- He Jin is a Chinese name; the family name is He.
He Jin is a unique legendary Sentinel hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a general for Liu Hong in 182.
General Information[]
Attributes[]
Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
 Expertise |
 Resolve |
 Cunning |
 Instinct |
 Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 75 |
| -21% construction cost (administered commandery) +32 melee evasion +15% general's health +2k population growth (administered commandery) +13% ammunition (own retinue) +3 military supplies (own army) +7% melee damage -2% recruitment cost (this army) +3 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister) +3 unit morale (own retinue) | ||||
Background[]
Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
The Butcher of the He
- +20 expertise
- +10 instinct
- +30 authority
- +1 resilience
- -10 fervour from characters (local county)
- -80% upkeep for imperial units (when commanding)
Traits[]
Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Dutiful
- +8 authority
- -50% desire for higher office
- +10 satisfaction
- Focuses on Duty
- Fiery
- Distinguished
- +6 instinct
- +2 authority
- Increases ambition to gain independence as administrator
- Admires Attractiveness, Admires Refinement
Skills[]
Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Diligence
- +8 expertise
- +5 melee evasion for melee infantry (own retinue)
- +25 bonus experience for units per season (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
- Scholarship
- Tempered Deflection
- +4 expertise
- +4 resolve
- Ability: Tempered Deflection
- Intuition
- +8 expertise
- +25% chance of evading capture post-battle
- +15% income from industry (administered commandery)
Abilities[]
Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Tempered Deflection (Active Buff)
- Can use if:
- Not on Elephant
- +50% Ranged Block Chance
- Range: 50m
- Duration: 20s
- Cooldown: 60s
- Can use if:
Ancillaries[]
Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Guanxi[]
Main Article: Guanxi
- Family
- Empress He (sister)
- Friends
- Acquaintances
- Negative Acquaintances
Biography[]
He Jin was born in Nanyang commandery to He Zhen and was the elder half-brother of Lady He, who later became Empress He, the wife to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. As his half-sister rose through the ranks in the imperial harem, so too did He Jin in the military, becoming the "General of the Household, Rapid as a Tiger". He was later appointed administrator on top of his military duties. He also received various titles closer to the imperial court thanks to his connection to the empress, which made him closer to the emperor and subsequently grew his own influence.
In 184 AD, He Jin was appointed general of the Northern Army, which was easily the most elite of the Chinese armies at the time thanks to their valuable experience defending the frontiers against Xiongnu attacks. He also foiled a Yellow Turban plot in Luoyang and grew ever more important in imperial politics in spite of protests from the Ten Attendants, the faction of important eunuchs with a high degree of control over the emperor.
When Emperor Ling died in 189 AD, He Jin worked together with his half-sister to secure her son, Liu Bian, as the new Emperor. He Jin was granted partial control over the Imperial Secretariat, which also resulted in He Jin having partial control over the imperial government to the dismay of the eunuchs, which found themselves increasingly sidelined. Immediately, they began plotting against He Jin under a eunuch by the name of Jian Shi. He Jin and Jian Shi had clashed before, and He Jin used his new powers to rid himself of the eunuch for good, killing him and his co-conspirators. What followed was a series of small-scale purges of corruption in the imperial government, getting rid of Dowager Dong (the mother of Emperor Ling) as well as some of the less prominent eunuchs.
Yuan Shao, a militarist close to the imperial government, urged He Jin to increase his attacks on the eunuchs, yet Empress Dowager He argued against it. Torn between the two sides, He Jin made a half-hearted attempt to scare the eunuchs in line by recalling troops and summoning the dreaded warlord Dong Zhuo to the capital. Before Dong Zhuo arrived, however, another eunuch conspiracy led by Zhang Rang ambushed He Jin and killed him. Upon learning of the news, an infuriated Yuan Shao stormed the palaces of Luoyang with a small army in tow, slaughtering every eunuch they could get their hands on as the capital descended into chaos. As Luoyang was engulfed in an uncontrolled inferno, Dong Zhuo arrived just in time to find the child emperor and his younger brother being smuggled out of the city by a group of eunuchs, which he promptly killed. He seized the two boys for himself and later named himself regent, which would become the catalyst for the Rise of the Warlords and the main events of Total War: Three Kingdoms.
