Name:JhinStage: Apprentice
Race:Wind
Gender: Boy
3 Base Traits:Amiable, Peculiar, Meticulous
Personality Jhin is a very amiable spirit whose kindness and courtesy attracts many. He is soft spoken with a flair for offering advice and has quite the knack for always offering a helping hand for any type of situation – perks of being the middle cousin of twelve. His laugh is always contagious and he is known to be rather innocent so teasing him is often a fun hobby between his female cousins especially who enjoy watching him blush. ((One downside is that being so friendly makes one want to continuously ask for favors something which Jhin has yet to learn to say 'no' to. So often he'll be running around more for his family than himself.))
He is a bit peculiar though as he often can zone out in day dreams or find the most interesting twist on things. If someone looks towards a tree he could be seen talking to the thing. His respect and humble nature often leads to him talking to almost anything that he interacts with – whether it be a person, plant, or creature. He also is prone to listening to the wind as if he can hold a conversation with it – something that amuses the little ones, but at the same time makes the older members of his family raise a brow. The way he organizes things as well (everything has its own niche and strange category that may be erratic to them, but for him the set up makes sense) and often takes notes about almost everything seems odd to his often rowdy family. Even to them it seems strange how mellow he always tends to be even if someone is trying to pick a fight – rather he would tell a story to calm the situation than duke it out.
Because he does have a rather large family -of aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents- Jhin tends to make certain that when he does help he does it in a certain way. It may seem meticulous to others, but when he does something the boy has a system and strategy for everything. Even his collection of rocks and other precious objects are organized in a certain fashion so that if a certain younger cousin decides to browse through he’ll realize they’ve been touched. Other than that he has a ‘mother’s touch’ in a sense as he makes certain that any food preparation is done with outmost care and also when he crafts arrows and other objects for his family members Jhin makes certain that they are almost if not perfect. His own arrows are his pride and joy as he crafts them himself for the practice bow that his father left him.
Appearance: [boop]
History:
Jhin was born to a pair of nomadic hunters – his father especially had a rather large family with his own two siblings and four half-siblings. In fact when he married the love of his life the man took her into his own home where his family acted mostly as their own little village of sorts. Jhin’s aunts and uncles all had their own relationships -save for his Aunt Tyka- while several already had children, Jhin was born in the middle of the fall festivals. While his mother struggled and many feared that the baby was to be lost the next morning welcomed a tiny babe. Everyone welcomed the little baby into the world while his mother, a delicate wind woman, especially cherished him. She had already lost children to miscarriages, but having one finally that was alive and mostly well – at first he frightened them with bad health and pale eyes, but as he grew up the youngling started to prove that despite being a runt compared to his stockier cousins that he was in fact going to be well.
So Jhin was showered in his mother’s love. Unfortunately for him, the boy didn’t realize that it appeared that his mother’s vast amount of prayers and time spent healing him as a baby had worn out the woman. Her energy mostly depleted -as she already had frail health- the woman quickly became bed ridden after an accident hunting. Since her leg never fully healed a cane was crafted for her by her husband, an artisan who was known for his delicate details in the craft of carving. In his own way Jhin also returned his mother’s love and often would work as her right hand – helping to prepare meals for the whole family when they returned from a hunt or trade, cleaning around their home, gathering herbs, and tending to the younger cousins who were left in his mother’s care while the rest were out trading or hunting. He was never bitter about not having as much time to play with his cousins and rather spent the days with a smile since he felt that spending time with his mother was much worth it.
But the days when Jhin’s father stopped going out to trades and rather would stay home marked a change. The young apprentice would lean against the backside of a tree to listen as the adults spoke of their worries – seasons changing, her cough was getting worse, how would his father and the son handle things? Yilay was going to die….even his father, Biao, knew that. It was a sad truth, but one that they all accepted. In those last few weeks together both Jhin and Biao pampered Yilay with love and she would often hold them with a brave smile before crying herself to sleep at night. Only her husband could see those tears as he would lay there holding her in his arms while Jhin sat outside just listening to the soft murmurs and the rare sobs that escaped…
Her last words were encouragement for a bright future along with how proud she was of him and that she would always cherish him. May her spirit watch over him and that he would prosper and find comfort in the family that was left to him. Jhin repeated those words that it would be alright and that this was a part of life – death took all in the end- as he watched his mother’s body being carried down the hill and towards the groove of trees where other family members rested. Bowing his head the young boy just wiped his eyes before forcing a small smile on his lips. For her he would live a happy life and always give a smile to the world…
His father, haunted by the memories of his wife, opted to take the longer trading routes as he would take the goods created by his siblings and nieces and nephews throughout the other countries. Travel he claimed could keep his mind busy while his heart sought heal from the loss of his beloved. Biao offered to take Jhin and once or twice Jhin would tag along, but in the end he would often just opt to stay behind with his Aunt Tyka who became a second mother to him.
Even now the apprentice will keep a brilliant smile on his face as he stood up to take his mother’s place in helping watch the little ones and to keep up with his family back at home in Sauti. The one thing that did differ was that once Tyka took more care of him and he became more involved with her the woman did teach him how to shoot an arrow – something that Jhin found oddly relaxing. So once his father came back with a training bow the apprentice eagerly took it and made certain to learn how to make his own arrows so that he could grow quickly and learn how to shoot a target perfectly - while balancing the bustle of family life of course.
