Explaining the Camille/Jhin interaction.

ModCaptainMårvelous··28 votes·4,539 views

Several months ago, a Rioter (Who I sadly cannot remember) stated that Jhin going to Piltover would be a problem for Vi, Cait and "One unnamed person". We now know that that person is Camille. But why, you ask?

Simply put: Camille is a precise and VERY specific killer. All murders done on her watch are to serve a greater purpose. If you die, it's not a personal grudge or hatred fueled. Camille is doing a job. Plain and simple.

Now, along comes Jhin. Jhin's kills have no rhyme or reason. It's "art". People die because it's what they were meant to do. This PISSES CAMILLE OFF TO NO END. Even if he kills someone she was meant to, it throws a cog in the plans. Someone who should have died after a business transaction dies before it. The death takes someone with them when Camille was only going to kill one. etc etc etc.

Jhin and Camille are professionals set at odds. One does it for beauty and one does it for business. And frankly, they're not going to get along if their paths cross on an assignment.

21 Comments

Ralanr20 votes

I kinda want to sum this up as Dexter vs the Joker.

Sharjo11 votes

So basically what you're telling me (that I already figured and probably many others did but regardless) is that we're gonna see Jhin head in to Zaun and cause some chaos soon.

I'm pleased.

ModCaptainMårvelous5 votes

Or Piltover. Considering they're the same city now. :|

Sharjo5 votes

Not really. Sure they used to be one and the same, but now they're not. Separate cities with their own ways of going about things.

333lom2 votes

Zaun is clearly described as just an undercity district of Piltover in the new lore.

Baron of Bread3 votes

"Zaun is a large, undercity district, lying in the deep canyons and valleys threading Piltover." "Zaun and Piltover were once united, but are now separate, yet symbiotic societies." "Situated on the cliffs above the district of Zaun and overlooking the ocean,"

You are both kind of correct. The lore isn't crystal clear on whether they are the same city or not (I would lean towards same city), but it makes it clear they are different societies.

Sancre4 votes

On an encounter between those 2, it will become a battle of wits to see who kills the other before, too bad that both are specially good at planning, but Jhin has the edge of improvisation if all goes down the drain

KoKoboto4 votes

I think Jhin thinks more about how he goes about killing, "An Artist is only as good as his tools". Though yes, Jhin's "art" can definitely interfere with the Piltover Machine and Camille can get frustrated with this.

MrNhbdy3 votes

I don't play jhin, but I like him as a character. This just adds to my interest. In him, especially since. I just don't like camille's vibe.

I'm on team jhin!

mr Boombastic7871 votes

Same. I will love Camilles gameplay but in lore I think Jhin is a better character. I'm also on team Jhin.

Nurgle Prophet2 votes

Isn't Jhin at the service of the Ionian Elders now? They let him out and gave him all that fancy tech to enact their will.

So really, Camille isn't pissed because of the senseless murders (which might occur on Jhin's free time, granted) but because Ionia is basically sending their top enforcer to do something in Piltover.

Jhin is Ionia's version of Camille, only kept in control with his passion for killing and deprived of her patriotist. She's mad because she's about to engage in a cyborg spy war.

Barkingspider731 votes

I'm pretty sure Jhin isn't at the service of the Ionian Elders. They just gave him fancy tech and were like "go spread chaos over there, bro". He doesn't answer to them or take orders from them.

GreenLore1 votes

It would be extremely stupid to just give Jhin an extremely valuable gun and let him roam free,hoping he'd target the people you want to die.

And his lore even outright says that Jhin works as Ionias assassin

but freed by shadowy elements within Ionia's ruling council, the serial killer now works as their cabal's assassin.

However Jhin has been shown to act on his impulses,as seen in his lore,where he seemingly murders a maid,for pretty much no reason.

Lùmen1 votes

"His work has brought fear to many foreign dignitaries and to Ionia's secret political underground, but how long will a serial killer, craving attention, be satisfied working in the shadows?"

Bertix1 votes

Jhin X Camille

HugeEnemySpycrab1 votes

Since Zed and Shen made an unholy business deal of "killing the madman with a pocket pistol", the two could possibly run into Caitlyn and Vi during their searching.

Neat.

Melledoneus1 votes

I'n excited to see a story arc where Camille hunts down Jhin, and when he traps her they fight with their wits and weapons until one or the other falls.

Camille may have that shield, but she will soon learn that Whisper is one hell of a weapon.

Umbra Ionia1 votes

So perhaps we´ll have: Zed chasing Jhin and Shen chasing Zed. Graves and TF arrive piltover and then Camille appears. Sounds cool

SolarisCorvus2 votes

Arent shen and zed working together on capturing jhin.

Umbra Ionia1 votes

Oh true. I forgot that xD

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