User:Zoey The Edgedancer/Jin

""In the course of a lifetime, a man will see uncountable meetings and partings. Yet, as your life's candle sputters and dies, whose face is it that rises to greet you? Happy is the man who can sleep, in the comfort of the smile he sees then. No... I don't wish for "forever". Even just for one moment... it's enough, if it's with her. And yet, what is the man to do who has not been afforded that chance? The road stretches on without end. I cannot but walk down it. As long as I keep walking, I can hold out hope that one day, the time may come when I see her smile again. That hope keeps me afloat...""

- -Jin

Summary
Jin (Japanese: シン, Shin), also known as the Paragon of Torna (Japanese: イーラの秘宝, Īra no hihō) is a major antagonist in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. He is the former Blade of Lora, a major figure in the Aegis War, and the leader of the Torna terrorist organization.

History
It is unknown when he was truly born, or from what Titan. But it can be assumed that he was born from the Tornan Titan.

Life with Ornelia
At some point over eighty years before the Aegis War, he resonated with a Tornan woman known as Ornelia, and he worked with her in the Colony Defence Force.

They lived in Hyber Village in Aletta when the village was still prosperous, they protected the village when it was attacked. He and Ornelia were well loved by the people.

The two were close friends with Azurda and often rode on his back.

Before his death, he somehow found out about Flesh Eater's and how to become one, and wrote of it in his journals in the hope his future self would come across it.

Upon Ornelia's death, he returned to his Core Crystal and was taken in by the government.

Resonance with Lora
Seventeen years before the Aegis War, his Core Crystal was stolen from the Tornan Government by Gort, though he was not awoken by Gort, but instead by the then ten-year old Lora, daughter of his maid.

Gort tried to kill Lora in order to get Jin back, though in order to protect her, Jin cut off Gort's arm. Jin then vowed to always protect Lora, and the two fled from the scene.

Following this, Jin had to hide his identity to prevent Lora getting into serious legal trouble for stealing the Paragon of Torna. To help hide his identity, she created a mask that concealed his Core Crystal.

At some point he has been to Uraya.

Aegis War
Jin and Lora eventually came across a razed Porton Village on Torna, where they find Mikhail. They took him in and offered to take care of him.

Continuing down the trail to Feltley Village, they found the village razed by Malos and were attacked by one of his Gargoyles, which they attempted to fight off, but were eventually saved by  Addam and  Mythra. Impressed by them, he decided to not bring Lora in for the theft of Jin's Core Crystal, and instead decided to team up with them.

Jin later traveled to Gormott with Lora in hopes of finding Lora's mother, Rynea. Who was found to be living in the small hamlet of Torigoth. But when they came to the village they found it to have been burned to the ground by Coeian remnant forces following the destruction of the Titan Coeia. When Lora came across the graveyard left by survivors and found Rynea's grave, he comforted her as she grieved.

As they attempted to leave Torigoth, they were found by Ardainian soldiers, accompanied by Brighid, who believed that they were the ones who attacked Torigoth. They fought them off until Emperor Hugo,  Aegaeon, and the Special Inquisitor then arrive at the village and order the soldiers to stand down, ending the battle.

Aegaeon suggests that the party head back to the Ardainian flagship to discuss the next path forward. Lora and Haze choose to stay behind due to discomfort with the stuff interior of ships, and sent him in their stead. Where they discussed the remnant Coeian forces who went rogue after the death of their Titan.

When he was gone, she was attacked by Gort and his lackies. Though he ran to her side and attacked Gort, cutting off his other arm, but leaving him alive due to Lora's requests.

Following this, they left for Aletta on Torna, which was Addam's domain.

Lora's Death
Eventually, Amalthus, newly promoted to Praetor after his assassination of Rhadallis, attacked their new home of Spessia. In this attack, Lora was mortally wounded. She ruminated on how being forgotten is worse than death, but he knew that as a Blade, he would lose all his memories of her when she died. So using his knowledge of Flesh Eaters and how to become one, he ate her heart and became a Flesh Eater to insure that he wouldn't ever forget her.

