Lee Hong (Chinese: 李洪) is the leader of the Red Dragon Triad and one of 47's five fathers. He is the first main target of 47 and is successfully assassinated after a succession of false flag operations.
Background
Early Life
Lee Hong is the leader of the Red Dragon Triad. Probably born in 1930. Like his FFL comrades Ort-Meyer, Ochoa, Fuchs and Jegorov, he served in the French Foreign Legion from 1950-1955.
Two weeks after he returned from service, he poisoned his own uncle to take control of the Red Dragon Triad, earning him the nickname "The Man With No Conscience". He had been the unquestioned ruler of the Red Dragon Triads, and Hong Kong's criminal underground in general, since the early 1970s.
He became involved in Ort-Meyer's project, providing funding in exchange for spare organs (which is why he appears young and healthy for his age) and potentially having a clone assassin to help his operations (The real reason Ort-Meyer made clones, so they could become Providence assassins). This makes him one of 47's five genetic "fathers".
Downfall
By 1999 (the year of Hitman: Codename 47), he pulled his funding from Ort-Meyer's projects believing he had gone crazy. Ort-Meyer anonymously assigned 47 to kill him. As Lee Hong had become much too powerful to target directly early on, 47 began the process of isolating Hong by instigating a war between him and the Blue Lotus Triad, to weaken both his influence and manpower; by means such as lifting his police support by killing the Hong Kong Chief of Police. Agent 47 eventually kills him, against such odds such as Lee Hong's army of Red Dragon members, his poison-tipped sword, and his personal bodyguard Tzun - who escorts him everywhere and even tastes his food. With Lee Hong dead and the Jade Figurine was gone, the Red Dragon Triad collapses into anarchy.
Mentioned
In the mission where you have to kill "Hayamoto Sr." (Hitman 2:Silent Assassin) if 47 approaches towards Lei-Ling, 47 will mention Lee Hong and his mansion, and he saved here there.
Abilities
Master Martial Artist: Hong is versed in both unarmed and armed combat. Those abilities were honed by his military training in the French Foreign Legion.
Master Swordsman: Hong is well-versed in swordsmanship and he's known to carry his poison-tipped Chinese Sword.
Military Training: His military training honed skills in martial arts, firearms, explosives, and warfare tactics.
Gallery
Trivia
- His most valuable possession is the Jade Figurine, which he uses to legitimize his rule over the Red Dragons.
- It is mentioned that Lee Hong's only weakness is women.
- In Contracts, Lee Hong carries with him a poison-filled Chinese sword that Glows green due to the poisonous substance mixed with the blade. The sword is extremely powerful and can kill a person with a single stroke.
- If the player knocks him out and steals his sword, when he regains consciousness, instead of cowering, he will fistfight the player.
- Lee Hong is the first of the Five Fathers that 47 goes after in Codename 47, but he is the penultimate target in Contracts.
- He is one of the Five Fathers who is mentioned in Hitman 2:Silent Assassin. (The other one is Boris Ivanovich Deruzka).
- In both the games, he along with his bodyguard can see through 47's disguise (except the suit and chef)