Lecture Notes: Il Dottore - A Comprehensive Overview

Basic Information

• Titles: Il Dottore / The Doctor, The Second of the Fatui Harbingers
• Speculated Real Name: Zandik
• Ethnicity: Name has Persian origins, canonically from Sumeru
• Age: Estimated to be 400+ years old

Biography

• Background:
  • Il Dottore is known as a mad doctor/scientist from Sumeru.
  • Operates under the Tsaritsa as the 2nd Fatui Harbinger.
  • Considered extremely dangerous due to high rank and forbidden knowledge.
• Education:
  • Studied at Sumeru’s Akademiya.
  • Known as "The Outcast" by Nahida/Lesser Lord Kusanali and possibly others.
  • Expelled for inhumane experiments and pursuit of forbidden knowledge, particularly in mechanical lifeforms and the cataclysm.
• Obsession:
  • Fascinated with non-worldly mechanisms, indicated in the Webtoon and documents across Sumeru.

Zandik’s Legacy

• Sources: Notes and etchings, primarily speculative.
• Sohreh’s Note: Explores biodiversity with Zandik and his attraction to ancient machines; noted as rigid and research approach incompatible with Amurta.
• Zandik’s Note (Devantaka Mountain): Obsession with mechanical components and secrecy from peers.
• Akademiya Investigation Team's Interim Report: Involves a deadly machine attempt and resulting fallout.
• Dissection Records: Details on Sohreh’s death with suspicious trauma suggesting foul play.
• Ragged Records: Experiments involving human subjects and exposure to The Withering.

Etchings Related to Dottore

• Location: Sumeru Desert
• Themes: Desperation, plea for divine intervention, suffering under the wicked doctor.

Additional Notes on Zandik

• Wounded Shin Valley Note: Continues study on golems, noting challenges without gyroscopes and missing energy system documents.
• Genshin Webtoon Reference: Dottore’s assistant Krupp turned into a mechanical beast.

Miscellaneous Mentions in the Story

• Childe’s Story Quest: References to Dottore’s Ruin Guard factory.

Victims of Note

• Collei:
  • Subjected to Fatui abuse and experiments, particularly around Archon Residue.
  • Experiments akin to torture, impacting her physically and mentally.
• Scaramouche: Victimized by Dottore through manipulation and experimentation, impacting his existence and power.
• Krupp: Former assistant turned into a killing machine by Dottore after being killed.
• Sohreh: Strangled by Zandik, possibly under false pretenses of mechanical attack.

Dottore’s Lore

• Youth: Early obsession with surpassing Archons through humanoids and machines.
• Expulsion from Akademiya: Due to dangerous ideals and actions.
• Post-Akademiya Activities: Continued his pursuits with Fatui after being approached by Pierro.
• Experiments and Activities:
  • Involvement in Archon Residue Experiments and crimes in Mondstadt.
  • Recent in-game appearance during the 3.1 update.

Note: Some aspects require revision for accuracy.