NAME Gook Minjin 국민진
 

NICKNAMES 

- The frost baby/kid/girl / Minjin and her twin brother are known as the frost twins, so they often call Minjin the frost baby, frost kid or frost girl
- Elsa / another nickname that comes from Minjin being the embodiment of winter. Minjae is Jack Frost, and Minjin is Elsa. She also often just says to let it go.
- Little bird / while Minjin is the embodiment of winter, she's cold quite easily so in the colder month, she'll always be dressed warmly and sit down like she's a little, puffy bird (which is adorable
- smol / Minjin is tiny, especially compared to her twin brother, so she's often just called smol
- snowflake / she's small, she's tiny, she's adorable. It's mostly her brother who calls her his little snowflake, but the groupmates might take it from him.
- android / Minjin doesn't show much of her emotions, and often just stands like in the picture here. There have been real theories that she's an android, made for her brother, but she's a human, no worries.

BIRTHDAY December 26th, 1999

BIRTHPLACE Pyeongchang, SK

HOMETOWN Pyeongchang, SK

ETHNICITY Korean

NATIONALITY Korean

LANGUAGES 

- Korean / Their family is on the poorer side, so Minjin and Minjae have never been out of Korea. They only know Korean and speak with their regional dialect.

FACECLAIM Loona Gowon

BACKUP Dreamcatcher Gahyeon

HEIGHT 156 cm

WEIGHT 43 kg

APPEARANCE Minjin is like a little snowflake. She's small, she's skinny, she's light as a feather and sensitive like ice. She has beautiful, big enchanting eyes, a cute small nose and lovely lips, all put on a face that's round, almost an upside down triangle. She has a very tiny build in general, it's not like she's starving herself. A thin waist that needs custom clothes and short little munchkin legs. Just like her brother, Minjin has been bleaching her hair for a while now, because she likes it, and it's an ashy blonde, almost with a frosty blue sheen. She often wears it in a ponytail or just loose with a ribbon in it, but her ponytail look definitely brings out her youthful looks a bit more.

FASHION STYLE Minjin generally dresses up warmer than others, because she's tiny and sensitive to the cold (yes, a frost queen that is sensitive to cold). Her style is very clean and preppy and she often tends to wear outfits that could almost pass as school uniforms, white socks and black loafers included. It's really adorable. In her free time, she wears oversized, more comfortable stuff. She just wants to be soft and warm, and don't stand out too much, so she stays away from the bright colors.

PERSONALITY TRAITS 

mbti type: INTP - hogwarts house: Ravenclaw

- (+): calm, clever, decisive, protective

- (0): unsentimental

- (-): nihilistic, shy, clumsy, cold

PERSONALITY 

"The stove was once on fire in the dorm, and Minjin just said meh and extinguished it like it was nothing?? Crazy."

Calm and unsentimental: there have been rumors that this girl is some sort of futuristic android. If it goes that far, you know very well that she's not the type to show lots. She barely smiles, and other emotions like sadness or anger are even more rare to see on her face. She's like a porcelain doll, always standing there with a straight face, looking at you with her haunting deer eyes. She is able to remain calm even in the most dangerous situations, and out of Empire, only her brother has seen her emotions more than once. Yes, she does smile sometimes, and her smile is really beautiful, but that's like the only change on her face that they've ever seen. Except for one occasion, which will be explained in the background.

"I've decided." - "it's been 10 seconds, they didn't even finish the explanation, what the hell, Minjin."

Clever and decisive: Minjin might not be like exceptionally smart, she is still a very clever girl. Because of her eternally calm mind, she is capable of logical thinking and objective decision making. Her decisions are barely biased, except when it's towards her brother or closest friends. But the task is... how do you become such a close friend?

"I don't care what you do to me, but if you harm my brother, you better be prepared for the consequences."

