5) Shao Jun
If the name doesn’t sound familiar to you, don’t worry. Shao Jun is the first of three protagonists in the episodic Assassin’s Creed: Chronicles downloadable games. She was a concubine in the Forbidden City during China’s Ming dynasty who hoped to become Empress. At the age of 16, she was saved by the Assassins and declared herself loyal to the Brotherhood that saved her.
Jun was personally mentored by Ezio, but her awesomeness doesn’t just stop there. While other Assassins have joined the trade for revenge, Jun embraces and rises above her darkness to recreate the Chinese Brotherhood single-handedly. Her legacy lives on in both the Brotherhood and the rope dart that Assassins in future generations used. She sure as hell undoes all the Templars have done and builds a better future for the people of China. Like Connor, she’s a survivor who doesn’t believe in leaving anyone behind.
