Il Dottore: The Mad Doctor of Sumeru

UPDATE 2024: NEEDS REVISION! Some information may be worded incorrectly or wrong. BASIC INFORMATION KNOWN ABOUT IL DOTTORE TITLES: Il Dottore/The Doctor + The Second of the Fatui Harbingers Real name is unconfirmed, speculated to be Zandik. ETHNICITY: Name comes from Persian, canonically from Sumeru AGE: Estimated to be 400 years old or older BIO: Il Dottore, or Dottore for short, is a mad doctor/scientist from Sumeru who works under the Tsaritsa as the 2nd Fatui Harbinger. He is one of the most dangerous living beings currently on Teyvat due to his high rank in the Fatui Harbingers and his forbidden knowledge. Dottore studied in Sumeru’s Akademiya in his youth and is referred to as The Outcast (By Nahida/Lesser Lord Kusanali) and potentially everyone else in Sumeru. Due to his insanity, all records and mentions of the man Zandik have been removed from all documents minus a few. He was expelled from the Akademiya due to his inhumane experiments and his pursuit of forbidden knowledge- namely Machine/Mechanical Lifeforms and the cataclysm(?). Dottore’s obsession with mechanisms not from this world is very apparent within the Webtoon and is highly alluded to in documents across Sumeru (The libraries, Ruin Golems, etc). KEY: If, in this document, the words “the screenshot” are used, I am referring to the image below. I originally made this document to explain the context of the image below, but I instead took the time to compile more information about Dottore :). As much as I would love to write about my theories, I want to keep this as canonically accurate as possible! If any info is incorrect, missing, or otherwise not accurate, please let me know. ZANDIK’S LEGACY LOCATIONS OF THESE NOTES CAN BE FOUND HERE OR IF YOU LOOK UP “ZANDIK’S LEGACY”. THE ETCHINGS IN THE DESERT ARE MERELY SPECULATION BASED ON CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND INFO. OTHER INFORMATION DERIVES FROM THE WEBTOON AND BEING A NERD. SOHREH’S NOTE: “…Explored the jungle with Zandik. Its local biodiversity is impressive. Although the growing effects of The Withering in other areas have also affected this place, it has yet to pose a great threat... We discovered a few new micro-scarab species. I suppose I could name them "Nahidad Scarabs," which means "the Dendro Archon's Boon" — a good name, I'd say! Zandik was attracted by the ancient machines left behind by some civilization here…he’s young — handsome, too. But he’s too rigid, and the research approach of his Darshan has nothing in common with Amurta. As a result, we have nothing to talk about even though we are exploring this place together. That’s pretty annoying…Zandik and I discussed the traits of local plants and animals. We also exchanged views on their evolution models. We had a great time and decided to go on a picnic tonight…” ZANDIK’S NOTE (DEVANTAKA MOUNTAIN): “…collected a lot of components, these spare parts of the huge machine, if only I could figure out its working principle and manufacturing process…fiddling with these components almost caused a delay with my work. These exquisite mechanical parts have a unique and ingenious style, which is not likely to be found in the handcrafted artifacts under the rule of the Archons. I am going to take them apart, and record the size and shape one by one. But first of all, this secret must not be revealed to the other team members…” NOTE RELATED TO ZANDIK: “Akademiya Investigation Team's Interim Report” “(Skipped first paragraph)…the terrifying killing machine was stopped. Zandik insisted on bringing it back to the Akademiya to be disassembled and reverse-engineered. That was absolutely ridiculous! Sage Sharnama reprimanded him and removed him from the author list. We buried Dastur Sohreh (the woman Zandik was with) and sent the wounded back.” “DISSECTION RECORDS” “The deceased…Dastur Sohreh…multiple trauma wounds…lacerations…contusions on internal organs…hemorrhage…but the fatal injury wound is on the throat…fractured hyoid bone…unable to ascertain proper cause of death…” “RAGGED RECORDS” “Previously at ?????, we collected 3 doses of common substances that had been exposed to The Withering…collected 5 samples (class: human) in the nearby village.” “Subject III: Male adult, 20-25 yrs old. Subject IV: female adult, 25-30 yrs old. Subjects V/VI/VII: 1 male child, 7-17 yrs old, 2 female children…” “All juvenile subjects went missing after displaying hallucinatory symptoms.” “Subject IV: adult, body functions completely shut down, a large area of skin ?????????, visceral ?????????. COD: blood loss. Upon seeing subject IV in a coma, subject III (adult) resisted violently in panic before being forcibly subdued, which resulted with the cessation of the experiment.” The rest of this paragraph is related to Eleazar. “Subject III, adult, body functions completely shut down, a medium area of skin ????????, visceral ?????, blood ????????, too. COD: extreme fear led to complications, which caused heart failure and multiple-organ failure.” “This is a waste of