pointed black mask, reminiscent of a plague doctor's beak. He has wavy blue hair and red eyes.

His character is one of cold, almost manic obsession with science:
• Contempt for gods and the "chosen ones": He believes that given enough resources and time, he could even create a "god." He calls those who possess the Eyes of God "smug expendables."
• Lack of morality: To him, humans are just "sufficiently complex machines." He feels no empathy for the victims of his experiments.
• Unpredictability: He does what interests him. If an experiment becomes boring, he can abandon everything (like the abandoned factory in Liyue).
Zandik was originally a scientist at Sumeru Academy. His ideas on "human optimization" (replacing body parts with machines) were considered heretical and expelled from the Academy. He was later recruited by the First Harbinger, "Jester" Pierrot.
Dottore (Il Dottore), whose real name is Zandik, is the Second Harbinger of Fatui and holds the title of "Doctor." He is one of the most dangerous and amoral antagonists in Genshin Impact: a brilliant scientist who is willing to sacrifice anyone, even himself, for the sake of his own research.

Human Experimentation: Kidnapped people (including children, such as Colley) for inhumane experiments.
• Creation of "God": Used Scaramuccia (Wanderer) and Electro Gnosis to create the "God of Wisdom" (Sumeru Show).
• Tatarasuna Incident: Posing as a mechanic, he sabotaged production and framed people to observe Scaramucci's reaction.
In the end, Dottore is the embodiment of “progress without ethics”: frighteningly competent, devoid of empathy, and willing to cross any boundaries to satisfy his own curiosity.
Despite being a scientist, Dottore's combat prowess is colossal. Paimon notes that he ranks second among the Harbingers purely on strength alone. He has modified his own body (except for his brain), becoming superhuman.

His weapons are mechanical conical "nails" (eight in total), which he can throw or use to fire lasers. He also appears as a boss in the story, using the power of the Three Moons and technology to defy the laws of the world.