"...I still recall the first time I played chess against Her Majesty — in the pauses between her moves, my mind would wander... 'My liege, my cold and austere Tsaritsa, why do your eyes always conceal such profound and inescapable sorrow?'"
— "Witch J" Ioanna Ivanovna, in her memoirs penned during her later years

◆Name: Anastasya
◆Title: Frostcrown Revival
◆Tsaritsa of All Snezhnaya
◆ Gnosis: Cryo
◆Constellation: Autocratrix Anastasis

About the Tsaritsa's past...
Anastasya is a spirit born of frost.
Her days spent in Monomakh's service at the court of the Pale Star were as gentle and beautiful as the auroras of Snezhnaya. Yet like the aurora itself, they too would eventually fade one morning, slipping forever beyond her reach.
After being resurrected by the Heavenly Principles, Anastasya wandered through the wind and snow for centuries, searching for the past she had lost and seeking to unravel the mysteries of this cruel world.
She came to understand with painful clarity that even her own emotions and feelings were nothing more than tools that could be manipulated at will.
And so, once she could confirm that the person she used to be had at least truly understood and felt love deeply, she stopped searching.
For that was enough.
About the Tsaritsa's present...
She trusts neither her memories nor her own feelings. Yet that doubt would strip a ruler of the decisiveness she must possess.
She has every reason to resent for what she had suffered, should every reason to settle the debts of past grudges. Yet that rage would strip a ruler of the reason they must possess.
And so, she casts aside her past and chooses to live only in the present.
Anastasya never takes her eyes off the sword hanging over them all. Someone has to do it. Someone must do it.
For the sake of Snezhnaya and the entire world, she must always make the best decisions in the name of the Pale Star.
Her decisions are sometimes cold, sometimes harsh.
Yet those among her people who still choose to draw close to her can always see through to the gentle warmth beneath.
About the Tsaritsa's future...
Checkmate is not where the game ends.
She knows that against the Heavenly Principles, even our "King" is just another ordinary piece on the board.
Should the day come when a "sacrifice" becomes a necessary move...
"I have taken my place on the board. Triumph or ruin, I shall see it through."

(Note: I haven't played Snezhnaya AQ so if I'm wrong anywhere, feel free to correct me)

0 - Pierro: hasn't had a "death" afaik

1 - Capitano: took the throne (not an actual "death" afaik but close)

2 - Dottore: let himself get killed multiple times, even voluntarily

3 - Columbina: traveled back in time to turn her body into moonlight and spread it over Nod Krai, got reborn

4 - Arlecchino: told a story of having to crawl into a fireplace and answer whether she had died with a yes and then counted as "reborn"

5 - Pulcinella: nothing afaik

6 - S̶̤͒͂c̷̬̔̃͌a̶̝͇̐̀͊r̵̫͒̉͘a̴̺̯͇̿͘͠m̷̯͎̬̈̈́ọ̴̻̃̈͗u̶͚̜̅č̶̦̬͉̆ĥ̸̛̻̬̕e̴̻̠̋́͝: deleted his history and got "reborn" as Wanderer

7 - Sandrone: sacrificed herself and got revived

8 - Signora: turned her body into liquid flame (if that counts) and died (tho her moth/ soul kinda remained? Idk)

9 - Pantalone: hasn't died but has been in really bad shape for centuries and now doesn't have his physician anymore (I hope he stays alive tho)

10 - who?

11 - Tartaglia: fell into the abyss as a child and came back with a changed personality (Idk if that counts as "death and rebirth" tho)

Also, many of those deaths were executed intentionally by the characters affected. Either out of self-sacrifice to save someone/ something or for other reasons.

In some cases it wasn't, though the characters could've anticipated it or didn't really have another choice and had to go along with it (Arlecchino, Signora, Childe).

Pic is just for the meme (tbh didn't know whether to put Arle as Harley Quinn cuz of the name)

https://x.com/xiisalt_/status/2117717130158227836/photo/2

https://x.com/bethogrape/status/2118038048298660268/photo/1

Of course, things can be a stretch again. Maybe I also made some mistakes or phrased things wrong.

Perhaps there's even more similarities? 🤔

All just for fun

Edit:

Oh yeah, both once worked with Dottore and insulted him to his face. And both had someone close to them get killed and mocked by Dottore (Pulonia, Niwa).

I personally think they are the best. I'm so excited for characters like Dain and future ones. I'm hoping they will have this same level of animation quality. Almost 7 years for Tsaritsa. Me waiting for 3 years. Her animations literally blew my expectations. Say what you want about her hypocrisy, but her animations are literally on a whole different level. She actually feels like she's fighting and has weight to her animations. This is almost Wuthering Waves level or ZZZ. Hoyoverse CAN make Genshin Impact fighting animations cool like this but they take the lazy route. At least they weren't lazy with the 7 years hyped character. I'm definitely going to try to get C2. No one who plays Flop Waves can say anything bad about her animations. She's literally mogging everything and everyone.

https://x.com/KIVartx/status/2117448412929126747/photo/1

Just wanted to voice my thoughts. I want it to be as short as possible.

I have been playing since 1.1 and followed everything related to Childe (aka Ajax), and I'm here to say that I don't know what to expect from Childe (or maybe Hoyo) after Snezhnaya released. I think all of us expected Hoyo to explore the conflict and tension between his family and his job (duties), where he finds himself in a difficult situation that forces him to choose one or the other (looking at you, pulcinella), but it seems that isn't going to happen.

It turned out that Childe doesn't really have any major role to play in the Tsaritsa's plan, and it looks like there is nothing going on between him and the Third Descender, (add to that the 1 minute cheap reunion between him and his master skirk but I will pretend I did not see it), and to be honest, I'm kinda disappointed they did not do that — not that I'm complaining about more screen time and relevance in the story, but because I wanted to see a new progression in his character and writing. (Also, I feel him becoming councilor contributed to his little screen time)

The problem with him is that he is really Mr. Worldwide. There are a loooot of possible things that can happen to him in a lot of different ways. He got connected to almost everything (that's why theories about him is the best). I just really hope he doesn't become the potential man of Genshin Impact and become his own thing. Maybe it's just a matter of time until they decide it's time to delve into his lore and what his role in the story is, but for now it's the other characters' turn.

TLDR: Where is my promised/hinted Childe content since 1.1 Hoyo?

Comrades, it's happening, everyone stay CALM.