Protective: Minjin might be cold as ice, she can't let anyone hurt the people dear to her. But in the world she's in right now, the world of trainees and idols, the only one that she counts as dear to her at the moment is her twin brother. She might be the younger of the twins, she's the one who protects her brother and takes care of him. Towards her brother, she shows warmth. She protects the ones she cares about. Empire is like that as well, even though she might be cold towards them, she does care, and is extremely protective over the other members, especially the ones that have a hurtful past.

"Not debuting? I normally wouldn't care, but I need to be there, for reasons."

Nihilistic and cold: Again, Minjin doesn't seem to have any emotions. There have been jokes that she's like yandere-chan, and that she will only show emotions once she likes someone. Minjin doesn't really care about what happens to her, as long as nothing hurts her brother anymore. Her brother used to be the one that made her open up towards others and be warmer, but now that he has become like winter himself, she can't help but freeze again as well. Don't misunderstand, she does really care about the others deep down, but she just doesn't want to show it yet.

"Minjae! I broke my glass again!" D:

shy and clumsy: This is her vulnerable side that makes her seem real. Minjin tries her hardest to hide it in front of the camera or in public, but in front of the groupmates and other friends, Minjin shows it. She's actually very shy, and this is why she has a hard time opening up to people. She's also very clumsy, tripping a lot, constantly dropping stuff and flustering herself in front of the others. This puts her into a more endearing light, and it is often a way for others to be able to get closer to her. Take notes, Empire, take notes.

BACKGROUND Minjin was born in the city that would later become home to the winter olympics. It was the end of the year, and she was born 6 minutes after her brother. It was a hard labor on a cold night. It was snowing outside. When the parents and the newborn twins came home, the house was cold, because the heating system broke, and they had no money for preparations, because they had to spend all their leftover money on the unexpected second child. The family was not the poorest, but they were on the poor side. No fancy stuff, no travels, just the necessary stuff and some simple toys. Minjin was always the sibling who was just following her brother, often wrapped in a big blanket when it was winter. Her brother did everything, Minjin didn't know what to do herself. She just didn't have any interests, so she did what her brother did, because she liked him the most. It remained that way.

Her mom is a very good singer, and would often sing the twins to sleep in their small twin bedroom. Minjin would then look at her mom, then at her brother, who would be staring at their mom with sparkly eyes. Minjae obviously enjoyed his mom's singing, Minjin loved to see her brother sparkle in awe, but this time, she got interested because she got tingles herself as well. Music would be the first time the twins voluntarily separated themselves from each other, because Minjae wanted to learn guitar, and Minjin preferred the piano. The twins were finally preparing themselves from the big world, where they will separate for sure. From a young age, Minjae wanted to be an idol. He loved kpop, thanks to the good old tvxq. Minjin obviously got dragged into it as well. But they were too young.

In middle school, Minjae had developed into a bright and social person, but also naive and trusting too much. Minjin always tagged along to keep him out of trouble. It usually worked, and Minjae's brightness made Minjin brighter as well, until something went wrong. Well, it started well, but ended wrongly... He became trainee at HO entertainment in 2013, being only 14 years old. Minjin auditioned in a hurry, just so she could protect her brother, but they didn't accept female trainees... Minjae was on his own, without his sister. But Minjae was happy, and he encouraged his sister to go audition for another company. He wanted her to join YG, his ideal company, where minjae himself got rejected before. Minjin was the more talented twin at that time. her vocals had always been better than Minjae's. So Minjin decided to give it a try, for her brother. And she actually got accepted. And there she was, the tiny, 14-year old girl, isolated from the rest, but behaving well and working extremely hard. She was a company favourite, she looked amazing after all, and she had a very interesting voice. That's how she got cameos, and even landed her first featuring only a year later.

But YG is YG, and while Minjin was the more loved twin by her company, Minjae was the first to debut. HO's first boy group, 5 members. Minjae was the lead rapper and maknae. He was so happy to stand on stage, on top of that, they somehow went viral. Their debut song went viral. It was crazy. they were bombarded from nugu rookie to monster rookie in just a week. They attracted lots of attention, and with that, new trainees. What was good, because they only had five before, and always wanted the group to have 6 members. More about this on Minjae's background.

