Wei Jin

Wei Jin was the forefather of the Zhang tribe and one of two men involved in what began the great feud between his tribe and the Gan Jin tribe. The Gan Jins believed that Wei Jin attacked Jin Wei and robbed him of their tribe's sacred crystal orb, while the Zhang claimed that Wei Jin had been heroically returning the orb for a fallen Jin Wei. Upon crossing the border into Gan Jin territory, the former was arrested by the Gan Jin and unjustly imprisoned.

Zhang version
The Zhang believed Wei Jin to be a noble and selfless man. According to their tribe's legend, Wei Jin was leaving the western gate of his village, when he saw a man of the Gan Jin tribe, Jin Wei, collapsed on the ground, and stopped to help him. Jin Wei was transporting a sacred orb, a very powerful relic used in his tribe's Redemption ritual. Wei Jin tried to tend to the man's wounds, but Jin Wei insisted that the orb was more important and asked him to take it back to his tribe. Wei Jin promised to send help for the man as soon as he could, but as Wei Jin crossed the border to return the orb into Gan Jin territory, he was arrested. The Gan Jins sentenced him to twenty years in prison.

Gan Jin version


The Gan Jin saw Wei Jin as a greedy coward, who was envious of the Gan Jin's sacred orb. Their lore said that during the process of their ancient ritual, Wei Jin knocked the Gan Jin's patriarch, Jin Wei, to the ground as he was approaching the West post of their tribe, and stole the sacred orb.

Trivia

 * Wei Jin 为金 (wéi jīn) translates to 'take gold', referring to how he allegedly took the Sacred Orb.
 * Both Wei Jin and Jin Wei's names are made from exactly the same words in a different order.
 * Wei Jin's eye color changed in both of the stories. In the Zhang's, his eyes were orange; in the Gan Jin's, his eyes were brown.