We have confirmation of Jing Yuan's age range during Quintent era?

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According to this post, patch 2.5 confirmed Jing Yuan was <100 years old during Quintet era. tanithryudo, can you confirm or deny this claim? Is this a thing? Am I going to have to re-think my fanfic?!

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So according to wiki, the Second Abundance War officially started in 5749, so Igor couldn't have possibly been around "pre-Second Abundance War". The event Jing Yuan spoke of regarding the divination most likely is another event at the tail end but pre-Battle of Shuhu. It might even refer to the Battle of Shuhu.

As for ~700 years ago Belobog being under attack, that depends on how the information was stated. Because if the descriptions were "700多年" or "700余年" then any number between 700 and 799 would qualify. Whereas if the description is "大约700年" then the number is actually between 650 to 750.

Presuming the first description, that means the attack on Belobog can't have been earlier than 7301. So the earliest time Igor could have visited the Xianzhou was 7301, 78 years before Sedition. The latest visit would be slightly before 7331, 48 years before Sedition. If it's 7301, then that could still be pre-Quintet era, but if it's 7331, then that's definitely well into Quintet era.

If the description is the second option, that means the earliest time Belobog could be attacked is 7350, 29 years before Sedition, and definitely during Quintet era. It would also mean Belobog got sealed off after Sedition.

So it's kind of important to know the exact wording... But it would seem someone at miHoyo really wants shota!Jing Yuan to be a thing. -_-

[tanithryudo]

First of all, a warning: Deep dive into Belobog's timeline will hit several self-contradictions, as many fans had found out when they were trying to figure out Serval's and Pela's age. Just warning you ahead of time.

But, let's try calculating it anyways. There's actually a couple of dates given for more recent events, listed when you search for Natasha's, Serval's, and Pela's Resumes. For example, from Natasha's Resume:

In 6█3 AF, graduated from Belobog College of Medicine and entered the Belobog Charice Hospital as a resident.
In 6█4 AF, joined Belobog Scientific Expeditionary Team as a team physician.
In 6█5 AF, entered the Silvermane Guard Field Hospital as a member of the emergency medical team in the Logistics Department.
In 6█6 AF, after completing the required residency, returned to Belobog Underworld and opened an orphanage in Rivet Town.
In 6█4 AF, opened a clinic in Boulder Town in the Belobog Underworld and assisted Wildfire in maintaining stability and providing medical care.

Of these years, the last item is confirmed to be 694, see Notice: Additional Barricades on the Main Road of the Plaza and Notice Under Bridge.

Another confirmed date is the second item in the list: 684, the year Pela was born and her mother passed away during that expedition. Assuming then that Pela is 16 years old as some sources state, that means the "current" year the Astral Express arrived on Belobog is exactly 700 by local calendar.

Now, the question is, what is year 0 on their local calendar system? It couldn't be the day the antimatter legion attacked, as that wouldn't sync up with The Battle of Shuhu 721 years ago. My guess is that is probably the year when the Stellaron was invoked, which is 30 years after the invasion from the Antimatter Legion started. This would make the invasion start 730 years ago, which is 7370 SC by Xianzhou calendar.

So there is a 9 year window in there for Igor to go off doing his fighting tournament rounds. Since Xianzhou was his last stop and there were others before him, then the earliest he could've been attending the wardance was probably 7371 SC.

Hm, going by this then, Jing Yuan would've been not yet fully grown around a few years before the Battle of Shuhu. But how old is that by Xianzhou standards / growth rate we don't know either. I mean, Qingque claims she still has room to grow and she's ~200. So... he could just have had a late growth spurt. *handwaves*

[cashew]

The numbers make sense. This would mean physically, Jing Yuan would spend a decent chunk of the Quintet era in adolescent/late adolescent form physically. It's questionable how much we can trust the PV, but taking that into account, then Jing Yuan would've shot up about a foot and a half over the course of 9 years...

The only other possibility is that the local years according to each calendar progressed at different rates and time dilation happens between interplanetary travel. But that's probably more math than the writers had in mind.

Basically, I guess I have to resign myself to shota!Jing Yuan...siiigh. Time to go re-consider thr fic timeline.

[tanithryudo]

I mean, growth spurts happen, and when they do, typically you increase height by a lot in a very short period of time. So I think it is plausible for Jing Yuan to go from his "teen" height to "full" height within the span of a single year. *shrug*

Also, if you equate his "teen" height as close to the current height that Dan Heng (who uses the male teen model in game) has right now, it's not that short/shota.

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Also, if you equate his "teen" height as close to the current height that Dan Heng (who uses the male teen model in game) has right now, it's not that short/shota.

It looks around early teen-ish based on head-to-shoulder ratio (closer to Yanqing model than Dan Heng model). Given he was in the same role as Yanqing at the time, I suspect the intention was to have them at similar ages, then and now.

But even if I headcanon him to Dan Heng's comparative age, it still means for a good 50+ years of Quintet, Jing Yuan was basically a kid. So unless Dan Feng also was of a similar situation...the canon seems to be catering to the "Jing Yuan was the baby of the group" theory that fans unanimously agreed on somehow...

[tanithryudo]

Well, Dan Feng is shorter than the adult male model (compare to Yingxing/Blade). He's only a little taller than Dan Heng, and doesn't have an exact game model that he corresponds to.

Oh god... they're a tragic teen drama.

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Oh god... they're a tragic teen drama.

😆 I think you're onto something. This is my headcanon now.