Tartaglia (2023)

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Ajax, better known as Tartaglia and by his codename Childe, is a major antagonist, boss fight, enemy, and un-playable character in the 2020 action role-playing fantasy video game Genshin Impact, appearing as the main antagonist of "Chapter I" and a supporting character in "Chapter IV."

While first introduced as an ally to the Traveler, he is later revealed to be the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui. He possesses a Hydro Vision and Electro Delusion, looking to assist the Traveler in finding the real murderer of Rex Lapis. As the story progresses, the Traveler discovers that Tartaglia has ulterior motives. After being manipulated by Zhongli and La Signora into attempting to steal the Gnosis from Rex Lapis' false body as well as awakening the Overlord of the Vortex, Osial, Tartaglia is last seen in Liyue avoiding his little brother Teucer. He repeatedly attempts to hide his connections with Fatui before eventually returning to his homeland. He was later then seen at a mysterious domain on Inazuma, gathering intels about Scaramouche, the latter which seemingly went rogue after taking the Electro Archon's gnosis. He is set to return in Chapter IV.

He is voiced by Yu Dong in the Chinese version, Ryohei Kimura in the Japanese version (whom also voiced Syura in Akame Ga Kill!, Shizuma Hoshigaki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Ryota Suzui in Kakegurui, Albert de Blois in Gosick, Judar in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magi and Kirito Kamui in Psycho-Pass 2) and Griffin Burns in the English version (whom also voiced Julius in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, Shalnark from Hunter x Hunter (2011), and Vinegar Doppio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind).

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Appearance[]

Tartaglia draws inspirations from Honkai Impact 3rd characters much like many other Genshin Impact characters. It's speculated he was inspired by the young KEVIN, also known as Kevin Kaslana.

He is a tall young man with a short, messy orange hair and dull blue eyes with fair skin.

Tartaglia wears a grey jacket with dark red and light grey details, grey pants, and black boots. His jacket is open on one side to reveal a belt with his hydro vision attached. For accessories he wears a red scarf along with a red Fatui mask pulled off to the left side of his head, and a beaded earring with a red crystal on his left ear.

Personality[]

Tartaglia is a manipulative individual that only has the desire to fight the strongest enemies and continue improving himself. He enjoys fights with powerful individuals no matter the outcome. Unlike La Signora and the other Harbingers, Tartaglia is a straightforward person who enjoys the most simple things and is not into complex schemes of manipulation but 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 have access to the location of Rex Lapis' body that was hidden under the orders of the Tianquan of Liyue. Tartaglia is also rather prideful of his own abilities and tends to look down on others (such as the Traveler) as weaker than himself.

Despite being willing to be murder hundreds in the city of Liyue when he unleashed an ancient god 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 in one of his walks around Liyue.

History[]

Tartaglia was born in the frozen lands of Snezhnaya as the elder brother of Anthon, Teucer and Tonia. His real name was 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 pick fights with all the kids in the neighborhood, his father was forced to conscript his beloved son to 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 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) was 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 pawn and form an incident that would shake Liyue to the core by faking the death of their Archon.

Rex is purportedly "assassinated" during the titular Rite, and his vessel - known as the Exuvia - was taken away to the Golden House by the Liyue Qixing to hide the body from potential threats like the Fatui that were the first to receive the blame. When the Traveler tried to escape from the Rite fearing they would be arrested, Tartaglia saved the Traveler from the guards and brought them to a safe place where he could inform the Traveler he wanted to help them clean their name from suspicion. At the Northland Bank, Tartaglia gives the Traveler a copy of the Sigil of Permission he created to give them safe entrance to the adepti's residence and inform them what happened to Rex Lapis.

After the Traveler returns from their long journey, they find Tartaglia in Liyue Harbor to be informed that the Qixing decided to hide the body of Rex Lapis somewhere in Liyue where it could not be touched by external forces. Childe then promised he'd find someone to break the stalemate, so the Traveler must pay another visit to Northland Bank days later. Childe then introduces Zhongli, consultant to an organization known as Wangsheng and a trusted associate of the Fatui, to the Traveler in a restaurant and gives the Traveler an insane amount of mora to prepare the Rite of Parting. The traveler then accepted to help Zhongli organize the Rite of Parting in the hope of seeing the Geo Archon again. He would be much later contacted by the Traveler after Baizhu, the owner of Bubu Pharmacy offers to sell the Everlasting Incense for three million Mora, an amount the party can't possibly afford. They are forced to implore Tartaglia for aid, who agrees to help after getting a good laugh at their misery.

