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| “ | She always seems engrossed in her research. Hmm... I wonder if those machines have anything to do with her? Anyway, I've only met her a few times, but every time she looked like she wanted to murder me. I have no idea what I possibly could have done to annoy her, though. | „ |
| ~ Tartaglia on Sandrone. |
| “ | She has a terrible personality and cares for nothing outside of her own research. But even with that amount of dedication, she still produced a copious amount of garbage, and could only secure a ranking that's still one whole place beneath my own. How pitiful. | „ |
| ~ The Wanderer on Sandrone. |
| “ | Ad Astra Abyssosque! Welcome to Nod-Krai, Dominion of the Fatui. | „ |
| ~ Sandrone meeting the Traveler for the first time. |
Lady Sandrone, also known as Mary-Ann, Marionette and the Seventh of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, is a major character in the 2020 action role-playing fantasy video game Genshin Impact. She first appeared as the supporting anti-villain of Song of the Welking Moon Archon Quests.
Sandrone is the Seventh of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, a group of influential and powerful individuals who acted as the chief lieutenants of the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. Codenamed "Marionette", she is a researcher for the Fatui who modified and worked with Automatons. She owns the Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau at Nod-Krai region.
Sandrone is voiced by Haitian Hong in Chinese, by Deneen Melody in English, and by Mariko Honda in Japanese. Melody has also voiced Pandora in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.
Appearance[]
Though her true age remains unclear, Sandrone had the appearance of a petite young woman with light skin and blue eyes. She had thick, chin-length light beige hair styled into a bob cut and a braised bun with bangs covering her forehead and a pair of longer strands which framed her face and trapsed down to her chest. Her outfit consists of a long white dress with red ruffles. She sports black corset showcasing a triquetra symbol in the middle, with ruby-red gemstones in between the spaces. Her dress has short dark puffy sleeves, while long white ones appearing underneath. Her gloves are white and form a V-shape at the wrist. Additionally, she wears white stockings with black heels.
She adorns a white, black, and gold bonnet on her head, with red lacing and black bows on the sides. Meanwhile, on her neck she has a black collar lined with gold. In the middle, a pear-cut ruby-red gem is found. On her back is a puppet wind-up key.
Personality[]
| “ | I have little interest in her. She is extremely... passionate about her research and does not appear in public often. In fact, many of our officers have yet to see her at all. Compared to, let's say, someone who would go so far as to create segments of themselves to better wander across the land, I suppose you could say she is at the other end of the extreme. | „ |
| ~ Arlecchino’s thoughts on Sandrone. |
Sandrone has a very hostile and unsociable personality, as she always treated others with animosity and even outright contempt. She viewed the politics of her fellow Fatui Harbingers as exasperating, instead preferring to dedicate all of her attention to her research. She also seems rather arrogant, dismissive, petulant, and haughty, showing a rather proud and stubborn side as she gets mad at Columbina for rescuing her while she tries to get back at Rerir. However, it is possible that she cares about Pulonia, acting upset when he gets damaged. Additionally, she seems to have a begrudging friendship with Columbina. As of now, she is not particularly hostile to the Traveler.
In her free time, she writes and doodles to relieve boredom, as she seems to be uninterested in most things outside of her research.
Synopsis[]
Sandrone & The Narzissenkreuz Institute[]
Sandrone was personally acquainted with Alain Guillotin, his work, and his relationship with Rene and Jakob. She was aware of their desire to protect Fontaine which led the three down different paths. Before Alain passed away, he asked Sandrone to destroy all of his manuscripts. Sandrone agreed to do so, though she read them all beforehand, since she did not want his work to go to waste.
The Puppeteer of the Fatui[]
At some unknown point in her lifetime, Sandrone joined the Fatui, becoming the seventh Fatui Harbinger and gaining the codename "Marionette". The Fatui were a military faction that governed over the nation Snezhnaya and followed the Cryo Archon, the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya, in her quest to overthrow the gods of Celestia. Marionette was engrossed in researching Automatons left behind from the fall of the nation of Khaenri'ah, going as far as to modify them for her own use. She met Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger, on a handful of occasions and always treated him poorly. At some point, Sandrone admonished a Fatui recruit named Javert.
Funeral for The Fair Lady[]
| “ | Utterly risible. | „ |
| ~ Sandrone expressing her exasperation. |
Sandrone attending the funeral of La Signora alongside her fellow Harbingers.
Marionette, alongside the other Harbingers, later gathered in a cathedral in Snezhnaya for the funeral of La Signora, the Eighth Fatui Harbinger, who had been executed by the Electro Archon Beelzebul during a failed Fatui plot in the nation of Inazuma. Sandrone watched on with amused exasperation as her fellow Harbingers pointlessly bickered amongst themselves. Pierro, the Director of the Fatui, proceeded to silence the gathered Harbingers and made a speech in Signora's memory as her coffin was encased in ice. Unlike the other Harbingers, who closed their eyes, Sandrone didn't show respect for Signora during the eulogy.
Palestar Edict[]
As part of the Palestar Edict, several Fatui Harbingers were summoned back to Snezhnaya and dispatched to Nod-Krai for unknown reasons. Marionette is one of the Harbingers currently in Nod-Krai among many others. The Fatui transported a significant amount of resources and built the Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau atop the fragments of the fallen moons, which has been implied to have been pulled down by them. Sandrone is given complete authority over the Design Bureau. The Frostmoon Scions, a group of scions from the ancient Hyperborea that considers the moons sacred, is constantly interfering in the Fatui's activities, considering them to be blasphemous to their ideals. Sandrone considers them to be a "laughably futile rebellion" and dismisses the others' concerns.
