#bobthebobking

So the listing may not be incorrect, but it comes off as wild conjecture that shouldn’t be listed as fact: Jerrin's wiki page on the main LoZ wiki, which for some reason lists her as a Hylian, cites something she says in-game, and page 101 of Creating a Champion.

Now, the first citation I think was just a misunderstanding, since the quote is Jerrin talking about her "magical Sheikah nose implant" which I think whoever was using this as a citation took to mean that Jerrin wasn't a Sheikah and needed to use Sheikah tech to enhance her sense of smell, but I'm fairly certain the way Sheikah is used in the quote is actually just a descriptor for the origin of the technology, the way that "Sheikah technology" is just generally used throughout BotW.

The second citation leads to the first page of the Sheikah section in Creating a Champion, which just gives a general overview to the Sheikah as they're portrayed in BotW, and I assume the person citing this page was possibly referring to the "[Sheikah] are characterized by their white hair." sentence at the end of the description. Which like, Rola of the arrow shop in Kakariko is also listed as being Hylian on the wiki, for the same reason, but Jerrin's hair isn't really that far off of white (and Skyward Sword Impa’s hair was actually about the same color as Jerrin’s), and it's kinda weird to assume there is zero hair color variation, considering the Gerudo, who historically have only ever had bright red hair in-game, are also shown to have hair color/shade variation in BotW (which could be written off by the fact that the Gerudo in BotW have to go out to find partners to have kids, but this still wouldn't explain how they managed to remain dark-skinned and red-haired all throughout their history leading up to BotW, and yes I know the answer to that is "Nintendo hates consistency and doesn't care about lore and is also racist when it comes to the Gerudo").

Now, I'm willing to grant leeway to the idea that Rola might be Hylian (although personally I think she’s Sheikah, and I find it mildly suspicious to immediately assume she can’t be Sheikah), even though her wearing the traditional Sheikah clothing contradicts something one of the travelling NPCs (I think it was Celessa, but I can't find the quote I'm thinking of) says about the Sheikah not allowing anyone from outside the tribe to wear their traditional clothes. But Jerrin is probably a Sheikah, and I am basing this mainly off of Robbie's journal, which states that she was trained by Purah, and then sent to assist Robbie by Impa (page 8 of Robbie's Memoirs). Considering that Purah's current assistant is Sheikah, and that I seem to recall Purah saying something about Impa sending her assistants from Kakariko (again, I can’t find the exact quote or journal entry atm), and more importantly that basically no Hylians aside from Zelda are shown to have any interest in studying or researching Sheikah tech, and also that traditionally, the Shaikah have always been somewhat of a closed society (outright so in past games, and implied in BotW by the fact that Pikango is treated w/ suspicion despite having been born in Kakariko, because he was absent from the village for so long), it just seems more logical to assume that Jerrin is Sheikah, was probably born in Kakariko, trained with Purah, and went to work w/ Robbie and eventually marry him.

Now, I’m all for the idea that Sheikah and Hylians intermarried at points in history, and hell, even in the LoZ universe this idea isn’t unheard of (re: the Gerudo; the fact that the Sheikah court poet who became Kass’s mentor was in love with Zelda; also the Zora are implied to occasionally fall in love w/ Hylians and given how okay King Dorephan was with Mipha proposing to Link, I’d say there’s a good possibility Zoras and Hylians have married in the past; possibly the Rito given that one of the WW Rito was said to be born on Windfall Island but that actually is wild speculation on my part). It’s just...there’s not enough in-game evidence for me to believe Jerrin is Hylian.

Zeldapedia, which is no longer treated as one of the main Zelda wikis, having been merged with the main wiki but is still up for viewing purposes, interestingly lists both Jerrin and Rola as Sheikah.

So like, I’m not saying the citations are outright false information, but they’re not definitive in any way and are more based on how one chooses to interpret them, and listing Jerrin as a Hylian just seems misleading since there is no in-game or supporting materials’ evidence that definitively states she’s Hylian, but there is evidence to suggest she’s Sheikah, and so the “Jerrin is Hylian” comes off as wild mass speculation and it bugs me that it’s listed like a fact on her wiki page.

“I’m sorry, Polly!” she shrieks overand over again. Klavier holds up a finger to Ema, asking silently for her towait a moment. As suavely as he can, he strides over to Trucy and her magicassistant.

“We can’t have another victim at this crime scene,” Klavier jokes, bendingslightly at the waist and grinning. “Especially not around all theseprosecutors and detectives, Fraeuelin Wright!”

She frowns. “Yeah, sorry…”

“What happened?”

“She slapped me in the face with Mr.Hat,” Apollo grumbles in response. He’s still holding onto his check, and he islooking off to the side, a sour expression on his face.

“You’re so quiet, Polly! I didn’tknow you were back there.”

“Why were you getting him out in thefirst place?”

“I…thought of a really funny joke wewere going to tell you.”

“Save it,” he snaps and stomps off,off to investigate something completely unrelated to the case. Trucy packs awayher wooden friend, looking sheepish.

“Perhaps go see if Ema needs anyassistance, Trucy?” he asks her, flashing the same kind smile her way in anattempt to cheer her up. She smiles a little weakly back and goes where hesuggests. He watches Trucy immediately strike up a conversation with her father’sold friend, and then he’s off to find Apollo again.

When he comes to stand next to him,Apollo has not moved his hand from his face, still.

“Does it hurt, Herr Forehead?”

“Wait, are you going to laugh at me?”

“Was?Why would I?”

“I…I don’t know.”

Klavier pushes his bangs away andgrins. “Can I see it? It must be bad if you’re still holding onto it like this.”

Apollo lets his hand fall, and hispalm is flecked with blood.

“Oh god,you’re bleeding,” Klavier gasps.

“What? NoI’m not.”

“Look!”He points to his bloodied hand, and Apollo frowns. Moving his cheeks like thatcause a little dribble of blood to eek its way downwards like a tear. Klaviergrips onto his clean hand and drags him away from their insignificant corner.He leads him out of the building and to a squad car, where he demands anofficer’s keys. Apollo must think he looks ridiculous with his ass in the airas he searches the glove box for the standard issue little first-aid kit. Witha shout of triumph, he finds the little box and commands that Apollo sit downon the trunk of the car.

He fishesthe hydrogen peroxide out and dabs a little on the cotton ball. Apollo grimacesat the first sting, but he relaxes when it grows less painful.

“I’m notreally mad at her,” he sighs as Klavier wipes at his stained hand. “I’ve justbeen stuck with her for a while now, and I’m getting…”

“Overwhelmed?Frustrated?”

“Ja – uh,yes.”

Klaviersmirks. He sizes up the bruised, bloodied scrape and picks a bandage for him.

“Mr.Wright’s been studying to retake the bar exam so much lately, so he sticks mewith Trucy all the time. And I love her like a sister-”

“So sheacts like a sister and annoys you, then, ja?”

“Prettymuch…”

“She is sehrsorry.”

“Yeah, Iknow. She still pretty much punched me in the face.”

“Aclassic little sister move.”

“You’rethe little brother, though,” Apollo shoots back, and Klavier freezes.They never mention Kristoph – no one ever mentions Kristoph.

“Ja, well, we all pick on our oldersiblings all the same.” He tries to grin again, but it’s a little harder thistime. The bandage is ready, and he carefully smooths it over the scrape.

Without thinking, he kisses twofingers and presses them thoughtfully to the fresh bandage. Apollo looks up athim wide-eyed, with his brows furrowing. Klavier’s heart constricts slightly,as he feels stupid for doing that and seeing that precious little look on hisface practically kills him.

They hear Ema burst out laughingfrom inside the building.