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Scaramouche
Identity: Balladeer; sixth of the eleven fatui harbringers
Background: The Balladeer, also known as Scaramouche and Kunikuzushi was the Sixth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers and one of Genshin Impact's antagonists. Scaramouche is a prototype puppet created as a proof of concept to test Raiden Ei's plans for an indestructible, Gnosis-bearing puppet. With his creation accomplished and succeeded, the original plan was for Ei to simply discard him. However, Ei thought it would be too cruel, and instead chose to seal the power within him and set him free after leaving him in a slumbering state in Shakkei Pavilion. After awakening, Scaramouche came to believe that she had deemed him a failure and abandoned him. Following two other "betrayals," he became embittered by both gods and humanity, taking on the name "Kunikuzushi" while wandering Inazuma and joining the Fatui as its Sixth Fatui Harbinger, The Balladeer.