Secret Source Technology[]
| “ | Well, well. An ancient relic from Natlan's dragon civilization? Hmph... If you want to play with fire, then be my guest. But there is an unpredictable variable you need to watch out for... | „ |
| ~ Sandrone voicing her scepticism of Velimiru's mission and warning him about the Traveler. |
While stationed in Nod-Krai, Marionette sent a Fatui task force led by Velimiru, an android automaton of her own creation, to investigate Secret Source technology as part of her research into various technologies around Teyvat. Secret Source technology was a form of advanced technology found in the nation of Natlan that had been used by a dragon civilization that had ruled over the nation in ancient times. In particular, Velimiru sought to investigate one of the Thirteen Sovereign Lords, the collection of thirteen highly advanced artificial intelligences that had governed the ancient dragons of Natlan.
Sandrone was doubtful that Velimiru's mission would be a success, as she believed the Thirteen Sovereign Lords were too advanced of a technology for him to wield, though she still gave her consent regardless. Before Velimiru departed, Sandrone gave him a replica of a Secret Source system core that would allow him to override Secret Source administrative systems to control Secret Source mechanisms directly. She also warned him to avoid the Traveler, who was currently active in Natlan. Ultimately, Velimiru failed in his mission and was destroyed after coming into conflict with the Traveler.
Kuuvahki Research and Wild Hunt encounters[]
Some point after arriving at Nod-Krai and establishing the Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau, Marionette had kept a close eye on the Traveler's whereabouts. Upon their arrival at Nod-Krai, Sandrone decided to personally meet them in the Adventurer's Guild and issued a warning to them, stating that it was in their best interests to not interfere in the Fatui's plans and left.
Acquiring the Moon Marrow, a sacred relic of the Frostmoon Scions from Vilemina, a disenchanted Scion, Sandrone plans to use it and heads out to Starsand Shoal with a group of Fatui Oprichniki and her robot Pulonia as her subordinates, but is interrupted by the Traveler, Jahoda and Lauma. Before she can attack them, her subordinates are taken down by the Wild Hunt, but takes them down with their aid. Annoyed at this, she gives back the Moon Marrow and leaves.
Later, Sandrone intervenes in a battle between the Traveler, Flins and Rerir (one of the Five Sinners of Khaenriah), who is revealed to be the leader of the Wild Hunt calamity in Snezhnaya, seeking his body fragments and intending to restore himself to full power after he lost his body due to unknown circumstances. Having provided enhancements to her robot Pulonia recently with the intention to take down Rerir, Marionette observes as they battle each other. Despite Rerir's recent resurrection and reduced power, he still proves to be a terrifying foe and is nearly about to eliminate the party until they are teleported at the last moment by Columbina. Exasperated at this, Marionette argues with her former colleague and angrily leaves, though not before warning her that there was a Fatui warrant out for her.
When Columbina arrived at the facility, the Fatui were ready to arrest her and warned the Traveler to not interfere. However, Sandrone orders the Oprichniki to stand down and let the former Harbinger and the Traveler in. Columbina wanted to ask Sandrone about Arlecchino's whereabouts, to which the latter replies that she had already left Nod-Krai alongside Pantalone and Pulcinella once the Experimental Design Bureau was completed. Nonetheless, she agrees to her request, and sends a message to the Knave, not before allowing the Traveler and Columbina to escape using a backdoor gateway from the Bureau as the Wild Hunt led by Rerir launched a ferocious offensive in search of Columbina. Sandrone later summoned an entire battalion of landcruisers outside and inside the Bureau to fend off the Wild Hunt, led by Rerir, but their aggressive advance damaged several landcruisers, annoying her as she promised the fallen machines that she would rebuild them.
Upon spotting Rerir, she sent Pulonia to fight him, having added several modifications after their previous encounter, but he had no interest in fighting her. Annoyed at being ignored, Sandrone ordered Pulonia to fight him, only for the Racher of Solnari to easily incapacitate Pulonia in seconds, upsetting her. Arlecchino later received her message and, while she went to see Columbina herself, sent Lyney, Lynette and Freminet to help her at the Bureau. Aware of their reputations, Sandrone had Freminet help repair the damaged landcruisers while asking Lyney to keep his sister away from them.
Sometime after Rerir was exiled from Teyvat due to the Traveler, Columbina and the other party members, the Traveler visits the Bureau to meet Sandrone, who reveals a few facts about the Narzissenkreuz Institute and its members, the Lord-Artificer Alain Guillotin, Jakob Ingold, and Lyris, the director. After asking some questions regarding how the Traveler would handle the situation if he were in their place, she leaves, not before rudely offering a cup of tea to them. Sometime later, Arlecchino would meet Sandrone, enquiring about their colleague, implied to be Il Dottore, to which Sandrone replies that she is uninterested and has no idea. The two then suspect that he was up to something nefarious.
Powers & Abilities[]
Abilities[]
- Political Influence: As one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, Sandrone was bequeathed with nigh-unlimited executive authority by the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. With the political and economical power invested in her, Marionette could call upon almost any resource in furtherance of the goal of the Fatui. She could command the authority of any Fatuus who weren't themselves Harbingers, and presumably wielded unquestionable authority in Snezhnaya. Additionally, her official position as a Snezhnayan diplomat meant that she couldn't be prosecuted in foreign nations without significant political tension being caused.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- A marionette describes a puppet controlled from above by a puppeteer using strings and wires. The fact that Sandrone was depicted being carried by a large Automaton may be a reference to the concept of a marionette, with the Harbinger being the puppet and the Automaton being the puppeteer.
- Like the other Fatui Harbingers, Sandrone's name and alias were derived from a stock character in commedia dell'arte, a form of traditional Italian pantomime theater characterized by its masked characters and representation of fixed social types. In commedia dell'arte, Sandrone was a crude, cunning, and clever peasant who acted as a representative for a poor community.
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