✩Noa✩

0. Pierro (Director)

I believe he was already somewhat affiliated with the Tsaritsa before the Cataclysm, so after what transpired it wasn’t difficult for them to find common ground to work together. This then led them to search for members that could help serve their cause (note: she may have been close with Khaenri’ah as a whole considering her son)

1. Il Capitano

Due to him being also being from Khaenri’ah as well as an incredibly powerful warrior, Capitano would’ve been one of the quickest individuals to recruit & to ensure loyalty from. It’s also quite likely that his and Pierro’s statues let them already know of one another.

2. Il Dottore

Personally, I believe it was Pierro who realized the Fatui needed an intelligent individual who wasn’t afraid to cross the lines of what was considered “taboo” since the organization’s goal was to directly oppose the heavens. It was just by chance that he heard of a scholar, dubbed a “heretic,” that had been expelled from the Akademiya for that very reason.

3. Pulcinella

For the Fatui to gain public support & proper traction, it would only be logical to have a politician representing the nation to be apart of it as well. Not only that, I expect him to have an unwavering loyalty to the Tsaritsa.

4. La Signora

The Fatui’s military developments (e.g delusions) allowed Signora to be brought into the Fatui. (the cryo delusion helping to quell her fire) I think the Tsaritsa had influence in her recruitment, understanding her grief and recognizing her potential.

5. Scaramouche

Dottore’s mission in Inazuma occurred when the original (Zandik) was still alive. While the game really only does show us one version of Dottore appearance wise, I still think based on attitude Dottore was in his 30s (mid to late is my best guess). Though it was Pierro who found and recruited him into their ranks as he saw an immense potential in him.

6. Pantalone

Dottore was 38 when Pantalone was sold off as a test subject which still puts him at one of the earlier recruits. (it honestly seems like most harbingers joined in a very short time frame considering the centuries the Harbingers have been a thing) I want to say that Scaramouche and Pantalone were extremely close when it came to who became a Harbinger first. However, Pantalone may have joined the Fatui before him, but he had to work his way up the ranks unlike Scara.

7. Sandrone

I found her position a bit hard to pinpoint, I could say that her and Pantalone’s positions could be swapped. (again, him having to climb up the ranks) Instead of being sought out, she offered her services/loyalty to the Tsaritsa in exchange for being able to continue her research (which was likely considered “forbidden” and pricey… much like someone else on this list)

*after reviewing this list, I could also see her placement somewhere FAR earlier— I desperately need more Harbinger lore

8. Columbina

I’ll be honest when I say Columbina’s timeline does confuse me a bit so I don’t really even have a guess as to WHEN she joined. Instead of Pierro being the one to recruit her, it was the Tsaritsa who offered her a place to call “home.” I believe that Pierro searches for individuals who he knows will be loyal to the cause. I think from Sandrone/Pantalone to Columbina was the first “big” gap when it came to recruitments.

9. Arlecchino

After what was probably a couple hundred year gap between recruitments, (I have something to add about Crucabena at the end of this list) she was pardoned by the Tsaritsa and given her rank in the Fatui. I think it’s safe to say that the Tsaritsa saw something worth saving in Arle, which in turn caused her to develop a sense of loyalty towards the Fatui’s cause

10. Childe

He is an incredibly proud Sneznhayan and an incredibly capable fighter. After getting out into the Fatui’s military, it was Pulcinella who recognized was he was capable of and pulled him into the ranks

Crucabena (extra)

***all of this next section is fueled off of my own hcs and whatnot, basically irrelevant to everything written above. Please don’t take this too seriously, it’s just my delusions***

We know basically squat about her, but I’ve always been a bit interested in her character. It is known that she was closely affiliated with Dottore. This led me to believe that she was in a partnership with him & Pantalone. They all have a fairly ruthless nature which leads me to wondering if the three of them had aligning goals. As far as we know, she’s human. So, there’s a chance her situation is like Pantalone’s and Dottore found a method of prolonging her life

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First thing I wanna point out is discrepancies in numbers. Does this probably even mean anything?? No, but I do not care.

There are about three times there are multiple segments “shown” in game:

-Segments after Omega erased them

-cutscene with Pantalone & Omega

-Dr. Data’s “death”

In each of these instances, there is a different amount of segments to be counted. During the erasure, there was one more voice than the five we are introduced to officially. (Not counting Omega) And of course, there’s more than that in the scene where the second half of Omega died. Again, does this mean anything?? Probably not.

Moving onnn…

-Voiceline

I know that “about (character)” voicelines are not all that reliable, (as we’ve seen in certain circumstances) but I still think that there are certain things to take note of. In particular, from Arlecchino’s “about Marionette”:

More specifically “-someone who would go so far as to create segments of themselves to better wander across the land.”

This leads me into thinking that Dottore would’ve created several segments for all sorts of purposes. There’s a reason why each (known) segment was created during a specific period of Zandik’s life (8 being the age he lost compassion and so on) and that he used them to get different perspectives from himself.

SO, those segments could be the most important and hold the most relevance for that reason while also having their own specialties— like how some people interpret glassestorre as the surgeon and that plaguetorre specializes in pharmaceuticals. Who’s to say that more segments weren’t made for all sorts of reasons (chance I’ll make a post over my dottosegment hcs in more depth)

In my personal viewpoint of Dottore’s character, he’s incredibly independent and self reliant. I doubt he has much assistance in his labs or on his projects from other Fatui members. Of course they might do lesser, more tedious jobs, but for the most part it’s him doing the major work. He strikes me as the type of person to go “if only there was another me…” (insert Dottore looking at Scaramouche and lightbulb going off). He’s also particular with how data is collected, analyzed, interpreted, so of course he wouldn’t want outside interference to mess with his work. Which, again, fuels my ideas that he created several versions of himself to get his research done to his own standard.

Now that I’ve beat a single line of dialogue to death, here is something a bit more simple that I find interesting

-Omega Build

This one might be incredibly stupid, but I am past that point. We know that omega is a letter in the Greek alphabet. Not only that, it is the final letter, which may mean that he is the latest “model” as well.(another post I may make). This automatically leads me to believe that there were segment build models for every letter before Omega as well. That would imply that there were at least 24 segments, but of course there could be multiple segments per “model.” This leads me into my final point for this post, which is a bit inspired by a comment I got on another post

-Segment “Models”

This came from a post where I mentioned how people have different interpretations of who segment 25 and 45 were which lead to this comment by @samediankh

During the Sumeru Archon quest, we know that there were at least two segments there as Omega’s famous line states, “I left Sumeru, but I also stayed in Sumeru.” Some think there might have been a third segment as well, but that’s besides the point. The main deal is that all the segments looked the exact same.

We know that there is an “Omega Build” and that build could apply to more than one segment which could explain why they all looked the same yet had some differences in personality. It’s just the the Omega we know is the perfect segment. He was the one created at the exact peak of Zandik’s life, carrying a specific personality with it.