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Piltover Map Has a Jhin Reference According to a Riot Member

Kisindian·12/13/2016, 2:06:30 PM·10 votes·7,255 views

Yesterday I came upon a Tumblr text post from a Rioter (I'll give them incognito, but their name starts with H) posted on December 5th, that there is a Jhin reference on the new Piltover Map. They also said free RP if someone finds it, but I'm not here for that - I'm here for the info and a possible following story. I've found several words used by him, "quaint", "fickle", the four crossed names at Kumangra, the "Moonlight makes fools of young lovers" at Demacia... But I feel these are not enough. Maybe someone has keener eyes than me!

He happens to travel to Zaun and I'm not believing that Camille knows Zhyun dialect because of no reason....

PS: Keep up the amazing work, Riot Team, you guys are doing god's work. I'm reading your stories jumping up and down in my seat... But I'm just a bit too biased towards my favorite artist so that's why I made this post.

28 Comments

RiotHexadriven12/14/2016, 6:53:58 PM5 votes

Someone's already found it ;) It drove them kind of mad (like, devolving into "is it that the pig drawing has 4 udders?" kind of mad)

But you're welcome to keep looking.

It's nothing significant or crazy lore-wise though, just a fun easter egg. I'm a huge jhin fan myself, so.

Hige12/13/2016, 6:44:21 PM2 votes

Uhm considering that characters are heavily linked now and that piltover is run by clans, could there be a chance that Jhin is part of one of the clans? could Jhin be the Medarda's heirloom?

Meep Man12/13/2016, 7:34:36 PM1 votes

Hmm, well, it looks like the illustrated farmer has a mask on.

GenoXx12/13/2016, 11:12:50 PM1 votes

Not sure i see anything. I found Ionia, but there are no trade routs for it. I can't possibly find a jhin reference in the map and i main the guy.....think the rioter was just pulling our leg?

TBakes12/14/2016, 3:55:30 PM1 votes

I searched for quite a while yesterday. Could not find anything solid. I can only guess the letters attached at the top must have a reference of some sort. Maybe he is the one in possession of the map, or possibly the person referenced to be trying to get the map? Also, I had the thought maybe the stamp symbol has something to do with Jhin. It looks kind of like looking down the barrel of a gun with a scope. Not sure, though. Bummer.

Solideus12/15/2016, 4:56:23 PM1 votes

My bet is, it has something to do with the fact that on the sliver of Ionia in the corner, "Raikkon" is crossed over and then re-written under it. It is a weird detail. I believe it is a reference to Jhin killing and stealing the identity of Medarda's Ionian trade-contact. On his journey to Piltover he is dressed up as a merchant, and Raikkon is probably the stolen identity he is using.

Kisindian12/13/2016, 2:22:40 PM1 votes

WAAARGHBobo here is shown to taunt us with this same thing

You

You are making us dig for it, don't you. [gun emoji]

nosafterburn12/15/2016, 8:10:08 PM1 votes

and here I thought it was Kumangra, seeing as they have a new council member every month.

Meep Man12/13/2016, 4:15:32 PM1 votes

Hint: Search the map for Ionia and find connections from there