resources. It is advisable to watch over the subjects’ mental state in the next experiment and avoid exposing them to extreme environments.” “Lab lead on duty: ???????” (Assumed to be Zandik) ETCHINGS POSSIBLY RELATED TO DOTTORE AND THE ELEAZAR HOSPITAL, BELIEVED TO BE RUN BY DOTTORE: (LOCATED IN THE SUMERU DESERT) “Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “God forgives all.” “Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “God, if you are still willing to accept this unworthy believer, Abbas, as your own, please show yourself to me. Speak to me once more. I do not want to dissolve into the yellow sands. Not yet…” “Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “God punished me, I should have died. But now I’m hiding in this hole. Living like a lizard. That evil doctor has forgotten me, and so has God. Wait in the pit that was dug, and the end will come, just as he will eventually return with his seven glorious apostles. When that time comes, there will be no more suffering. Hakim and Avon will return to their beloved Aaru Village, and little Arbaaz will have all the sweets he wants. And I…….Dunes, sumpter beasts, home…will mom and dad be waiting for me when the end comes? Are they still healthy, so they should be in the fields? They shouldn’t…” “I don’t want to die.” “Are you still listening, king of all children of the sand? We have been punished with Eleazar because we were lazy and wasted the precious fields God gave us. I accept this…” “Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “…Knock, Abbas. Knock harder. If you knock the right place, you can break these mud walls. Then, you will never have to eat grass or lizards again. Knock, Abbas. Don’t be afraid. You can get out. Don’t be afraid. You can get out. Don’t be afraid, you can get out…” “Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “I can hear them all. The vicious winds of the desert, Avin’s angry weeping for Hakim, the words of God — I could always hear them. All of them. First Hakim, then Avin, then Arbaaz. They all left, dissolving into the yellow sand, leaving me here just to suffer. But my broken mind and body can bear no more. O God, protector of the desert people, mightier than the sandstorm, more glorious than the sun. I beg you, please put an end to this trial. Free me, I beg you, from the scalpel of the wicked doctor, from the potions that make me hurt all over. Let me return to the fields of my home. I beg you, please.” ZANDIK’S NOTE (WOUNDED SHIN VALLEY): “As I thought, it seems the components I found in the large cluster of mechanisms can be used for this “Gurabad Specimen”. This golem’s main weapon system has suffered less damage than that of the previous machine. The dimensions and structure match previous records perfectly. Despite its size, its workmanship displays a high level of precision. It seems like such golems were all designed without the implementation of gyroscopes, causing the interior structure to tilt constantly and simultaneously with the machine's movement. A piloting trial had to be suspended after half a minute due to severe physiological side effects caused by disrupted balance. I speculate that its pilot may have had to undergo modifications to their vestibular system, or wore specialized adhesive boots and gloves. It's a shame that documents regarding its energy supply systems have been lost, and I have far too important a mission to accomplish to afford to start from scratch. If not…” Zandik’s obsession and intellect around machinery is apparent here. I have no idea what a Gurabad Specimen is, though. The ring featured on the first page of the Genshin Webtoon’s first chapter “Bad Wine” is most likely the ring that the screenshot is referring to. Krupp (the guy in the screenshot below) was Dottore’s assistant for a time before Dottore shot him and turned him into a mechanical beast simply because he considered Krupp to be useless as a human. Dottore and his Fatui subordinates watch as people are kidnapped and mauled to death by monsters, betting on who could possibly survive. However, it’s rare that anyone makes it out. MISCELLANEOUS MENTIONS OF DOTTORE IN THE STORY (not much) CHILDE’S STORY QUEST At some point before Tartaglia’s story quest, Dottore had created a Ruin Guard factory that he eventually abandoned. After Tartaglia briefly mentions Dottore, Paimon describes him as “yet another Harbinger with a bad attitude”. Considering his shitty attitude in the webtoon, she isn’t necessarily wrong. Not much else is brought up in this quest, but the entire thing takes place in a factory The Doctor had created at some point in time. [Previously the crime list was here, needs revision] VICTIMS OF NOTE NOTE: Crepus was NOT killed by Dottore. He was killed by his own Delusion. Dottore and Diluc have fought and met before, but nothing really directly occurred. COLLEI (Information is incorrect and needs revision) Collei is probably Dottore’s most known victim, as she was the main victim of Fatui abuse in the Webtoon. When she was a child, she was sent