Pantalone might become a vampire (image contains very minor artifact leaks)
No, seriously. Pantalone might just become a vampire, and I got something to back that theory up. Look at his outfit, he has bat wings, and as we know bats have always been heavily associated with vampires in Gothic fiction.
Then there's the new Snezhnayan artifact set, which is suspiciously fatui shaped and I think this might just be the Moment of Cessation part two. The last piece, "Drink deep of your blood and tears" is what caught my eye, is this not similar to what Pantalone said almost 4 years ago in lazzo? And if that doesn't scream vampire I don't know what else does.
>The Northland Bank's true currencies are blood and tears
Is what he said all those years ago. I used to think this was nothing but a jab to piss Pulcinella off, but apparently not. This artifact definitely has ties to Pantalone I'm calling it now. The description hasn't been leaked, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Though, if he were a vampire what would be the need for the Elixir Of Immortality? So he definitely isn't one currently, but there is a possibility he might become one to achieve immortality for good? Either that or, he ends up not being a vampire at all and is just heavily inspired by the concept.
Rereading all of this I feel kind of crazy but honestly I'm just desperate with the lack of Pantalone content, and also because I want to push my vampire pantalone agenda lol. We'll just have to wait until Snezhnaya, or in my case, whenever a relevant leak drops (which probably won't happen anytime soon...)