How old is Xin?
I mean he looks pretty young, but his new lore says he's been serving Demacia for decades? Dude has either been fighting since he was a baby or he just don't age.
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He's Asian, so based only on how he looks, he's anywhere from 15 to 75
We estimate he started to serve J3 with 25, now he is 45 or even older. Remember, he is almost as old as J3 (estimated to be ~50 now).
Decades could just be 20 years. He looks like he could be 30-35 maybe 40 even (though that starts pushing it). Demacia seems to me to be kinda similar to... i cant remember the age around which for example Mulan is placed in... mixed with medieval europe, people back then could have been married off by the age of 10, having kids at 12 or 13, and the men training to go to war by around the same age and then actually GOING to war shortly after (possibly 15?ish) it makes sense.
Since Xin was in Noxus, putting him into the arena and then the battlefield as a teenager is completely normal for them, as long as he's strong enough. Riven initially went to Ionia as a late teen, if I remember correctly. And since it says "the decades" instead of just "decades", that could easily mean only two decades. So I'm guessing mid-30s, maybe late 30s. 35 is my best guess; he probably started teaching Jarvan IV when he was a tween or young teen.
It's interesting that he was captured before the Noxian invasion of Ionia though, although we can assume the Noxian ship that captured them was part of their initial forward movements and plans to foray into mainland Ionia soon after.
Xins newer splash art did him dirty in that regard. Makes him look wayy younger than you would imagine given his lore.
His writer confirmed him to be in his early 40s on Twitter. IDK what to think of that either :D