A Genshin Impact fan art turns one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers named Pantalone into an Archon. Every region in the world of Teyvat has an Archon who serves as the nation's main protector thanks to its unnatural powers. The most recent Archon that arrived to the game is Lesser Lord Kusanali, also known as Nahida and the God of Wisdom.
Even though the Eleven Fatui Harbingers are considered some of the game's strongest villains, they also work for a Genshin Impact Archon. Her name is Tsaritsa, and she rules over Snezhnaya which is expected to be the last major region to arrive to the world of Teyvat.
A Reddit user by the name of Sleewp has shared an impressive concept on the official Genshin Impact subreddit. The art turns one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers named Pantalone into an Archon. His official appearance was revealed in the teaser named A Winter Night's Lazzo which also featured all the remaining Harbingers except Scaramouche who is now part of the playable roster. The fan-art was praised by many fans in the comment section and a lot of players seem to wonder if Pantalone took down Tsaritsa to become the new Snezhnaya leader.
At the time of Pantalone's official reveal, many players noticed that his design shares many similarities with a popular Genshin Impact character named Baizhu. A popular fan-made theory claims that Baizhu and Pantalone could actually be the same person and his main job is to gather as much information as possible from Liyue. Baizhu is currently just a quest-exclusive NPC who appeared in a couple of quests.
Players won't have to wait for much longer to see if these theories are true considering that recent leaks have been suggesting that Baizhu could soon become a part of Genshin Impact's playable roster. Credible leakers have revealed that he could become a playable character either in 3.5 or 3.6. The fact that HoYoverse already confirmed Dehya and Mika for update 3.5 means that the earliest Baizhu could arrive would be with version 3.6.
Since his first appearance, there has always been hype about this unique character, probably because he was the only Dendro user to appear in the storyline. Even though many expected Baizhu to be the first playable Dendro character, it seems like HoYoverse decided to delay his release, probably because he is not related to the recently added Sumeru region that introduced the new element.
Genshin Impact is available for mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5, with a Nintendo Switch version also in development.
Source: Reddit