Qin Shi Huang

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Qin Shi Huang or Shi Huangdi, originally named Ying Zheng (259 BCE - 210 BCE) was the first emperor of imperial China and the founder of the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shi Huang many undertook great projects such as the Great Wall of China to protect himself from the Templars in the north. The Mausoleum of the First Emperor, which acted as his tomb, guarded by a life-sized Terracota Army, and a national road system. All of these were constructed by his own subjects and soldiers, many of whom lost their lives during the building processes.

Qin Shi Huang controlled the minds of his subjects and civilians using the The Staff and a Piece of Eden. It is unknown how he came into possession with the Staff, but it is suspected that he took it from King Hui of Eastern Zhou when the Zhou dynasty fell. The Assassin Order tried to poison him with mercury for years after Shi Huang broke one of the three tenets of The Creed, but the Staff protected him from the poison's deadly effects. Qin Shi Huang was eventually killed in 210 BCE by Assassin Wei Yu who stabbed him with a spear.

Trivia

• Qin Shi Huang was the target of several assassination attempts in real life. When he was still King of Qin, Jing Ke tried to kill him with a dagger and the blind musician Gao Jianli also attempted to do so with lead pieces in his zhu instrument. As Emperor of Qin, Shi Huangdi was nearly killed by two men hired by Zhang Liang who threw a metal cone at his carriage. The Emperor reportedly died after swallowing mercury pills that were supposed to make him immortal in 210 BCE.
• It is ironic that both Assassins and Templars attacked Qin Shi Huang as the Assasins and Templars are sworn enemies.