to the Fatui by her parents due to her chronic illness. Dottore was able to minimize her Eleazar under his care, but he also used this power he held over her to use her for the “Archon Residue Experiments”. These experiments were like torture, destroying her body and her moral compass. Her lack of compatibility with the residue due to her not only being a regular person, but also a young child, caused her body to collapse from the inside out, her mind polluted by the Delusion she gained by force. Genshin Webtoon - The “Black Fire Incident” and Collei’s delusion. SCARAMOUCHE Dottore is one of the leading causes of Scaramouche’s torment and betrayal throughout the years, and he didn’t even know it until the Inversion of Genesis quest in 3.3. Within a flashback (Taking place 400 years ago) during IoG, Niwa (Scaramouche’s friend) is seen talking to a man named Escher. As the two speak, the conversation slowly gets more heated and uncomfortable for Niwa. Niwa accuses Escher of being insane and warns the man about the dangers of Tatarasuna’s furnace, but Escher digresses. Niwa becomes more suspicious of the man, and accuses him of being a fake. Niwa’s accusation was true, only realizing it after Escher stabbed him in the back. Literally. As Niwa is bleeding out and dying on the floor, Escher- no, Dottore explains how he is going to use Tatarasuna’s furnace to corrupt Scaramouche and use Niwa’s unbeating heart as a way to confirm Scaramouche’s humanity, as he was only a puppet at the time. After Niwa bled out, Dottore cut him open and removed the heart from Niwa’s body, placing it in the furnace as a ‘gift’ for Scaramouche. Dottore covered up Niwa’s death, lying enough to convince Scara that Niwa had betrayed him. Once Scaramouche entered the Fatui, Dottore experimented on and modified Scara so he could unlock his true power, power that even the Electro Archon couldn’t give him. KRUPP As mentioned earlier, Krupp used to work for Dottore and assisted in bringing in unwilling subjects to the Haeresys death ring. Dottore was displeased with the subjects Krupp would bring, threatening him with death and the possibility of becoming one of his robot goons. In the first chapter of the Genshin Impact Webtoon, Dottore and Krupp enter a meeting with the Knights. During this meeting, Dottore gets enraged and storms off. Afterwards, Dottore scolded Krupp for wasting his time. Sometime after this event, Krupp is confronted by Diluc, who asks Krupp about Dottore’s plans and the missing children in Mondstadt. Before Krupp gives any crucial information away, Dottore intervenes and murders Krupp on the spot via a shot to the head. After Krupp’s death, Dottore uses his deceased body to create a killing machine. Krupp being shot mid-interrogation by Dottore. Dottore in front of the Krupp robot. SOHREH I’ve already gone in-depth about her, but to reiterate: She was attracted to Zandik, calling him young and handsome… she loved him, really. However, no one can compete with his one true love: Machinery. On an investigation with a team from the Akademiya, Zandik strangled Sohreh to death. Her body was covered in lacerations, assumed to be caused by tigers, but is most likely rooted in foul play by Dottore himself. The markings found on her neck were clearly not created by tigers, but probably by a crazed Zandik. DOTTORE’S LORE (MAY BE INACCURATE) Even in his youth, Zandik was obsessed with the idea of creating enhanced humanoids and machines that could surpass the Archons. His dangerous ideals and pursuit of Forbidden Knowledge got him driven out of his hometown, the people calling him a madman and a monster as he was chased away. Somehow, after that, he was admitted into Sumeru Akademiya where he could study mechanical lifeforms (illegally) at a larger scale. After multiple incidents involving Zandik’s outrageous behavior: His carelessness after Sohreh’s death, only caring about the machine so he could study it; The disappearance of several children under Zandik’s watch while researching Eleazar; Using ‘materials’ made of dead Eleazar victims to heal Abbas, putting him in agonizing pain and fighting for his life to escape a wicked doctor. Higher ups at the Akademiya became incredibly suspicious due to this information, alongside the discovery of missing records and documents. Eventually, he was exiled from the Akademiya. After his expulsion by the Akademiya, he was approached by Pierro. After being titled “The Doctor”, he once again investigated Eleazar, but this time he was alongside the Fatui. This is when Dottore began doing the Archon Residue Experiments, torturing Collei and countless others. However, before that, he also killed Niwa and gave Scaramouche the heart after infiltrating Tatarasuna and sabotaging the furnace. During Dottore’s time in Mondstadt, he and his subordinates would kidnap or recruit helpless people so they could be victims of his experiments. Not much is known about what Dottore is canonically doing at this part of the story despite meeting him in-game during the 3.1 update.