Days later, when the Traveler was already fully aware of Tartaglia's experiments and plans, they return to the city only to see Liyue Harbor in a tense atmosphere between the Fatui and Millelith. Just as things were coming to a head, the Traveler went to the Golden House to intercept Tartaglia as he finally found the location of Lapis' body inside of the Golden House. He then attempted to seize the Geo Gnosis after fighting the Traveler, only to find the Geo Gnosis was never at the Golden House to begin with and was removed from the body before he could arrive. After being defeated in Foul Legacy form, Tartaglia swiftly switched to his backup plan, attempting to force the Geo Archon to make an appearance by summoning an ancient ocean god from Archon Wars with Fatui-forged Sigils of Permission he cloned, unleashing great devastation over the Liyue Harbor.

To stop the adepti and Liyue Qixing from defeating the ancient god, Tartaglia sent his forces to the Jade Chamber to stop their efforts but his forces were defeated by the combined strength of all adepti. The ancient god was then subdued once again following a fierce battle and much sacrifice, ruining Tartaglia's original plan. When the battle was over with the defeat of Fatui and the ancient god unleashed by Childe to destroy Liyue and lure the Geo Archon to him, Signora revealed her plan to Childe and the Traveler at the Northland Bank as Zhongli handed his own Geo Gnosis to Signora. From that point on, Childe's disdain for Signora only got worse to the point he refused to share the same boat with Signora when returning back to Snezhnaya.

Days later, the Traveler found his brother Teucer by accident next to an abandoned ruin where a high number of Ruin Guardians were spotted by Millelith and found out he was an immigrant from Snezhnaya who travelled to Liyue inside of a ship of toys. When he brother was brought before him at Liyue Harbor, Tartaglia tried to avoid him to not get him involved with Fatui's matters and even humiliated himself in front of the Traveler and some thugs by calling himself the world's greatest toy salesman. When summoned by his servant to greet new Fatui recruits, he once again humiliated himself in front of the Fatuis to not let his brother see the true nature of his work as a Harbinger.

Much later, Tartaglia decided to show his brother his favorite and "lovely" Mr. Cyclops (the nickname given by Teucer to the Ruin Guardians) toy inside of a ruin that was in fact a laboratory of a Harbinger before it was abandoned by the former for "losing interest" in the Ruin Guardians' research. Inside of the ruins, Teucer got himself in trouble little knowing what the Ruin Guardians were, forcing Tartaglia to use everything of his power to protect the childhood dream of his brother and even refused to show himself in front of Teucer to not show his weakened state following his Foul Legacy's transformation. Once all his family issues were solved, Tartaglia encountered the Traveler at the Fatui Bank and gave his farewell before inviting them to visit Snezhnaya and his house so they could meet his siblings. Tartaglia then left Liyue and returned to his homeland.

Tartaglia is spotted once again at Inazuma. While the Traveler, Shiki Taishou and Xinyan headed to a mysterious Domain, Tartaglia met the Traveler once again and together explored the domain known as the Mystic Onmyou Chamber. After delving deeper into the domain and fighting their way towards the end, he reveals his purpose to the Traveler; Tartaglia was sent to Inazuma to find one of his colleagues, Scaramouche aka the Balladeer, but failed in doing so due to the fact that the latter went rogue and cut ties with the Fatui.

Power and Abilities[]

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.

• 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 later given his Vision to the Traveler for safekeeping until he will retake it later.
• Electro Delusion: While using his Electro Delusion, Tartaglia often changed his weapons to two swords and a spear which grant him enhanced reflexes and supernatural speed.
• 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. It is implied this ability comes from the Abyss.

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• In appearance, Tartaglia was loosely inspired by Kevin Kaslana from Honkai Impact 3rd when he was younger (and whom is currently the leader of the maleficent World Serpent) before the arrival of Herrscher of the End and the destruction of the Previous Era.
• Like other Harbinger members from Fatui, Tartaglia's name was derived from the the Italian commedia dell'arte. In the show, Tartaglia is a stock character that has multiple roles depending on the story's plot. The character is notable for his unique farsightedness and stutter.
• Tartaglia is the youngest of the Harbingers but was considered to be one of the deadliest members yet.
• His constellation that can be "bought" via wishes is called Monocerus Caeli. In Latin it means "Celestial Narwhal." The narwhal or narwhale is a medium-sized toothed whale that possesses a large "tusk" from a protruding canine tooth and is closely related to his hydro ultimate seem during his boss fight.
• Childe's special dish is called "A Prize Catch".
• While working with the Fatui, Childe adopted a false role of "toy salesman" to his brother to hide his vicious role as a Harbinger and Fatui.
• Tartaglia became a playable character following the release of Version 1.1 of Genshin Impact, wielding a bow as a 5-star unit.
• Childe is the first boss (weekly or otherwise) to be made as a playable character, the second being Raiden Shogun.

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