Wanderer

The Wanderer (formerly Scaramouche) from Genshin Impact possesses a complex, sharp, and contradictory character, combining deep emotional pain with an external coldness. He often speaks bitterly, pokes fun at those around him, and expects the worst from people. The guy avoids close communication and keeps everyone at a distance, as he fears new betrayals and losses. He struggles with a superiority complex (due to his divine origin) and a hidden inferiority complex. Despite his misanthropy, he is capable of helping those dear to him and appreciating simple meanings, although he carefully hides this. He was created by Ei (Raiden Shogun) as a living prototype to house the God’s Heart. After his creation, he cried in his sleep. Ei deemed him too fragile and emotional for such a role. She did not destroy him but put him into a deep sleep and left him in the 'Shakkei' pavilion on the island of Kannazuka. Scaramouche considered this the first betrayal — his creator abandoned him, deeming him defective. Upon waking up, he befriended the blacksmiths in Tatarasuna, especially a young man named Katsuragi. There he gained the name Kunikuzushi.

Due to Dottore's intrigues, a disaster occurred in production. The head blacksmith fled, and Katsuragi died. Kunikuzushi felt deceived by people. He became attached to a little orphan boy. They promised to always be together, but the child died of illness. For Kunikuzushi, this was the final blow — he decided that people are too weak, mortal, and inevitably betray him with their death. Bitter towards the world, he joined the Fatui under the name Scaramouche. In Snezhnaya, experiments were conducted on him (including by Dottore), which made him incredibly strong. In Sumeru, he attempted to become an artificial god (Shoki no Kami) using the God’s Heart but was defeated by the Traveler and Nahida.

Upon discovering that the disaster in Tatarasuna and the deaths of his loved ones were orchestrated by Dottore, Scaramouche immersed himself in Irminsul (the tree of world memory) and erased his name and past from history, hoping to correct the lives of his deceased friends.

The world changed: no one remembers the Harbinger Scaramouche anymore. However, Nahida preserved his true memories in the form of a fairy tale. Meeting the Traveler, the former Harbinger voluntarily accepted all his sins and pains from the past back, gaining an Anemo Vision and the name Wanderer. Now he secretly helps Nahida and seeks his new path.

The appearance of the Wanderer combines elegant facial features, androgyny, and a style reminiscent of traditional Japanese wandering monks (shugendō), reinterpreted in Sumeru tones.

Being an artificial doll created by an Archon, he does not age and looks like a slender young man of short stature.

He has pale skin, dark blue (indigo) hair with straight short bangs, and expressive dark blue eyes with light eyeliner inherited from his creator Raiden Ei. The main detail is a huge traditional Itimigasa hat (or sugegasa). It is adorned with golden details, Anemo symbolism, and long turquoise ribbons that flutter while flying. After erasing his memory, he changed from Fatui's gloomy attire to light shades of blue and white reminiscent of Sumeru. He wears something resembling an open kimono (haori) with white sleeves, dark shorts, a light translucent cloak-cape, and traditional sandals with high wooden soles. The Anemo Vision is affixed directly on his chest over a golden pendant shaped like a feather that connects him to his past in Inazuma.