Il Dottore, also known as Zandik and by his codename "The Doctor," is the Second of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. . . . While he was a scholar at Sumeru Akademiya, Zandik had a fascination with the Khaenri'ahn machines found in Devantaka Mountain and the ancient desert city of Gurabad. This interest was scorned and even deemed dangerous by his peers and teachers, and he ended up taking drastic measures to ensure the secrecy of his work. . . . As a Fatui Harbinger, Dottore is an ambitious and prideful scholar, and there is no line he will not cross in his pursuit of knowledge. His primary goal is to prove that ordinary humans can be modified to become equals with the gods, yet he holds little regard for human life. In his quest to further bolster humanity's combat abilities, he has researched Khaenri'ah's Automatons; researched ways to weaponize The Withering and Eleazar; and sought to utilize the power of dreams to elevate humanity's cognitive abilities.