UPDATE 2024: NEEDS REVISION! Some information may be worded incorrectly or wrong.

BASIC INFORMATION KNOWN ABOUT IL DOTTORE

TITLES: Il Dottore/The Doctor + The Second of the Fatui Harbingers
Real name is unconfirmed, speculated to be Zandik.
ETHNICITY: Name comes from Persian, canonically from Sumeru 
AGE: Estimated to be 400 years old or older

BIO:
Il Dottore, or Dottore for short, is a mad doctor/scientist from Sumeru who works under the Tsaritsa as the 2nd Fatui Harbinger. He is one of the most dangerous living beings currently on Teyvat due to his high rank in the Fatui Harbingers and his forbidden knowledge. Dottore studied in Sumeru’s Akademiya in his youth and is referred to as The Outcast (By Nahida/Lesser Lord Kusanali) and potentially everyone else in Sumeru. Due to his insanity, all records and mentions of the man Zandik have been removed from all documents minus a few. He was expelled from the Akademiya due to his inhumane experiments and his pursuit of forbidden knowledge- namely Machine/Mechanical Lifeforms and the cataclysm(?). Dottore’s obsession with mechanisms not from this world is very apparent within the Webtoon and is highly alluded to in documents across Sumeru (The libraries, Ruin Golems, etc).

KEY: If, in this document, the words “the screenshot” are used, I am referring to the image below. I originally made this document to explain the context of the image below, but I instead took the time to compile more information about Dottore :).
As much as I would love to write about my theories, I want to keep this as canonically accurate as possible! If any info is incorrect, missing, or otherwise not accurate, please let me know.

ZANDIK’S LEGACY
LOCATIONS OF THESE NOTES CAN BE FOUND HERE OR IF YOU LOOK UP “ZANDIK’S LEGACY”. THE ETCHINGS IN THE DESERT ARE MERELY SPECULATION BASED ON CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND INFO. OTHER INFORMATION DERIVES FROM THE WEBTOON AND BEING A NERD.

