nstructor Jin-Woo (The Jadeheart)
The general tutor of the Suhodan at Seonhwa (선화), a man known for wisdom and care who never chose a path of his own.
Character
Jin-Woo never strove to find a path. Where the other tutors and leaders aligned to one of the five spirits and an ideology to follow, Jin-Woo did not. He is renowned for his wisdom and care. He remembers every recruit’s name and face, and often goes out of his way to greet them.
When a recruit meets Jin-Woo for the first time, they feel a strange sense of nostalgia. The source does not explain why, and it is left unexplained here.
Role in the recruit’s first quest
Jin-Woo gives new recruits their final lesson, a brief account of the world and what they have trained for, before sending them to take down Bae-Gumeong (배구멍) in the rat area of the Crypts.
When a recruit returns after killing Bae-Gumeong, they bring back a piece of a relic. Jin-Woo recognizes it as part of a relic once held by a man named Han-Gyeol (한결). When the recruit asks who that is, Jin-Woo says it is best that he doesn’t explain, and tells them the leader of the path they choose will tell them more. (Han-Gyeol is the man who became the boss Gloth.)
Open thread
Two details about Jin-Woo have no explanation in the sources, and both are open questions to develop later. Why does every recruit feel a strange sense of nostalgia on first meeting him? And why is he the one tutor who never chose a path when every other tutor and leader aligned to one of the five spirits? Whether the two are connected is unknown. No explanation is recorded, so none is asserted here.
See also
- The Gloth Arc
- Gloth (Han-Gyeol)
- Bae-Gumeong
- The Crypts
- Seonhwa
- The Suhodan
- Vanguard Dae-Hyun
- Sindo Min-Soo
- Disciplinarian Gun-Woo
- Lecturer Ji-Hoon
- Pathfinder Kang-Ho
Source: ETK Lore Bible, “Tutor NPCs” (Instructor Jin-Woo “The Jadeheart”) and “Overall Storyline” (A New Beginning); World of Haneul foundation doc for Suhodan/Seonhwa context.