Sun (Hualien Trading Company)

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Master Sun was a Chinese businessman who served as the head of the Hualien Trading Company under the Qing Empire. He was also a close associate of the Shimazu clan, in particular the Templar Shimazu Saito.

Based in Portuguese Macau during the 1720s, Sun was a rival of the trading company led by Madam Lee and allied with fellow businessmen Jan van Aert and Alan Jacob to sabotage Lee's company for their personal benefit. To this end, he frequently enlisted the services of Saito and her ninja followers, though he was also known to sometimes hire pirates to carry out his orders.

Biography

Alliance against Madam Lee

In February 1725, under the Templars' influence, Sun collaborated with Alan Jacob, a representative of the Far East Company, and Jan van Aert, the Chief Navigator for the Dutch East India Company, to sabotage the rival trading company led by Madam Lee and benefit their own respective businesses in the process. To this end, they hired Shimazu clan ninja led by the Templar Shimazu Saito to eliminate Lee at her own residence, the Mandarin's House.

After the ninja failed to kill Lee, Alan called an emergency meeting with Sun and Jan at St. Dominic's Church in order to discuss their next course of action. During the meeting, Sun expressed his belief that the failed attack nonetheless served as a clear warning to Lee that if she did not stop indulging her avarice, she would pay for it with her life. Unbeknowst to them, the Assassin Edward Kenway was watching the meeting from above after following Alan there and suspected one of them of being a Templar.

Sun meeting with Alan and Jan to discuss about Madam Lee

Sun listened to Alan's plan to cripple Lee's company, which required Sun to use his connections with the Shimazu clan to have the ninja continue their attacks against Lee's operations. However, both Sun and Jan were hesitant to follow Alan's lead and questioned his motives. To entice their cooperation, Alan showed them a "treasure" he had acquired, which he promised would bring them unprecedented wealth.

Having been convinced to go along with Alan's plan, Sun later did as he had been told and persuaded the Shimazu clan to send several ninja to attack Lee's merchants located at the Macau market. He also used his connections with pirates across the Straits of Malacca to hire a crew to raid Lee's ships along the coast. However, this attack was ultimately thwarted by Edward Kenway, who subsequently interrogated the pirate captain and learned that Sun was his employer.

After Alan's plan to frame Lee's company for opium trafficking backfired and resulted in one of the Far East Company's ships being detained by the Dutch Navy thanks to Kenway's interference, Sun met with Alan and Jan at the port. There, he witnessed a furious Alan accuse Jan of betraying their agreement and attempting to sabotage his company, despite Jan claiming he had no choice in the matter. Sun broke up their fight and revealed that he suspected Lee had somehow learned about their plan and had sabotaged it. He then offered to help Alan recover his confiscated product, and reminded him and Jan that they could not end their alliance until they had dealt with Lee.

Working with the Shimazu clan

To recover the Far East Company's seized opium shipment, Sun again reached out to the Shimazu clan, meeting with Shimazu Saito at a temple. There, Sun granted Saito permission to kill anyone who got in her way during the mission, and assured her that once Lee and the European foreigners had been driven out of Macau, his merchants would dominate the market, greatly benefiting the Shimazu clan. Following this, Sun left the temple, unaware that Kenway had infiltrated Saito's ranks after acquiring a ninja's disguise and had eavesdropped on their conversation.

After Kenway destroyed the opium shipment to prevent anyone from stealing it, Sun retaliated by using his influence to blacklist the Assassin's recently-established organization, the Zhang Wei Union, so that its members would not find any clients to hire them.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple