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Old Man Xin

Ironclad Dragon·10/11/2014, 5:38:20 AM·11 votes·3,861 views

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120617131018/leagueoflegends/images/a/ad/Xin_Zhao_ImperialSkin.jpg Here's a list of elements that comprise the "Old Man Xin" fan-canon, of which I devised. It was inspired by his Imperial Skin, which I think fits him a lot better since his lore paints him as a man who knew Jarvan II. Tell me what you think.

  • Sixty years old. Unlike most old or ancient champions, of which there are plenty of, he's actually aged. He's worn down, and past his prime, but still fit. As such, he has the right to be both grumpy and wise.
  • Snatched away from Ionia by Noxian privateers as a boy.
  • Thrown into the fighting pits when he proved too rowdy to be a slave.
  • Became one of the deadliest gladiators in Noxus, known as Viscero.
  • Rescued by, sequentially saved, and later befriended a king (Jarvan II).
  • Was offered a chance to return to Ionia, but turned it down to serve with Jarvan and liberate those who hadn't yet been freed from Noxus' tyranny. But to pay homage to his homeland and mark the beginning of his new life, took the name Xin Zhao (信趙), meaning "faith/trust" and "nimble".
  • Couldn't become a knight or receive any noble title due to his foreign birth, but still loyally served Jarvan II.
  • Was the combat instructor for Jarvan III and IV, training them in the ways of unorthodox "dirty" combat and how to counter those styles; also trained the Dauntless Vanguard similarly, which includes Garen.
  • Served Demacia forty years.
  • Practical member of the Jarvan family and living Demacian legend.

I did an estimate. Mind you, this has probably been rendered moot by Sion's new lore of being centuries old, yet killing Jarvan I, but what the heck... maybe there was a break in Demacian rulership after Jarvan I's death, then the royal family regained control and the timeline resumes as normal.

If Xin (20 yrs) was rescued by Jarvan II (30 yrs), who befriended Xin and asked him if he could train his son, Jarvan III (10 yrs), in the ways of pit-fighting and how to counter various combat styles Xin encountered in the arena, that would put Xin roughly at the age of 60 circa present League day, presuming that the Jarvans always had their son at age 20.

9 Comments

junglerboy1610/20/2014, 3:20:11 AM6 votes

While this summary really makes sense and he probably is 60 something, I bet they are going to change his lore a bit since J1 got killed by Sion over a century ago.

If they just wanted to accommodate the Sion lore into his current lore, I would guess J2 was already rather old (70+) when he rescued Xin zhao, who must have been no older than 20, possibly less. If J3 was already grown at the time (35), then I would guess he had J4 at around 35-40 (not unreasonable) J4 appears to be around 25+, since he was already a leader before going out on his hermit quest thing. I would guess then that Xin is between 55 and 60. If J1 died roughly a century before the present, then it would make sense the he had a son at around 40, who had a son at around 40, who had his son at around 40. I'll restate it here: J1 dies at around 55, 100 years ago. J2 ascends to the throne at age 15, 25 years later has J3, 75 years ago. 30 years later he rescues Xin, 45 years from the present... that makes Xin and J4 way too old...

Actually, none of that makes much sense: New theory: After J1's death, there was actually a break in the rulership of Demacia for about a generation, then the royal family regained control over Demacia after subduing the turmoil, and the timeline resumes as normal. J4 is the fourth Jarvan in the rulership capacity, but the actual family line had possibly 2 extra generations not counted as Jarvans since they were not actually ruling.

That or they just throw out Xin's lore and start from scratch... that would be a pity...

Deep Terror Nami10/11/2014, 5:44:04 AM4 votes

I think you should play some tabletop RPG's if you really like to create lore.

Ironclad Dragon4/18/2015, 3:39:42 PM2 votes

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Tesla Effect10/11/2014, 3:16:01 PM1 votes

Hope he gets older when his new splash art goes live, then we will get the jist of things when it comes to how he will look like after a VU.