Leader of Torna
Malos hired him to join in his organization, to team up together to find Elysium and kill the The Architect, he agreed to his proposal and the two joined up to form the organization Torna, named after the fallen Titan.

Shortly after, he saved Mikhail from the Indoline Praetorium, and the boy joined Torna with him.

Over time, the group would become infamous across Alrest.

He saved Nia and  Dromarch from the Indoline Praetorium after Nia was imprisoned for being a Flesh Eater. This event is what led Nia to join Torna.

Reawakening of the Aegis
Around five centuries after the Aegis War, they discovered the location of the sunken ship which held the Aegis, and got ready to go to it to collect her. Knowing the seal on the ship could only be broken by a Leftherian, they turned to the Argentum Chairman Bana for recommendations, and he gave the job to  Rex.

Upon seeing Rex bond with the Aegis, he quickly stabbed him through the heart, killing him. Though he was resurrected by the Aegis, and fought back against him and Malos, amd ultimately leaving him empty handed. Furthermore, it led Nia to turn against him and Torna.

In order to disrupt the unstable peace between Uraya and Mor Ardain, he went to the ruins of Judicium on the demilitarized zone Titan of Temperantia, and he hijacked one of the Aeshma being excavated on it, attacking Urayan forces to make it seem as if the Empire had illegally attacked them and nearly sparking a war. Rex, the Aegis, and their party fought him on top of the Aeshma.

They managed to fight him off while he was weakened by Fan la Norne, Haze's new identity under Amalthus. But before he fled with Akhos, he slew Fan la Norne, and due to her fractured Core Crystal, wound up killing her permanently.

He is later found trying to steal the Omega Fetter from Genbu to control  Ophion. When they refused, he revealed his true form and blitzed them with ease. Taking Pyra and the Omega Fetter with him.

With the Aegis and Omega Fetter in hand, he went to the Cliffs of Morytha alongside Malos. Where they were met by Rex and his party. It is here where Rex achieved his Master Driver state and awoke the Aegis' true power, allowing them to fight on equal grounds. Though Rex ultimately spared him.

From the collateral damage from a battle between Ophion and Siren, he alongside Rex's party were sent under the Cloud Sea to the Land of Morytha.

After he was found by Rex and Mythra, Mythra went into her ascended state and healed him. Knowing that they were both in the same bad situation, they choose to temporarily team up in order to escape from under the Cloud Sea. The Monoceros came to retrieve him, and, in an act of mercy, he convinced Torna not to attack them as they left for the World Tree.

He began to climb up the World Tree alongside Malos, though he decided to stay behind at the Megrez Gateway, to hold off Rex and his party for as long as possible why Malos went to kill the Architect.

He froze Amalthus to the wall using all of his power, killing him. After Amalthus perished, Jin's Core Crystal cracked, and he fell to his knees and dissolved in a white light, dying as well.

Personality
He is a very skilled cook, but tries to remain humble about it, often downplaying his own skills when others praise him.

He hates the idea of immortality, and only wishes to live his life to the fullest with the ones that he loves.

He wants to do everything he can to try to retain his memories of who he once was. Which is why he keeps on his mask even after Lora was knighted, and why he keeps a journal of his life and memories, so that he could pass it down to his next life.

Azurda
In his past life he had a very close relationship with the Titan Azurda, often riding on his back alongside Ornelia. However, he no longer has memories of his relationship with him.

Azurda however, remembers their time together and thinks quite fondly of him.

Haze
He and Haze have a close and personal relationship, though Haze does complain to Lora that she feels she tends to have a large bias towards Jin.

Lora
He had a very close relationship with Lora, developed over nearly two decades of being bound as Blade and Driver. From this lifetime together, they have come to deeply care for and respect each other, forming a sort of close relationship that many say is like the strongest manifestation of Tornan ideals.