By killing He Jin in a last bid to regain their relevancy, the eunuchs had not only hurt themselves, going from important cogs in the administration to being executed in droves by the military but had also set in motion the events that would lead to the rapid collapse of the Han Empire which made way for regional warlords and governors acting as the true government in their respective regions.
| Total War THREE KINGDOMS playable characters | |
|---|---|
| Sentinel | Bao Xin・Cai He・Cai Yang・Cao Ren・Chang Diao・Chang Xia・Chen Heng・Chen Qian・Chen Wu・Chen Xiu・Cheng Pu・Congqian・Cui Jun・Deng Ai・Ding Feng・Gan Li・Gao Gan・Gongsun Du・Gongsun Xu・Guo Xian・Hou Yin・Han SuiS・Huang She・Huang YueyingF・Huang ZhongS・Huangfu Song・Jia Long・Jian Yong・Li Dian・Liang Xing・Liu Shang・Liu Yao・Lu Meng・Lu Zhi・Ma Mao・Qu Ying・Song Jian・Sui Gu・Sun JianS・Sun Shao・Taishi CiS・Tao Shang・Tian Fen・Wang Kuang・Wang Su・Wang Yu・Xia Zhao・Xiaoqiao・Xu HuangS・Xue Li・Yan Xing・Yang Bo・Yang Hong・Yang Zhong・Yin Li・Yu Jin・Yuan Shang・Yue JinS・Zang Hong・Zhang Hu・Zhang LiaoS・Zhang Ya・Zhao YunS・Zheng Bao・Zhu Zhi |
| Champion | Cai Zhong・Cao Ang・Cao Hong・Cao Shuang・Cao Xi・Cao Zhang・Chang Xi・Chen Jiu・Chen Lan・Cheng Yi・Dong Feng・Dian WeiS・Gao Ding・Gao Sheng・Guan Xing・Guan YuS・Han Fu・Han Hao・Hong Ming・Huan Lin・Huan Zhi・Huang Gai・Huang Zu・Huo Nu・Ji Ben・Jiang Gong・Li Damu・Li Huan・Li Yu・Ling Tong・Liu Shao・Lu Kang・Pang De・Qu Gong・Quan Rou・Sen Pei・Song Yang・Tao Ying・Tuoba Liwei・Wang Xi・Wei Huang・Wei Jie・Wen Chou・Xiahou DunS・Xianyu Yin・Xin Ping・Xu ChuS・Xu Rong・Xuan Fan・Yang Feng・You Tu・Yu Qin・Zang Ba・Zao Zhi・Zhang Fang・Zhang Fu・Zhang Guang・Zhang Lu・Zhang YanS・Zhao Du・Zheng Yan・Zheng JiangSF・Zou Lin・Zuozi Hangba |
| Strategist | Bao Xun・Bian Rang・Bu LianshiF・Cai YanF・Cai Yong・Cao Chong・Cao Zhi・Chang Lin・Che Zhou・Chen Biao・Chen Di・Chen Gong・Chen Lin・Chen Qun・Chen Zhen・Cheng Xu・Cheng Yu・Cui Lin・Cui Yan・DiaochanF・Ding Yi・Dong Yun・Dong Zhao・Du Qiong・Fa Zheng・Fan Qin・Lady FengF・Feng Shuo・Fu Gan・Fu Jia・Fu Wan・Gao Rou・Gaotang・Gongsun Xiu・Gu Yong・Guan Chun・Guan Jing・Guan Lu・Guan Ning・Guanqiu Dian・Guo Jia・Guo Tu・Han Ji・Han Ran・Han Rong・Han Yin・Handan Chun・Handan Shang・He Yan・He Zeng・Hu Zhao・Hu Zhi・Hu Zong・Hua Biao・Hua Tuo・Hua Xin・Huan