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As her workers cleaned up in the aftermath of the attack, Lee and Kenway sat down for tea and resumed their earlier conversation. After Kenway pointed out that it was in their best interest to tell each other everything they knew, Lee agreed and told him of the Templars' interference in her business, her turning down Hendrik's offer to sponsor his expedition to Angkor, and the Templars approaching her to demand Hendrik's log, which she refused to give to them.<ref name=":0" /> | As her workers cleaned up in the aftermath of the attack, Lee and Kenway sat down for tea and resumed their earlier conversation. After Kenway pointed out that it was in their best interest to tell each other everything they knew, Lee agreed and told him of the Templars' interference in her business, her turning down Hendrik's offer to sponsor his expedition to Angkor, and the Templars approaching her to demand Hendrik's log, which she refused to give to them.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
After revealing that it was the Templars who had killed Hendrik and that they were likely working with Lee's business rivals, Kenway proposed an alliance and asked Lee to sponsor his future expedition to Angkor in exchange for dealing with the Templars, thus weakening her rivals, and recovering Hendrik's log. | After revealing that it was the Templars who had killed Hendrik and that they were likely working with Lee's business rivals, Kenway proposed an alliance and asked Lee to sponsor his future expedition to Angkor in exchange for dealing with the Templars, thus weakening her rivals, and recovering Hendrik's log. Lee agreed and, to celebrate their new partnership, she gifted Kenway two [[Treasure chest|chests]] of treasure and other goods. Before he left, the Assassin asked Lee if she had read Hendrik's log, to which she revealed that its contents seemed ordinary, meaning the information on Angkor was most likely encrypted. She then watched as Kenway departed with her gift, unaware that the latter had retrieved a document from the log which was actually the cipher needed to decode it.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Madam Lee (李夫人) was a powerful and wealthy Qing merchant who owned a trading enterprise in Portuguese Macau in the 1720s. Through her trading network, she became aware of both the Assassins and the Templars and was willing to work with either group in order to safeguard and benefit her own business.
After acquiring the sea log of the Dutch navigator Hendrik, which contained information pertaining to the location of the ruins of Angkor, she was targeted by both the Assassin Edward Kenway and the Templar Shimazu Saito, who sought to find the ruins. In the end, Lee allied herself with Kenway in order to exact revenge on the Templars for interfering with her company and to weaken her business rivals.
Biography
Sabotaged by the Templars
Unlike other merchants at the time who preferred to deal with luxuries, Madam Lee monopolized Macau's salt and sugar trading to become someone who had the city under her feet, as navigator John Young put it.[1] Through her trade network, she eventually became aware of the existence of both the Assassins and the Templars and, while having little interest in their ongoing conflict, she was willing to work with either group as long as it benefited her business.[2]
In 1725, Lee's company was framed for a number of ship attacks in the Straits of Malacca, causing her business to suffer. As a result, she began looking for new sources of profit and eventually took an interest in the largely unexplored region of Indochina. Around this time, she was approached by Hendrik, a navigator for the Dutch East India Company, who had discovered the location of the ruins of the lost city of the Khmer Empire, which he claimed held many riches. Hendrik wanted Lee's company to sponsor an expedition to Angkor, but she rejected his offer, believing his story to be absurd. However, she still decided to keep an eye on the man.[2]
After Hendrik was mysteriously murdered in February of that year, Lee used her wealth to purchase his sea log from the bank where he had been keeping it, intending to hold on to it as collateral. Not long after, she was approached by a man who claimed to speak on behalf of her rival trading companies and who demanded Hendrik's log in exchange for ceasing all interference against her business. Lee, suspecting the man to be a Templar and realizing that the log was more valuable than she had thought at first, refused and decided to wait for the Templars' next move.[2]
After Zhang's village was hit by an outbreak of cholera, the Assassin Edward Kenway infiltrated Lee's main warehouse in Macau to steal some salt and sugar to create a remedy.[3] While there, he was attacked by Shimazu clan ninja working for the Templars, who had come to burn down the warehouse on behalf of Lee's business rivals. Although managing to set the warehouse on fire, the ninja were swiftly killed by Kenway, who then fled the scene.[4] Discovering the aftermath of the battle, Lee was told that the attackers were pirates from Cipango and that they had all been killed by a single hooded man. Intrigued, Lee ordered her workers to find out everything they could about him.[5]
Alliance with Edward Kenway
Later, Lee moved into the Mandarin's House along with a number of guards and her most valuable belongings, Hendrik's log among them. Kenway infiltrated the residence looking for the log, but Lee had anticipated his arrival and surprised him with two guards, who held him at gunpoint. Having discovered both his identity and his affiliation to the Assassins, she invinted him to sit down for tea and talk, but their conversation was interrupted by an attack by the Templar Shimazu Saito and his ninja followers, who killed most of Lee's guards stationed outside the house.[6]
Lee ordered her remaining guards to kill the intruders, and had one of them continue to hold Kenway at gunpoint to prevent him from running away. Upon spotting a ninja running towards Lee, Kenway grabbed the guard's pistol and used it to kill the attacker, saving Lee's life. Realizing they shared a common enemy, Lee reluctantly allowed Kenway to help out, which he proceeded to do, assisting Lee's guards in driving the ninja away, though not before Saito had managed to steal Hendrik's log.[7]
As her workers cleaned up in the aftermath of the attack, Lee and Kenway sat down for tea and resumed their earlier conversation. After Kenway pointed out that it was in their best interest to tell each other everything they knew, Lee agreed and told him of the Templars' interference in her business, her turning down Hendrik's offer to sponsor his expedition to Angkor, and the Templars approaching her to demand Hendrik's log, which she refused to give to them.[2]
After revealing that it was the Templars who had killed Hendrik and that they were likely working with Lee's business rivals, Kenway proposed an alliance and asked Lee to sponsor his future expedition to Angkor in exchange for dealing with the Templars, thus weakening her rivals, and recovering Hendrik's log. Lee agreed and, to celebrate their new partnership, she gifted Kenway two chests of treasure and other goods. Before he left, the Assassin asked Lee if she had read Hendrik's log, to which she revealed that its contents seemed ordinary, meaning the information on Angkor was most likely encrypted. She then watched as Kenway departed with her gift, unaware that the latter had retrieved a document from the log which was actually the cipher needed to decode it.[2]
Gallery
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Lee having Edward held at gunpoint to prevent him from running away
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple - Episode 7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple - Episode 12
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple - Episode 7
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 8
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 9
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 10
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 11