What’s up guys it’s me Jeremy.
Recently a reddit user by the name of Manatee power posted an easter egg revolving Jhin
and Kindred on reddit the other day that just totally blew my mind.
And it’s super interesting and really cool, and I gotta give him big props because he
said he was actually inspired by my What Kindred Could Have Been video.
And when I saw this post I gotta admit it just made me soo happy because this is exactly
why I make videos like that.
This is the kind of awesome stuff that comes out of the What Could Have Been series, and
it was just so satisfying to see that I could inspire someone to find this, so again big
shoutout to Manatee Power on reddit, you’re a beast dude.
And I wanted to examine his theory a little bit and dive deep into the details on this
one, because it is quite peculiar.
Let’s get started.
So this concept starts with the Lore of Kindred.
Kindred as a character is one that is incredibly mysterious, and there’s a lot of question
surrounding their backstory.
In Kindred’s Q&A a Rioter described Kindred as what is essentially the personification
of the legend or myth of Death.
Which is interesting because it means that in the lore, Kindred might be real, or they
might not be, and it’s probably a little bit of both, and what we play in the game
is just a legend brought to life.
And that legend of Kindred began in an interesting way.
During the death screen when you play as kindred, Lamb tells a story to wolf, and we the audience
get to listen in.
This is the story of how Kindred came to be.
PLAY THE AUDIO CLIP: Wolf: "Lamb, tell me a story."
Lamb: "There was once a pale man with dark hair who was very lonely."
Wolf: "Why was it lonely?"
Lamb: "All things must meet this man, so they shunned him."
Wolf: "Did he chase them all?"
Lamb: "He took an axe and split himself in two right down the middle."
Wolf: "So he would always have a friend?"
Lamb: "So he would always have a friend."
Kindred is the result of someone splitting into two separate beings.
And who that person may have been before was described as being a pale man with dark hair,
and that man may have been the cyborg bounty hunter.
The cyborg bounty hunter from the story of Kindred’s development was a pale man with
dark hair, who was both literally scrapped and replaced with lamb and wolf, and now as
we are finding out in this theory, could have been so spiritually as well.
So depending on how you look at it, Lamb is breaking the fourth wall and that story of
the pale man with dark hair is actually the literal story of what happened during her
development, and at the same time she is also talking about her lore and the character of
who kindred was before they became kindred, which we know outside of the lore was definitely
the cyborg bounty hunter, and it’s not unlikely that in the lore that character was the cyborg
bounty hunter as well.
The cyborg bounty hunter went on to become high noon jhin, and this is where we start
to see a serious connection between Kindred and Jhin.
That story may not represent the cyborg bounty hunter, in fact it is likely that it actually
represents jhin.
There are a ton of quotes from the in game dialogue of kindred and Jhin that make it
quite clear that there is a connection between the two.
PLAY AUDIO CLIPS: Lamb: " Beauty fades.
That is why it is beautiful.
" ________________________________________
Jhin: " Symmetry is so boring.
" ________________________________________
Jhin: " The end is important in all things.
" ________________________________________
Lamb: " All your life has led to this moment.
" Jhin: " Your life had no value before me.
" ________________________________________
Lamb: " Those who dread us grant us the most power."
Jhin: " Art should terrify.
" ________________________________________
Lamb: " Tomorrow is a hope, never a promise.
" Jhin: " They're gonna live, until they die.
"
And one of the more notable relations between the in game quotes occur when the individual
champions use their ultimates.
PLAY AUDIO: Lamb: " Savour life's closing act."
Jhin: " Your final scene begins.
"
And there are a few more in game quotes that establish an in game connection:
PLAY AUDIO: Jhin: " I wonder what they think when they
see me.
" Lamb: " I wonder how they see me.
" ________________________________________
Lamb: " How one dies shows how one lived.
" Jhin: " Life has no meaning, but your death
shall.
" ________________________________________
Jhin: " There is no drama in a peaceful death!
" Wolf: " No!
Thrash!
Flee!
" ________________________________________
Lamb: " Their path is destined to cross ours.
" Jhin: " I couldn't miss your performance.
"
And a couple more that relate as well, first off we have:
Jhin: " You only understand harmony.
Discord is required for contrast.”
Harmony represents lamb, while discord represents wolf.
And as well there is another quote.
Jhin: " Face the crowd, and bleed for them.
" This quote is very much a reference to Kindred’s
extended lore titled “A Good Death” Where in that story, Kindred attends a play, and
in that play Kindred kills one of the actors, and that actor quite literally faces the crowd,
and then dies in front of them as a part of the performance.
As well in that story, the play is actually a play about the story of kindred, and in
that play there is a single actor that plays all of kindred, who wears two masks.
Jhin is also a character who wears two masks, and has another in game quote mentioning that.
JHIN: Behind every mask, is another mask.
And if that wasn’t enough to convince you, we have the true nail in the coffin, where
Kindred and Jhin actually hum the same tune in game.
Let’s take a listen in.
Jhin humming Lamb humming
With all of those things combined, I have to admit those relations are not only convincing,
but really creepy as well.
And we have to remember that Bard’s lore has shows that time travel in the League of
Legends universe is possible, and as such it’s definitely not impossible in this universe
for Kindred to be what is essentially Jhin who has died, transformed himself into Kindred,
and returns to the present as an omnipotent being from the future.
And if bard can time travel, it’s reasonable that the embodiment of death himself can also
time travel as well.
So whether or not Kindred used to be Jhin or maybe this is just an easter egg alluding
to the development of Kindred, it’s not entirely clear, but there is a lot of evidence
that points towards kindred being jhin in a past life.
I personally am honestly convinced, and I see this theory as being pretty dang legit,
and it’s really clever of riot to fit in something like this where the backstory of
kindred is essentially based on the story of her character design that brought her to
life.
So that’s about it as far as I’m aware in terms of evidence for this theory, but
it’s possible that there are more things, or just more details or connections that add
up together.
Overall it’s a pretty interesting thing to think about, and is a pretty awesome design
aspect that alludes to Kindred’s development cycle.
So what do you think?
Is this theory legit, or is it maybe just a bit too optimistic.
As well, if you have any more info about this theory, definitely share them in the comments,
and once again a shoutout to manateepower on reddit for compiling this information,
and being kind enough to let me make a video about it.
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