Sun Mo

Sun Mo (Traditional Chinese: 孫末, Pinyin: Sūn Mò), courtesy name Wucheng, is the General Who Conquers the West for the Celestial Empire. He hails from the Sun Family of Shui in Jiangnan, and is the father of the General of the Flying Cavalry Sun Qi, the younger brother of patriarch Sun Qian, and uncle of the General Who Calms the Waves Sun Jiang.
==Biography==
Sun Mo was born in Shui in 178 3E, as the youngest child of the patriarch Sun Dian and matriarch Lady Feng, who would be unable to bear more children due to medical complications with the pregnancy. As the youngest, Mo was raised with the expectation of being the one to take care of his parents as they grew older, with him being denied entry to the Academy of Advanced Warfare by both of them. While his older brother Qian struggled with his studies, he was showing signs of a great tactician. Their parents decided for them to switch places, and Qian took the role of learning how to rule the clan one day.
In the academy, Mo excelled in mixed-unit tactics with an aptitude for siege warfare, though his late start to training with weaponry left his skills lacking. At 16, he was sent to relieve a wounded captain under Marquis Song Daqin, who had been leading the Siege of the Annur Caliphate held Bazkar for seventeen months. In his third month, the mountain valley was hit with heavy snowfall, grinding the siege to a halt. Mo suggested to Daqin that the cracks in the walls and wooden gate would expand with such an unusual amount of moisture in the air, which would accelerate the progress of the siege. Written off, he snuck out to scout the walls, and proved his theory, marking the weakest point with paint. Daqin, hoping to not completely sour his relation to the Sun clan, allowed Mo to direct the catapults. One by one, they collapsed from their own defects, until the marked wall section crumbled. Mo led the assault himself and took the city. Daqin awarded him greatly, and appointed him as a top advisor as they tore through the Western reaches of the Empire for a decade. Mo was eventually given the title of General Who Conquers the West by the Emperor, at Song Daqin's recommendation.
At a court appearance, he met Lady Zhou, a peasant beauty hoping to become an Imperial concubine to raise her family's esteem. The two fell in love, and moved to the Sun palace in Shui, where they would have a daughter in Sun Qi. Mo would periodically go out to fight at the Emperor's call, but always made sure to return home to his loving family. While at home, he would serve as his brother Qian's military advisor, and would assist with teaching at the Academy.
With his daughter making a name for herself on the field of battle, he dedicated himself as a soldier for the later years of his life, travelling with Lady Zhou and always within a few day's ride to help Qi should she need his support. He is still close with Song Daqin, and works with his brother-in-law Zhou Peifan.