Jiaying

Jiaying's History

Jiaying (Mandarin: 佳颖 Jiǎyíng) was an Inhuman gifted with the power of life force absorption after experiencing Terrigenesis. Using her ability, Jiaying retained her youthful appearance for several decades by draining the lives of several Inhumans who had willingly sacrificed themselves for her. Thanks to this, she used her wisdom and experience to guide many Inhumans throughout dozens of generations, helping them to cope with their powers, and in time, harness them. She worked in a clinic in China, alongside her husband, Calvin Johnson, and had a daughter whom they named Daisy. Jiaying was captured by HYDRA and vivisected by Werner Reinhardt, who killed her. Her body was found by her husband, who stitched her back together, allowing her healing powers to bring her back to life.

Her experience with Reinhardt and the subsequent taking of her daughter by S.H.I.E.L.D. warped Jiaying's moral compass, and she developed a dispassionate attitude towards humanity, which pushed her away from her husband. Eventually, she became the leader of Afterlife, the Inhuman community on Earth, and was reunited with her daughter. She then started an open war against S.H.I.E.L.D., when they approached her for peace. Jiaying's hatred for humans led her to attack her daughter when she sided with S.H.I.E.L.D., which ended with Zabo turning against her and killing her.