Sagaciousness Puns

At Two Rivers during the burning school scene, Zu confesses he used to be a Lotus Assassin. As both the player and the viewer this was difficult for me to believe. It’s not his story or the further plot explanations that left me confused. It’s his appearance that makes his claim unbelievable. I know he had to look different so his title “the Deserter” would hold some meaning but visually speaking when compared to the first Lotus Assassin we see on the boat during the Bandit attack, Zu looks too human to be Lotus Assassin. The first Lotus Assassin we see has a bald head, blackened out eyes and seems to have a two-toned skin complexion with a symbol marking on his head. Whereas Zu has hair tied up in bun, unless he’s wearing a wig? His skin is the same shade throughout his body. He doesn’t have a forehead marking. He only has scars which are seen on other Lotus Assassin faces later on in the game. Although when compared with Zu’s scars, their scars are much more dramatic, sometimes bloody and with one particular Assassin, they look more like tattoos than scars. Why does Zu look so different to his fellow Assassins? I’ve tried looking online for an answer on the Jade Empire Wikipedia and couldn’t find one. What are YOUR theories and head canons?

This leads me to more questions. Are these Lotus Assassins a different branch from the Assassins that Sagacious Zu was apart off? Do they look like Dark Jedi/Sith Apprentices (white or grey skin with black eyes) because Death’s Hand rules over them? Or have they always looked like that since before they became Assassins as Monks? What about Sagacious Zu and his group? Did his group look inhuman too or do they have a more human look like Zu? If Zu originally looked the same as the other Lotus Assassins, how did he go about transforming himself? Keeping in mind that Sagacious Zu isn’t a sorcerer. It’s hard to believe that the Lotus order would allow one member to rebel against the rules of physical appearance and dress.

Last question, when Zu was an Assassin do you think he was an Executioner or an Inquisitor?

"In my experience, people who insist on using vague and abstract language do so to cover up their oppressive interpersonal power games."

-Tucker Max

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

At Two Rivers during the burning school scene, Zu confesses he used to be a Lotus Assassin. As both the player and the viewer this was difficult for me to believe. It’s not his story or the further plot explanations that left me confused. It’s his appearance that makes his claim unbelievable. I know he had to look different so his title “the Deserter” would hold some meaning but visually speaking when compared to the first Lotus Assassin we see on the boat during the Bandit attack, Zu looks too human to be Lotus Assassin. The first Lotus Assassin we see has a bald head, blackened out eyes and seems to have a two-toned skin complexion with a symbol marking on his head. Whereas Zu has hair tied up in bun, unless he’s wearing a wig? His skin is the same shade throughout his body. He doesn’t have a forehead marking. He only has scars which are seen on other Lotus Assassin faces later on in the game. Although when compared with Zu’s scars, their scars are much more dramatic, sometimes bloody and with one particular Assassin, they look more like tattoos than scars. Why does Zu look so different to his fellow Assassins? I’ve tried looking online for an answer on the Jade Empire Wikipedia and couldn’t find one. What are YOUR theories and head canons?

This leads me to more questions. Are these Lotus Assassins a different branch from the Assassins that Sagacious Zu was apart off? Do they look like Dark Jedi/Sith Apprentices (white or grey skin with black eyes) because Death’s Hand rules over them? Or have they always looked like that since before they became Assassins as Monks? What about Sagacious Zu and his group? Did his group look inhuman too or do they have a more human look like Zu? If Zu originally looked the same as the other Lotus Assassins, how did he go about transforming himself? Keeping in mind that Sagacious Zu isn’t a sorcerer. It’s hard to believe that the Lotus order would allow one member to rebel against the rules of physical appearance and dress.

Last question, when Zu was an Assassin do you think he was an Executioner or an Inquisitor?