#+ but i think in this case i prefer lore accuracy over fanon interpretations WHILE we still know very little of her

[soverane]

something something half-blood (?) khaenrian native something something cursed; doomed by the narrative and yet—something something cleansing fire (ignis purgatorius) something something betrayal, backstabbing, getting away with it without consequence something something Should Be Corrupted/Cursed But Isn't (see: hilichurls; dainsleif), or at least Not Quite something something a glitch in the matrix

i'm no genshin lore expert but judging by what we know of her from (1) fatui harbingers' voice lines about her; (2) other characters' voice lines about her; (3) her still incomplete character description; (4) bits of lore scattered around fontaine that don't explicitly say it's her but they do fit her description well that it can't be unintentional; and (5) her design—the glitches, the dark-stained arms, etc.—there is CLEARLY something 'wrong' with arlecchino. something is 'off,' something is 'glitchy,' masked by a flawless exterior.