He even sees his life as being given meaning and value via his relationship with her, and the idea that one day he might be able to bring her back to life is what gives him hope to keep on walking forward.

He cared so much about his memories of her, and his wish to never forget her or himself, that he ate her heart to become a Flesh Eater so he could remember her. It is also due to his memories of her that he keeps wearing his mask, so that he would never forget her.

He put Lora's body in suspended animation on board the Monoceros to remind himself to never have faith in the Architect.

Malos
He hates Malos and fought against him alongside Lora, Addam, Mythra, and their allies.

Eventually, they joined forces for the purpose of killing the Architect.

The Architect
He has a deep hatred for The Architect borne from the unfairness and brutality of the world. As time went on, this led him to be consumed by a desire to kill the Architect.

Powers and Stats
Name: Jin, Paragon of Torna, Lord Jin

Origin: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Age: At least 600, 511 mentally (Was resonated with 17 years before the Aegis War)

Gender: Male

Classification: Blade, Flesh Eater, Leader of Torna

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Ice Manipulation (He is a Blade with the ability to create and manipulate ice), Weapon Mastery via Nodachi (He has an extraordinary degree of skill in his use of the Nodachi, with inherent skill upon his birth, mixed with many centuries of practice to further his abilities) Immortality (As a Blade, he is capable of living so long as his Driver survives), Statistics Amplification, Forcefield Creation, Empathic Manipulation (Able to increase or decrease how much aggro he draws from opponents), Damage Reduction via Full Resonance (Is able to reduce the damage he takes from attacks by up to 30%), Resistance to Electricty Manipulation (Using Electric Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to electric attacks by up to 35%), Fire Manipulation (Using Fire Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to fire-based attacks by up to 35%), Ice Manipulation (Using Ice Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to ice-based attacks by up to 35%), Water Manipulation (Using Water Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to water-based attacks by up to 35%), Wind Manipulation (Using Wind Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to wind-based attacks by up to 35%), Darkness Manipulation (Using Dark Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to dark-based attacks by up to 35%), Light Manipulation (Using Light Defence Up Aux Cores, he can increase his resistance to light-based attacks by up to 35%), Attack Reflection via Reflect Immunity (Through the Reflect Immunity Aux Core, he has a chance of nullifying reflected attacks from the enemy)


 * Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Ice Manipulation (He is a Blade with the ability to create and manipulate ice, as a Flesh Eater, this ability was augmented to let him cool the atmosphere around him to absolute zero) and Regeneration Negation (By cooling his foes down to absolute zero he can temporarily negate their regenerative capabilities), Elementary Particle Manipulation, Weapon Mastery via Nodachi (Much like his normal form, he has centuries of skill and experience in the use of his blade), Longevity, Regeneration (Blades are able to regenerate from any wound), Flight

Speed: X, he is capable of attacking so fast that nobody can see or follow his attacks, even other Blades | Speed of Light (Via warping the world around him, he can accelerate himself up to the speed of light. Something that would otherwise be impossible for him)

Blade Combos

 * Ice
 * Freeze (Ice + Ice)
 * Diamond Mist (Fire + Water + Ice)
 * Ice Wind (Wind + Ice)
 * Frost Typhoon (Wind + Ice + Ice)
 * Ultimate Aurora (Electric + Electric + Ice)

Ice Manipulation
He is capable of creating and manipulating ice to attack foes, even capable of creating enough to freeze even an armoured Amalthus to the wall and kill him.

He has been shown using this in myriad different forms, such as creating gusts of frigid wind that freeze what they touch, or creating shards of ice that he shoots as projectiles. He is able to cool the atmosphere around him down to absolute zero if he so chooses.

By cooling down foes to absolute zero, he is capable of temporarily negating their regenerative capabilities.

Elementary Particle Manipulation
Following his transformation into a Flesh Eater, this gives him various abilities far beyond any other Blade, such as the ability to move at the speed of light.

Key: Base | Awakened