SOHREH’S NOTE:
“…Explored the jungle with Zandik. Its local biodiversity is impressive. Although the growing effects of The Withering in other areas have also affected this place, it has yet to pose a great threat... We discovered a few new micro-scarab species. I suppose I could name them "Nahidad Scarabs," which means "the Dendro Archon's Boon" — a good name, I'd say! Zandik was attracted by the ancient machines left behind by some civilization here…he’s young — handsome, too. But he’s too rigid, and the research approach of his Darshan has nothing in common with Amurta. As a result, we have nothing to talk about even though we are exploring this place together. That’s pretty annoying…Zandik and I discussed the traits of local plants and animals. We also exchanged views on their evolution models. We had a great time and decided to go on a picnic tonight…”

ZANDIK’S NOTE (DEVANTAKA MOUNTAIN):
“…collected a lot of components, these spare parts of the huge machine, if only I could figure out its working principle and manufacturing process…fiddling with these components almost caused a delay with my work. These exquisite mechanical parts have a unique and ingenious style, which is not likely to be found in the handcrafted artifacts under the rule of the Archons. I am going to take them apart, and record the size and shape one by one. But first of all, this secret must not be revealed to the other team members…”

NOTE RELATED TO ZANDIK:
“Akademiya Investigation Team's Interim Report”
“(Skipped first paragraph)…the terrifying killing machine was stopped. Zandik insisted on bringing it back to the Akademiya to be disassembled and reverse-engineered. That was absolutely ridiculous! Sage Sharnama reprimanded him and removed him from the author list. We buried Dastur Sohreh (the woman Zandik was with) and sent the wounded back.”

“DISSECTION RECORDS”
“The deceased…Dastur Sohreh…multiple trauma wounds…lacerations…contusions on internal organs…hemorrhage…but the fatal injury wound is on the throat…fractured hyoid bone…unable to ascertain proper cause of death…”

“RAGGED RECORDS”
“Previously at ?????, we collected 3 doses of common substances that had been exposed to The Withering…collected 5 samples (class: human) in the nearby village.”

“Subject III: Male adult, 20-25 yrs old. Subject IV: female adult, 25-30 yrs old. Subjects V/VI/VII: 1 male child, 7-17 yrs old, 2 female children…”

“All juvenile subjects went missing after displaying hallucinatory symptoms.”

“Subject IV: adult, body functions completely shut down, a large area of skin ?????????, visceral ?????????. COD: blood loss. Upon seeing subject IV in a coma, subject III (adult) resisted violently in panic before being forcibly subdued, which resulted with the cessation of the experiment.” The rest of this paragraph is related to Eleazar.

“Subject III, adult, body functions completely shut down, a medium area of skin ????????, visceral ?????, blood ????????, too. COD: extreme fear led to complications, which caused heart failure and multiple-organ failure.”

“This is a waste of resources. It is advisable to watch over the subjects’ mental state in the next experiment and avoid exposing them to extreme environments.”

“Lab lead on duty: ???????” (Assumed to be Zandik)

ETCHINGS POSSIBLY RELATED TO DOTTORE AND THE ELEAZAR HOSPITAL, BELIEVED TO BE RUN BY DOTTORE:
(LOCATED IN THE SUMERU DESERT)
“Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “God forgives all.”
“Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “God, if you are still willing to accept this unworthy believer, Abbas, as your own, please show yourself to me. Speak to me once more. I do not want to dissolve into the yellow sands. Not yet…”
“Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “God punished me, I should have died. But now I’m hiding in this hole. Living like a lizard. That evil doctor has forgotten me, and so has God. Wait in the pit that was dug, and the end will come, just as he will eventually return with his seven glorious apostles. When that time comes, there will be no more suffering. Hakim and Avon will return to their beloved Aaru Village, and little Arbaaz will have all the sweets he wants. And I…….Dunes, sumpter beasts, home…will mom and dad be waiting for me when the end comes? Are they still healthy, so they should be in the fields? They shouldn’t…”
“I don’t want to die.”
“Are you still listening, king of all children of the sand? We have been punished with Eleazar because we were lazy and wasted the precious fields God gave us. I accept this…”
“Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “…Knock, Abbas. Knock harder. If you knock the right place, you can break these mud walls. Then, you will never have to eat grass or lizards again. Knock, Abbas. Don’t be afraid. You can get out. Don’t be afraid. You can get out. Don’t be afraid, you can get out…”
“Unknown Person’s Etchings”: “I can hear them all. The vicious winds of the desert, Avin’s angry weeping for Hakim, the words of God — I could always hear them. All of them. First Hakim, then Avin, then Arbaaz. They all left, dissolving into the yellow sand, leaving me here just to suffer. But my broken mind and body can bear no more. O God, protector of the desert people, mightier than the sandstorm, more glorious than the sun. I beg you, please put an end to this trial. Free me, I beg you, from the scalpel of the wicked doctor, from the potions that make me hurt all over. Let me return to the fields of my home. I beg you, please.”

