Wu Huang

Wu Huang (1496-?) was an Assassin serving the Chinese branch. He is renowned for several assassinations, including Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Manuel I of Portugal.

Biography
Wu Huang was born a peasant in 1496. He does not appear in history during his childhoold or early teen years. At age 17, he became introduced to the Assassin Order by his parents.

Battle of Tamao
Several countries in the west were under Templar rule, and began to send fleets out east to find Assassin strongholds. The Portuguese had occupied Tamao, China, and began kidnapping children, including Wu's sister. Wu assassinated Portuguese commander Simao de Andrade, and burned his flagship. The Chinese Navy then attacked, sending the Portuguese fleet into disarray. Wu did not manage to find his sister, which led him to believe she was on one of the three Portuguese ships that had retreated.

Assassination of Magellan
Travelling to the Philippinese, he saw the Portuguese meeting with Ferdinand Magellan's fleet. After interogating and assassinating a Spanish sailor, he learned that Magellan planned to wipe out the Philippean assassin order. Rallying the struggling assassins, Wu led them into a fight with the European sailors. After killing dozens of sailors, Wu fought with Magellan himself, eventually killing him with a poisoned hidden blade. During his last words, Magellan revealed that the Templars had orchestrated the assassination of Emperor Zhengde and were about to take over. After finding his sister in a ship, Wu returned to China.

China
Wu found himself too late to stop the Templars, and the Imperial Palace was in chaos. Along with other Assassins, Wu broke into the Palace to save the emperor's concubines, including Shao Jun. However, the Templar plot succeeded and Jiajing became Emperor of China. Wu tracked one Jiajang's couriers across the countryside, eventually killing him and learning the Portuguese were planning another attack on East Asia. Wu told his fellow assassins that he would journey to Portugal and kill the king, Manuel I.

Assassination of Manuel I
Travelling to Portugal, Wu was actively hunted by the Portuguese guards. He managed to hid with the Jewish resistance, who had fighting against Manuel's rule. Jewish agents managed to distract the guards, allowing Wu to infiltrate Belem Tower. The next morning, as Manuel came to visit the tower, Wu killed him and several guards. Wu managed to escape Lisbon, and was protected by the Jewish fighters to northern Portugal. There, he interogated Pedro Alvares Cabral, who told him that Magellan was carrying an ancient artifact during his travels. Wu then killed him, and gave him his last rites.