Qin Tlo'aztlu'ak

"I was part of an empire once. Funny thing about Empires: they end."

- Qin

Qin is a player character created by Jesse Cox.

Qin is a giant lizardman from the lizardman home planet Ssliyn. At the beginning of Nebula Jazz, Qin is the last guardian of the twelfth serpentis - a bloodline of guardians with the purpose of protecting Slyn. After he was disgraced and exiled from his people he found a career in "space jacking" - no one is entirely sure what space jacking entails but Qin is a proficient jacker hacker. Eventually he ended up as a scavenger together with Eugene, Rex, and Aurora.

Qin is a collector of jars. It has been a tradition among lizardmen to scream in to jars in order to "bottle up" their emotions.

The NPC Nuoah is one of Qin's sisters.

When Qin was on Elaxetron, he destroyed the great Elaxetronian library.

Return of the Blixnort
The "Return of the Blixnort" is a major story arc that mostly takes place in episodes 7-10. Qin is the main character of this arc, the hero who comes back from his exile to find redemption and liberate Slyn from a corrupt empress.

In lizardman culture there is a legend of the Blixnort - a messiah-like figure that has control over his emotions and doesn't need to bottle them up. It turns out that several events that happen to Qin have similarities to events mentioned in prophecies about the Blixnort.

Seeking information about Duke Meako, Qin returns to his home world Slyn in episode 7 of Nebula Jazz. He ends up in a conflict with the empress which results in a massive battle for the fate of Slyn. Qin triumphs by completing the Trials of Ascension and becoming the Blixnort.