Jhin

Summary: Jhin is a meticulous criminal psychopath who believes murder is art. Once an Ionian prisoner, but freed by shadowy elements within Ionia's ruling council, the serial killer now works as their cabal's assassin. Using his gun as his paintbrush, Jhin creates works of artistic brutality, horrifying victims and onlookers. He gains a cruel pleasure from putting on his gruesome theatre, making him the ideal choice to send the most powerful of messages: terror. The man also has an odd fascination with the number four, it's possible it could be a lucky or favourite number of his.

Age: After breaking out of his imprisonment, Jhin is currently in his late 30's, around 38 years old.

Backstory: Jhin is assumed to have spent most of his life into early 20's on the Ionian province of Zhyun. Not much is known about his family life, except for his father's martial arts school. His father's career was snuffed out by the success of Wuju.

Jhin had been slaughtering farmsteads and scores of travellers for an unknown period of time before he was pursued by Master Kusho, Usan, and Shen. He began his work in the ages spanning from 19-21, working primarily with knives. For a little more than four years, the three men pursued Jhin and were far from the first to have hunted him down. In the final stages of the three men's investigation, they discover that he is a mere stagehand working for Zhyun's traveling theatre and opera houses under the name, "Khada Jhin". This is not his real name, the real one remains a mystery.

Master Kusho, Zed, and Shen followed Jhin's movements to Jyom Pass on the Ghajan river. Zed chased Jhin down only to get knocked out by the handle of his blade. Jhin captured the young acolyte and tied him to a chair looking out towards the dock. Zed wakes up to Jhin chiding him to look up, saying that he'll want to see Yevnai before she dies. Jhin goes on about how boring and symmetrycal Yevnai's face is in contrast to the situation which was "glorious". After Jhin goes on about the tragic connections between Yevnai, Shen and Usan, the captive Zed begs for Jhin to not harm her, admitting that they were following him and noting that Yevnai, "didn't do anything". After Zed stalls for long enough, it's revealed the amulet allows for him and his location to be tracked. Shen, presumably having found Zed, punches through the wall and pins Jhin's neck to the wall. Zed declares that the whole thing was a set-up, that he was the bait, and takes Jhin's 4th knife, lunging at the man to kill him. Master Kusho appears in the nick of time, saving Khada Jhin's life. Kusho believes that because Jhin is not a real demon, he should be locked away at the monestary prison in Tuula.

Khada Jhin was sentenced to life in the Tuula monastery prison. Jhin revealed as little about himself as possible during his many years there. The monks that guarded him said he was a "bright student". He excelled at a myriad of subjects, mostly in the arts, (i.e. smithing, poetry, and dance). Despite this, they could find nothing to cure him of his morbid fascinations. During his time in jail, the Noxian invasion began, and it is due to Ionia's instability during this time that his patrons funded him and released him from jail to terrorize the citizens of Ionia into action.

Jhin, post-Tuula, is freely roaming, bound only by his patrons. Those weaponizing Jhin include: the Kashuri Armouries, as their weapons are relatively modernised for Ionia. Supposedly Jhin has also done performances for the Navori Brotherhood, Noxus, and most recently Zaun. Zed, when faced with Jhin's sniper rifle for the first time remarked that it was a "foreigners weapon". He has been described at this point in his life as both an assassin and an instrument of terror.

Personality: Despite his theatrics during murders, much of his day-to-day personality is reserved and quiet; it's not very memorable which he takes advantage of with his performances. Within the ranks of the Navori Brotherhood, the few that know him consider him a weirdo. His inner voice is one of attentiveness, almost to the point of obsession, like when he cleans the stock of his gun. When interacting with the people around him, he seems to analyse their attributes. The man is internally self-deprecating, as it is mentioned that "normally, his appearance elicited pangs of self-conscious loathing". When it comes to his performances, he's willing to take risks which makes sense due to his psychopathy. He's also notably grandiose, carrying himself with an air of haughtiness. Whenever Jhin speaks or conveys his body language, it is more often than not very melodramatic and exaggerated. When talking, his voice is either a very soothing yet spine-chilling whisper, a euphoric sigh or just overly dramatic as if he were constantly performing on a stage.

Body type: Despite his lanky and slender appearance, Jhin as quite a bit of muscle definition in certain places. After all the training with murdering and wielding many different sizes and types of guns, he's grown to have quite the well-defined triceps and arm muscles. He also had slightly defined leg and thigh muscles from all his practicing for stage performances and having to run from potential imprisonment. When it comes to his abdomen, it's not scrawny at all despite how slender he looks and whilst it isn't an extremely visible amount, he does still have muscle definition in his chest and stomach. As for more below the belt-ish, he shaves quite a lot and is a very smooth-skinned man, the only sign of hair being the smallest well-groomed tuft just above his private area that matches with his dark brown hair.

Appearance: Jhin is a tall, slender, ever so slightly tanned man, standing at a lanky 6 foot 4 inches. He has black hair and caramel brown eyes (he is seen only using one when wearing his mask, however his eyes are perfectly fine, he covers one because he enjoys the lack of depth during his "performances").

His most noticeable feature is his theatre mask that he wears constantly when performing as Khada Jhin both on stage and during his murders. It is implied that he has an average face that allows him to easily blend in when in a crowd. Typically, he wears a large white cloak as well as elegant Ionian attire. He refers to his attire as his "finery" and at times uses the middle half of his gun as a cane to announce his presence and to rhythmically tap on the ground. He wears quite a lot of beautiful gold armour on both his boots and on his left arm. On first glance, one might think it is a fancy prosthetic, but his arm is completely fine and it is merely just armour.

Love Language: Jhin is not known for having felt any romantic connections before in his life, but he is still capable of said feelings. If someone were to catch his eye in a romantic way, it would hit him out of nowhere and the only way he would probably be able to deal with it is probably by stalking the person until he finds a good time to approach them about deepening their connection. Possibly murdering anyone who he deems as competition along the way. Jhin full sends everything romantic with his partner, buying constant bouquets of flowers, going out on candle-lit dinners and taking them on private moonlit walks whilst showering them in his usual exaggerated and melodramatic compliments. He would see them as the most precious and beautiful thing in his existence and would be extremely protective and possessive over them. Do not be surprised if you end up getting an actual person's heart left in a box for you as a twisted love present from him.

When it comes to his more intimate side, Jhin is honestly a bit of a switch but is more dominant-leaning. He surprisingly isn't all that sadistic in bed with his partner and will instead take joy in pleasuring them to the best of his ability, hearing their euphoric sounds is like the sweetest melody to his ears. He would not mind if his partner wanted to do anything to him though, as long as they are content, he is also content. Jhin is very dramatic about things even when it comes to the bedroom, so expect to walk into a room with a dozen lit candles and rose petals all over the floor with some ambient music in the background.

Abilities: Calligrapher - Talented in artistic writing.

Musician: A talented musician, particularly with the Runeterran equivalent of a violin and piano.

Painting: A talented painter, particularly with oil based paints.

Singing: Jhin shows some talent with singing. Often than not, he could be heard humming tunes during his work.

Smith: All of the weapons he uses were designed by him. The Kashuri armouries reverse engineered Piltovan and Zaunite technology with the addition of Ionian spirit magic.

Serial Killer: Infamous murderer, Jhin is well known for his elaborate kills. Using his specialized weapons, he is able to morph his victims into gruesome and warped artistic displays of his own design and madness.