A year after their debut, Minjae was announced to have left the group because of 'scheduling issues'. But Minjin knew it all. Her brother had returned a wreck. He was drained, scarred, even traumatised. It was terrible, and it tore Minjin apart that she wasn't able to protect her brother when he needed it the most. After Minjae rested up, Minjin asked him that if he still wanted to be idol, he should join YG again. Having trained and being well-known already, Minjae was accepted this time, and joined YG in secrecy, going MIA from the fans. Minjin absolutely wanted to be with him and debut with him, and when YG announced the plans of a co-ed group, Minjin knew that she and her brother had to be in it together, it was their only chance.

Minjin used to be open towards other trainees because of her brother, but what happened to him brought great distress, and Minjae went from warm sunshine to ice cold blizzard, and that made Minjin go from a nice fresh spring breeze, back to the old ice cold winter breeze she used to be. Minjin closed herself off again, not trusting anyone and just being too shy as well. The twins will need their time to open up to the other members, but as long as they don't misbehave, once will be the time... Sooner or later...

GOOK MINJAE the big twin, 18, member of Empire / while he's technically the older twin, Minjin is the more mature twin. Minjae used to be happy, but naive and vulnerable, now he's just a broken man. He's a ghost of himself, and the only one that can make him smile for now is Minjin, because the wound is still very fresh. He joined YG to be with his sister, and to continue working on his dreams that he thought were destroyed. While minjae is still very cold and untrusting towards anyone that is not Gook Minjin, he is showing improvement. Minjin would do anything for her brother and protects him as much as she can. She just wants him to smile again.

LEE JIHAE the bestie, 19, student / having freshly started college, Jihae has recently become busy. Jihae has been Minjin and Minjae's best friend for a long time now. She knows all their struggles, has known them since kindergarten when they were isolated, and has helped them out. She's the sunshine the twins need at the moment, the only one who can melt their frozen heart, at the moment. It's a surprise how a girl so happy and wild ended up with two cold people, but that's because Minjae used to be bright as her, and Minjin just tagged along. When the twins are with Jihae, they forget about their cold personality and lack of trust and completely brighten up. Maybe one day, this could be empire, but for now, empire just has to deal with the frost babies being their usual frosty selves.

JUNG CHANWOO the good guy, 20, member of iKON / In the first year, Chanwoo and Minjin trained together. Minjin was cold, but somehow Chanwoo got to her. He's so warm, so sweet and oh so cute, and he brings laughter. If there was one person in YG that is not Minjae who Minjin would actually hang out with, it is definitely Chanwoo. No one knows how they got so close, but they definitely are adorable. They actually get shipped, but it just makes both of them shy. (Imagine him looking at her like that SJHDJKSJHF)

LIKES

- hot drinks
- fluffy blankets
- more fluffy stuff
- tomato soup
- her twin brother
- tvxq
- oh my girl
- iKON
- candy that is sour and sweet in one
- lollipops that are sour inside
- salted caramel
- sushi, it's her favourite food
- the color blue, but she especially is fond of the light shades
- reading
- snow
- classical music

- cats
- cinnamon

DISLIKES 

- wild meat
- people breaking your trust
- clothes that are too tight
- brainless tv shows, she does like some variety shows, but not stuff like survival shows
- liars
- crying kids
- people that are too obnoxious
- horribly cold weather, since she is sensitive to it
- the color red
- pc gaming
- rain
- leather
- metal music

HABITS 

- rubbing her lips
- playing with her hair
- holding hands of minjae, jihae or chanwoo
- tilting her head like a creepy doll
- staring
- yeah she's kinda creepy in the beginning
- talking in a really intellectual and calm way like 'have you been waiting? so have I.' (totally not taken from her teaser caption lmaooo)

HOBBIES 

- piano, she's really good at it and dreams of going to music college to study classical piano
- reading, especially futuristic and horror
- writing
- badminton
- jiu-jitsu, to protect her friends

FEARS 

- abuse
- drunk people
- spiders
- separation

TRIVIA

- the twins have recently adopted two kittens together, Minjin has Serene, and Minjae has Yumi.

- Both of the twins have the habit of rubbing their lips
- the twins have a height difference of 30 cm
- Minjin loves snow and ice, but she is sensitive to cold weather so she always has to dress extra warmly
- she also has a sensitive skin and gets red easily, she has to do excessive skincare to keep it down
- her favourite animal is actually a lion and she has a lion onesie and plushie to sleep with. She goes complete lion mode when sleeping
- gets goosebumps from cracking joints
- allergic to pollen, so the poor girl can't handle spring well
- she's left handed

STAGENAME Eira (아이라), both of the twins wanted a stagename that had to do with snow, and they chose the Welsh name Eira for Minjin, which means snow.

MONTH November (May)

ZODIAC Scorpio

COLOR light mauve #DBC1D3

ANIMAL tufted titmouse

FLOWER snowdrop

PERSONA the frost queen

TALENT TWINS 

vocal twin: Gowon (laboum yujeong)

rap twin: Gowon

dance twin: Gowon (laboum yujeong)

talking twin: Gowon (laboum yujeong)

TRAINING YEARS 4 years

TRAINING BACKGROUND Minjin was always one of the company favourites in YG, so even though she did not get to debut in Blackpink or E2W because she was either too young or not fitting for the concept, she got lots of opportunities. She worked hard for her brother because she loved it, and her brother especially loved it. She mainly did it for her brother because he always wanted to be in YG, and wanted Minjin to be in YG too. She got opportunities after less than a year of training, when G-dragon and Epik High made their comeback. She started being spotted in some iKON mv's, and some information got dug up about her. Fans were waiting full of anticipation if she would debut under Blackpink or E2W, but that didn't come, and she stopped appearing. People thought she left the company, until empire was revealed. She wished to be in the winter unit with her twin brother, because winter is their time, but at least they are debuting together and getting revealed in a row.

PRE-EMPIRE EXPERIENCE 
- featured in Missing you (G-dragon), late 2013
- cameo in Born hater (epik high), 2014
- featured in happen ending (epik high), 2014
- cameo in what's wrong (iKON), 2015

- was one of the female actresses (Chanwoo's girl) in #WYD (iKON), 2016

- cameo in B-day (iKON), 2017

SCANDALS / NEWS ARTICLES 

"Empire's Eira doesn't want to be an idol?" / somewhere after debut, knetizens complained about her emotionless attitude on broadcast, thinking she was bored, but they didn't know that Minjin is always like that, and that she tends to not show emotions. Well, there will always be some netizens that will call her .

"Empire's Eira and iKON's Chanwoo rumored to be dating." / not too early in the story, after the dating ban probably, Minjin really doesn't want to go public in case Chanwoo and her get together. They try to keep it private until the dating ban ends and then they get a bit loose. By the time the dating ban ends they probably aren't rookies anymore so the netizens won't go that crazy even though they will get some .

FUTURE EXPERIENCES 

more possible featurings

and since she already acted a bit in #WYD, maybe Minjin could become idol actress? She would perfectly fit the school drama stuff.

NAME Haruki <3 (dem munchkin legs tho)

BACKUPS 

JUNG CHANWOO

NICKNAMES 

- tba

PERSONALITY See 's app <3

FIRST MEETING tba

RELATIONSHIP TRIVIA 

- tba

COMMENTS heyyy so wow this went slow but also fast?? I hope I made no mistakes and that I can finish her twin brother soon! I hope you like my frosty little baby #1 and that you don't mind me changing her love interest towards the end. I just thought they would be the cutest couple. Also I wrote the love interest section while being braindead cause I'm exhausted so i'm sorry if it disappoints D: Sien is going to bed now, yeet

SCENE REQUESTS 

the only thing I want for now is seeing the frost babies get less frosty towards Empire? But with their trust issues it's going to be hard...

PASSWORD The frost babies as unit PLEASE!!