Dian・Huan Fan・Huan Jia・Huang Wan・Hungfu Mi・Ji Miao・Ji Mu・Jia Chong・Jia Cong・Jia Xu・Jiang Ji・Jin Yi・Ju Shou・Kan Ze・Kong RongS・Kong Zhou・Kuai Liang・Kuai Yue・Liu Ba・Li Chao・Li Fu・Li Kang・Li Ru・Li Shao・Li Xiu・Liang Mao・Liu Dai・Liu Fu・Liu He・Liu Ji・Liu Yan・Liu Ye・Liu Yi・Liu Zhen・Lu An・Liu Fan・Lu Ji・Lu Kai・Lu Mao・Lu Su・Lu Xing・Lu Xun・Lu Yi・Lu Yu・Lu ZhengF・Ma Liang・Ma Midi・Ma Qiu・Ma Su・Ma Yu・Mao Jie・Mi Heng・Mi Zhu・Miao Xi・Min Chun・Pan Xu・Pang Ji・Pang Tong・Pei Jun・Pei Qian・Peng Yang・Qi Zhou・Qiao Zhou・Qin Mi・Quan Ji・Que Xuan・Ren An・Ren Jun・Ruan Yu・Shan Gu・Shan Tao・Shen You・Sheng Xian・Shi Wei・Shi Xie・Shi Yi・Shi Zhi・Sima Feng・Sima Fu・Sima Lang・Sima YiS・Su Shuo・Su Ze・Sun Qian・Sun Xu・Tao QianS・Teng Yin・Tian Chou・Tian Feng・Tian Jing・Wang Biao・Wang Can・Wang Dang・Wang Fu・Wang Jian・Wang Lan・Wang Lei・Wang Lie・Wang Su・Wang Xiang・Wei Dan・Wei Feng・Wei Shu・Wei You・Wei Zhao・Wei Hui・Wu Fan・Wu Shuo・Wu Zhi・Xiahou Rong・Xiahou Xuan・Xiahou Zuo・Xiahou Lang・Xiao QiaoSF・Xin Xianying・Xing Yong・Xu Gan・Xu Jing・Xu Miao・Xu Shao・Xu Shu・Xu Ta・Xu Xuan・Xu You・Xue Zong・Xun Wei・Xun Yu・Xun Yue・Yan Pu・Yan Xiang・Yan Yu・Yang Chou・Yang Dao・Yang Xi・Yang Xiu・Yao Tai・Yao Zhou・Ying Qu・Ying Yang・Ying Yu・Yu Fan・Yuan Long・Yuan Yi・Yue Dun・Zhang Chao・Zhang Cheng・Zhang Chunhua・Zhang Hong・Zhang Ji・Zhang Miao・Zhang Min・Zhang Quan・Zhang Song・Zhang Wen・Zhang Yun・Zhang Zan・Zhang Zhao・Zhang Zhen・Zhang Zhi・Zhao Ang・Zhao Qi・Zhao Wei・Zhao Yan・Zhao Yi・Zheng Mao・Zheng Mo・Zheng Sui・Zheng Tai・Zheng Xuan・Zhong Yao・Zhongchang Tong・Zhou Huan・Zhou YuS・Zhou Zhi・Zhu En・Zhu Gui・Zhu Han・Zhuge Jin・Zhuge LiangS |
| Vanguard | Bu Ji・Bu Zhi・Cai Mao・Dong Zhuo・Gan Ning・Gongsun ZanS・Liu Qi・Lü BuS・Ma ChaoS・Ma TengS・Shisun Rui・Sun CeS・Sun RenSF・Xiahou Jie・Xiahou YuanS・Yan Liang・Ze Rong・Zhang FeiS・Zhang He・Zhang Yang |
| Commander | Lady BianF・Lady CaiF・Cai Xun・Cao CaoS・Cao JieF・Cao Ren・DaqiaoF・Da QiaoSF・Dong PeishanF・Guan YinpingF・Liu BeiS・Liu BiaoS・Lady LiuF・Liu Yu・Liu ZhangS・Wang Lang・Lady WuF・Sun QuanS・Yuan AnyangF・Yuan ShaoS・Yuan ShuS・Yuan Tan・Yuan Xi |
| Healer (YTR) | Han Xian・He YiS・Liu Pi・Wang Du |
| Veteran (YTR) | Gong DuS・Guan Hai・Liao Hua・Pei YuanshaoS・Zhang KaiS・Zhao Bo |
| Scholar (YTR) | Guo Da・He ManS・Huang ShaoSWang Rao・Xu He |