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[[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeru Sumeru]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAkademiya Akademiya]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactAlhaitham Alhaitham]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactCyno Cyno]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactEremites Eremites]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactKaveh Kaveh]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactNahida Nahida]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactWanderer The Wanderer]])\\

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[[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeru Sumeru]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAkademiya Akademiya]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactAlhaitham Alhaitham]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactCyno Cyno]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactKaveh Kaveh]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactEremites Eremites]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactNahida Nahida]] | '''The Wanderer''' | [[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeruHistorical Historical]])\\

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: GenderInvertedTrope. During his days as a puppet, Ei deemed him inadequate to hold the Electro Gnosis when she saw him crying in his sleep, but neither did she have the heart to either destroy or assert control over him. Instead, she put him to sleep so he could decide his direction in life once he woke up, even leaving him a feather containing her symbol, presumably meant to help him. However, regardless of her intentions, he saw [[ParentalAbandonment Ei's action as abandonment]], her symbol only bringing him more trouble than it is worth, thus giving him the mother (pun intended) of all [[HatesTheirParent mommy issues]].

Snezhnaya ([[Characters/GenshinImpactFatui Fatui]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactHarbingers Harbingers]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactTartaglia Tartaglia]])\\

[[Characters/GenshinImpactInazuma Inazuma]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactTriCommission Tri-Commission]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactWatatsumi Watatsumi]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactAratakiGang Arataki Gang]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactRaidenShogun Raiden Shogun]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactInazumaHistorical Historical]])\\

'''Associated Weapon:''' Tulaytullah's Remembrance\\

* WeaponSpecialization: At the time of his introduction, the Wanderer is released in tandem with the catalyst Tulaytullah's Remembrance. Its substat is Critical Damage (which can reach 44.1% at Level 90), which complements his Ascension stat of Critical Rate (which can reach 19.2% at his sixth), while at its fifth and final refinement the "Bygone Azure Teardrop" passive increases the attacking speed of his normal attacks by 20% and, within fourteen seconds after triggering his Elemental Skill, increases the potency of his normal attacks either at a rate of 9.6% per second or by 19.2% whenever his normal attacks hit enemies (to a maximum of 96%), hence letting the Wanderer get a ''lot'' of mileage out of his Windfavored state.

!!!With the revelations about his fate after the third Archon Quest Interlude, there will be unmarked spoilers. '''[[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Read at your own risk!]]'''

* WalkingSpoiler: Due to heavy ties to the game's lore, connections to the Fatui AND eventually becoming a playable character, Nothing, and we mean '''nothing''' in the next two folders will be marked at all since it goes into more detail regarding his time as both Scaramouche and The Wanderer.

The former sixth-ranking Harbinger of the Fatui. Originally the first in a line of divine puppets created by Ei, the Electro Archon, to hold the Electro Gnosis and rule Inazuma in her place, a series of tragedies drove him mad and instilled in him a burning hatred against humanity and gods alike. Upon the invitation of its founder Pierro, he joined the Fatui, where he would quickly rise up its ranks conducting dangerous expeditions to the Abyss under orders from Dottore, the second-ranking Harbonger, until he eventually became the sixth-ranking Harbinger and given the name "Scaramouche." Centuries later, he would return twice to Inazuma to wreak havoc--the first to avenge himself on the descendants of the people he blames for the tragedies in his life, the second to take the Electro Gnosis--before being volunteered by Dottore to become Sumeru's new God of Wisdom and supplant Nahida/Kusanali, the Dendro Archon. After being defeated by the joint efforts of the Traveler and Nahida, the latter nevertheless took him under her care, eventually revealing to him that his descent to madness was orchestrated by Dottore. Broken with despair upon realizing that his whole life was built upon lies, he tried to erase himself from existence, though his body survived, albeit amnesiac; with the Traveler and Nahida's help, the Wanderer, as Scaramouche has become known since, regains his past memories and now strives to--in his own, vitriolic way--atone for his sins, both by helping the two from the shadows as well as cutting his ties with the Fatui and swearing vengeance on them, Dottore in particular.\\

The former sixth-ranking Harbinger of [[Characters/GenshinImpactFatui the Fatui]]. Originally the first in a line of divine puppets created by Ei, the Electro Archon, to hold the Electro Gnosis and rule Inazuma in her place, a series of tragedies drove him insane and instilled in him a burning hatred against humanity and gods alike. Upon the invitation of Pierro, first-ranking of the Harbingers, he joined the Fatui where, as Scaramouche, he would quickly rise up its ranks, eventually returning twice to Inazuma to wreak havoc and eventually steal the Electro Gnosis, before being recruited by Dottore, the second-ranking Harbinger, to become Sumeru's new God of Wisdom. After being defeated by the joint efforts of the Traveler and Nahida/Kusanali, the latter nevertheless took him under her care, eventually revealing to him that his descent to madness was orchestrated by Dottore. Broken with despair upon realizing that his whole life was built upon lies, he tried to erase himself from existence, though his body survived, albeit amnesiac; with the Traveler and Nahida's help, the Wanderer, as Scaramouche has become known since, regains his past memories and now strives to--in his own, vitriolic way--atone for his sins, both by helping the two from the shadows as well as cutting his ties with the Fatui and swearing vengeance on them, Dottore in particular.\\

* ReformedButNotTamed: His playable appearance is justified by this as of the third Archon Quest Interlude. He plainly states that he has no intention of changing his behavior and seeks bloody vengeance against those who wronged him, Dottore especially. His usual attitude is present everywhere in his character, from his moveset (his Elemental Skill lets him hover in the air, making him literally [[VisualPun above everyone else]], and his Elemental Burst has him deliver an aggressive stomp) to his voicelines (the vast majority of which is filled with copious amounts of snark). Despite this, he is grateful to Nahida and the Traveler for giving him a new lease on life and is willing to work with them, having developed a genuine (if begrudging) respect for them.

* JerkassToOne: {{Inverted}}. All of Wanderer's voicelines about other characters are negative, ranging from mild distrust to outright hatred, except for Kazuha, whose clan is related to that of his first friend Niwa, and Nahida, who he respects for her compassion towards him.

** He has several moments during the 3.6 "A Parade of Providence" event:
*** When he overhears the interaction between Traveler and Layla about the latter's anxiety in locating the Swiftflies, The Wanderer steps in and advices her that she should use astrology to solve her problem.
*** When Tighnari faints in the desert, he suddenly shows up to snark about how fragile humans are against extreme environment changes...then he hands the Traveler a waterskin for Tighnari to drink from and leaves.

-->''"You think there's some kind of meaning behind the element of Anemo? Hah, why did that thought even occur to you? The gods aren't guided by any kind of rationality or moral compass. Haven't I shown that to you already?"''

-->''"Do you really think you can see through me?"''

-->"Let them stab their blades into my chest if they so desire. ...Maybe that's how it always should have been."

* SignificantReferenceDate: His birthday, January 3, was the day of the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration in 1868, when control over the Japanese government was effectively taken back by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Meiji the eponymous Emperor]] (''né'' Mutsuhito) from the Tokugawa Shogunate.

* VillainousBreakdown: When Nahida is removing the Electro Gnosis from his HumongousMecha, Scaramouche completely drops his [[SmugSnake smug demeanor]] and he desperately [[AintTooProudToBeg begs]] her not to remove it, even trying to force his way out of the puppet and straining the plug cords connected to him in his attempt to stop her. The moment it's removed and the cords connecting him snap, he enters an AngstComa and falls out of the puppet to his apparent death.

** Scaramouche bares similarities to the Herrscher of Dominion, a [[ArcVillain villanous puppet]] driven by their despair and resentment towards the world. Both foes start out taunting and playing with the protagonists, before a final battle using a HumongousMecha that sees the hero defeat them by drawing on the strength of their friends.

* MythologyGag: One of his attacks as a boss is to spawn numerous dimensional portals behind him that shoot [[ShockAndAwe Electro]] projectiles onto the player, and it looks extremely similar to an attack used by the Herrscher of Void from Genshin's sister game ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd''.

[[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeru Sumeru]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAkademiya Akademiya]] {[[Characters/GenshinImpactAlhaitham Alhaitham]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactCyno Cyno]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactKaveh Kaveh]]} | [[Characters/GenshinImpactEremites Eremites]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactNahida Nahida]] | '''The Wanderer''' | [[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeruHistorical Historical]])\\

Snezhnaya ([[Characters/GenshinImpactFatui Fatui]] [=[=][[Characters/GenshinImpactHarbingers Harbingers]] {[[Characters/GenshinImpactTartaglia Tartaglia]]}])\\

[[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Liyue]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Qixing]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactAdepti Adepti]] {[[Characters/GenshinImpactXiao Xiao]]} | [[Characters/GenshinImpactZhongli Zhongli]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyueHistorical Historical]])\\

* LackOfEmpathy: When the Traveler confronts Scaramouche in the Delusion Factory, Scaramouche not only displays zero remorse for distributing Delusions, but even mocks the Resistance for willingly using a power that might kill them. He even goes so far as to mock Teppei's death, though this was partially to rile the Traveler up enough that the Tatarigami would feed on their anger and weaken them enough for him to make another attempt on their life. {{Justified}} as he purposefully closed his own heart in order for him to not feel positive emotions such as empathy.

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[[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeru Sumeru]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAkademiya Akademiya]] {[[Characters/GenshinImpactAlhaitham Alhaitham]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactCyno Cyno]] |[[Characters/GenshinImpactKaveh Kaveh]]} | [[Characters/GenshinImpactEremites Eremites]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactNahida Nahida]] | '''The Wanderer''' | [[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeruHistorical Historical]])\\