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Long Pale blue hair, red eyes, light skin. Face covered by bird beak shaped mask, leaving only the bottom third of his face out. Eyes are covered unless mask is off. Scarred face and body. “Il Dottore”, second of 11 Fatui Harbingers under the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. Title of “The doctor” is ironic due to his usually harmful experiments of destruction. Expelled from the Academia of Sumeru. Killed a peer and faked her death as accidental while there. Goal oriented and independent. Il Dottore, also known as Zandik[1] and by his codename The Doctor, was the Second of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers.[7]
He first appears in the manga, set some time before the game's story, as a diplomat to Mondstadt. In present day, he makes an appearance during Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser: A Winter Night's Lazzo alongside his fellow Harbingers. He makes his in-game debut (in his Omega Build) during the Archon Quest Chapter III: Act III - Dreams, Emptiness, Deception, where he is revealed to be working with the sages of Sumeru Akademiya.
Dottore's unfettered research towards creating a god, or elevating humans to the level of gods, left him ostracized from mainstream society but paved the way for him to become the Second of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers,[8][7] with strength comparable to the gods'.[9] No subject is off-limits to him, and he has researched Khaenri'ah's Automatons; researched ways to weaponize forbidden knowledge (via The Withering and Eleazar); and sought to utilize the power of dreams to elevate humanity's cognitive abilities, all for his goal of putting humans at the same level as gods. This ambition is likely the reason why Pantalone, who seeks to "overthrow the natural imbalance between gods and humans," works closely with Dottore.[10]
Pursuing his research interests surpasses any of Dottore's moral scruples, which makes him an effective researcher but also often comes at the detriment of others. While the exact circumstances in which he was expelled from Sumeru Akademiya are unclear, his expulsion followed an investigation into the suspected murder of Sohreh and a series of infractions where he acted in pursuit of his research "without authorization."[11][12] Dottore's experiments are not limited to furthering his god-related research, either; upon witnessing the acceptance of the "Kabukimono" at Tatarasuna, Dottore orchestrated an experiment involving murder and perceived betrayal, claiming an interest in observing how the Kabukimono would respond. To surpass the limits of his own human cognition and lifespan, Dottore created "segments" of himself after decades of research into puppet-making techniques using Scaramouche as a foundational blueprint.[13] Each segment represents Dottore at a different age in his life, made into an independent individual in order to preserve their perspectives. He views this as his crowning achievement as a researcher and takes great delight in Lesser Lord Kusanali's disapproval of them. However, his own inner conflict makes it difficult for the segments to get along, which Lesser Lord Kusanali successfully exploits to coerce the segment confronting her into erasing the others in exchange for the Electro Gnosis.[14]
Dottore is disliked by several of his Harbinger colleagues, including Arlecchino and Sandrone. Arlecchino states that she would have killed him were he not a Harbinger and that his disappearance would be a "gift to the world," while Sandrone believes her automatons provide her with more normal human interaction than him.
appearance: So far, Dottore's segments shown in the manga and in-game are of an adult man with red eyes, wavy blue hair, and pale skin. Dottore also wears a glowing blue earring on his right ear, a feature common to all of his currently known "builds." During his time at Sumeru Akademiya, Sohreh described him as "young" and "handsome."[15]
In the manga, Dottore sports short and curly light blue hair, and wears a long white coat over a pinstripe vest and white dress shirt, with a pink bow tie under the collar. He is seen wearing a black and white mask which covers his entire face, save for his eyes and a circular area around the right side of his mouth. The Fatui symbol can be seen at the top left corner of this mask.