ZANDIK’S NOTE (WOUNDED SHIN VALLEY):
“As I thought, it seems the components I found in the large cluster of mechanisms can be used for this “Gurabad Specimen”. This golem’s main weapon system has suffered less damage than that of the previous machine. The dimensions and structure match previous records perfectly. Despite its size, its workmanship displays a high level of precision. It seems like such golems were all designed without the implementation of gyroscopes, causing the interior structure to tilt constantly and simultaneously with the machine's movement. A piloting trial had to be suspended after half a minute due to severe physiological side effects caused by disrupted balance. I speculate that its pilot may have had to undergo modifications to their vestibular system, or wore specialized adhesive boots and gloves. It's a shame that documents regarding its energy supply systems have been lost, and I have far too important a mission to accomplish to afford to start from scratch. If not…”

Zandik’s obsession and intellect around machinery is apparent here. I have no idea what a Gurabad Specimen is, though.

The ring featured on the first page of the Genshin Webtoon’s first chapter “Bad Wine” is most likely the ring that the screenshot is referring to. Krupp (the guy in the screenshot below) was Dottore’s assistant for a time before Dottore shot him and turned him into a mechanical beast simply because he considered Krupp to be useless as a human.

Dottore and his Fatui subordinates watch as people are kidnapped and mauled to death by monsters, betting on who could possibly survive. However, it’s rare that anyone makes it out.

MISCELLANEOUS MENTIONS OF DOTTORE IN THE STORY
(not much)
CHILDE’S STORY QUEST
At some point before Tartaglia’s story quest, Dottore had created a Ruin Guard factory that he eventually abandoned. After Tartaglia briefly mentions Dottore, Paimon describes him as “yet another Harbinger with a bad attitude”. Considering his shitty attitude in the webtoon, she isn’t necessarily wrong. Not much else is brought up in this quest, but the entire thing takes place in a factory The Doctor had created at some point in time.

[Previously the crime list was here, needs revision]

VICTIMS OF NOTE
NOTE: Crepus was NOT killed by Dottore. He was killed by his own Delusion. Dottore and Diluc have fought and met before, but nothing really directly occurred.

COLLEI
(Information is incorrect and needs revision)
Collei is probably Dottore’s most known victim, as she was the main victim of Fatui abuse in the Webtoon. When she was a child, she was sent to the Fatui by her parents due to her chronic illness. Dottore was able to minimize her Eleazar under his care, but he also used this power he held over her to use her for the “Archon Residue Experiments”. These experiments were like torture, destroying her body and her moral compass. Her lack of compatibility with the residue due to her not only being a regular person, but also a young child, caused her body to collapse from the inside out, her mind polluted by the Delusion she gained by force.

Genshin Webtoon - The “Black Fire Incident” and Collei’s delusion.

