Jin Jia

Jin Jia, "The Gentleman in Golden Armor" was a Lupus Stargazer Ahroun and part of the First Jade Sentai.^[1]

Overview

The Ahroun Jin Jia left his tribe not long after his First Change, and went to live among the humans. He forsook tribe, pack, and service to the Emerald Mother for a life in the aristocracy of men. Reaction to him was mixed; the humans always smelled something on him, something bestial, something alien. But he tempered his Rage and some were actually taken in by his "roguish" demeanor. Whenever able, he indulged in gambling, wine, and song, and was a "gentleman caller" to many women. Nightly he dreamt of the error of his ways, and saw the spirits and his few ancestors chiding and mocking him for turning away from his duty, but he ignored them and engaged in further debaucheries.

It wasn't long before the time when one of his many female conquests stood out among all the others, and Jin Jia believed he was in love. He had bedded a daughter of the Dowager Empress merely for the challenge, but soon believed that he couldn't live his life without her. He told her as such, and it wasn't long before the two of them began seeing each other exclusively in secret rooms in the palace of the Empress, keeping their affair a secret. In a year's time, the girl became pregnant, and gave birth to a daughter, Lirong. Jin Jia was happy, and je knew that all his dreams at night seeking to punish him for his decision were meaningless and he had made the proper choice. He took his love away from the palace, and they settled in a small fishing village.

But in truth, he hadn't. His skills as a werewolf were dampened, so much so that he was unable to see the reality of the situation until it was far too late. He came to his home one night to find a grisly scene - his true love had exsanguinated and murdered their child. The blood was all upon the walls, scrawled in grim prayers and epithets to the dark one, Kung-Kung. His true love was a monster, tainted in servitude to the mad one, and she had escaped.

Jin Jia entered a period of inescapable depression, and Harano drove him to kill himself. But his hand was stayed, just as he prepared to thrust a dagger into his own belly. The voice of the Jade Emperor called to him, and commanded him to turn away from his broken life and enter the Emperor's service. Realizing that this was a second chance, Jin Jia accepted the offer.

He served the Jade Emperor well up until he was an old man, battling the corruptions of Gong-Gong along with the other two members of the Jade Sentai. He was known for wearing a set of radiant golden armor that mystically molded to his skin regardless of what form he too. Jin Jia never managed to find his one-time-love and murderer of his daughter.

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