SCARAMOUCHE
Dottore is one of the leading causes of Scaramouche’s torment and betrayal throughout the years, and he didn’t even know it until the Inversion of Genesis quest in 3.3. Within a flashback (Taking place 400 years ago) during IoG, Niwa (Scaramouche’s friend) is seen talking to a man named Escher. As the two speak, the conversation slowly gets more heated and uncomfortable for Niwa. Niwa accuses Escher of being insane and warns the man about the dangers of Tatarasuna’s furnace, but Escher digresses. Niwa becomes more suspicious of the man, and accuses him of being a fake. Niwa’s accusation was true, only realizing it after Escher stabbed him in the back. Literally. As Niwa is bleeding out and dying on the floor, Escher- no, Dottore explains how he is going to use Tatarasuna’s furnace to corrupt Scaramouche and use Niwa’s unbeating heart as a way to confirm Scaramouche’s humanity, as he was only a puppet at the time. After Niwa bled out, Dottore cut him open and removed the heart from Niwa’s body, placing it in the furnace as a ‘gift’ for Scaramouche. Dottore covered up Niwa’s death, lying enough to convince Scara that Niwa had betrayed him.
Once Scaramouche entered the Fatui, Dottore experimented on and modified Scara so he could unlock his true power, power that even the Electro Archon couldn’t give him.

KRUPP
As mentioned earlier, Krupp used to work for Dottore and assisted in bringing in unwilling subjects to the Haeresys death ring. Dottore was displeased with the subjects Krupp would bring, threatening him with death and the possibility of becoming one of his robot goons. In the first chapter of the Genshin Impact Webtoon, Dottore and Krupp enter a meeting with the Knights. During this meeting, Dottore gets enraged and storms off. Afterwards, Dottore scolded Krupp for wasting his time.
Sometime after this event, Krupp is confronted by Diluc, who asks Krupp about Dottore’s plans and the missing children in Mondstadt. Before Krupp gives any crucial information away, Dottore intervenes and murders Krupp on the spot via a shot to the head. After Krupp’s death, Dottore uses his deceased body to create a killing machine.

Krupp being shot mid-interrogation by Dottore.                                                   Dottore in front of the Krupp robot.

SOHREH
I’ve already gone in-depth about her, but to reiterate: She was attracted to Zandik, calling him young and handsome… she loved him, really. However, no one can compete with his one true love: Machinery. On an investigation with a team from the Akademiya, Zandik strangled Sohreh to death. Her body was covered in lacerations, assumed to be caused by tigers, but is most likely rooted in foul play by Dottore himself. The markings found on her neck were clearly not created by tigers, but probably by a crazed Zandik.

DOTTORE’S LORE
(MAY BE INACCURATE)
Even in his youth, Zandik was obsessed with the idea of creating enhanced humanoids and machines that could surpass the Archons. His dangerous ideals and pursuit of Forbidden Knowledge got him driven out of his hometown, the people calling him a madman and a monster as he was chased away. Somehow, after that, he was admitted into Sumeru Akademiya where he could study mechanical lifeforms (illegally) at a larger scale. After multiple incidents involving Zandik’s outrageous behavior: His carelessness after Sohreh’s death, only caring about the machine so he could study it; The disappearance of several children under Zandik’s watch while researching Eleazar; Using ‘materials’ made of dead Eleazar victims to heal Abbas, putting him in agonizing pain and fighting for his life to escape a wicked doctor. Higher ups at the Akademiya became incredibly suspicious due to this information, alongside the discovery of missing records and documents. Eventually, he was exiled from the Akademiya. After his expulsion by the Akademiya, he was approached by Pierro. After being titled “The Doctor”, he once again investigated Eleazar, but this time he was alongside the Fatui. This is when Dottore began doing the Archon Residue Experiments, torturing Collei and countless others. However, before that, he also killed Niwa and gave Scaramouche the heart after infiltrating Tatarasuna and sabotaging the furnace. During Dottore’s time in Mondstadt, he and his subordinates would kidnap or recruit helpless people so they could be victims of his experiments. 
Not much is known about what Dottore is canonically doing at this part of the story despite meeting him in-game during the 3.1 update.

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