Wu Ling

**Residence** | None

 **Family** | Wu Ming (brother)
Sürkhakhan (sister-in-law; deceased)
Unnamed mother (deceased)
Unnamed father (deceased)
Unnamed husband (deceased)

**Wu Ling** was the victim in Quiver In Death (Case #9 of Graecita). Before her death, she appeared as a quasi-suspect in Into The Rabbit Hole (Case #8 of Graecita).

## Profile

Ling is a 27-year-old huntress of Artemis hailing from the Chinese Song Empire who joined the hunt at 1235, at the age of 27. She has long black hair and black eyes. She is seen wearing a female version of the Song archer uniform, dark-red lipstick and black eyeshadow.

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## Murder details

After half an hour of following **Wu Ling** and Ginny, The *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* crew finally arrived to the hobbit where the goddess Artemis and her huntresses are staying. But before they could get in, Ling stopped them and told them that they are not letting them in without permission from their mistress and she told her young companion to go inform Artemis that they’ve found the stag and there are people who want to see her. She then turned back to the crew and told them to stay where they are while she goes and tie Bambi back to the chariot. The crew stood outside, wondering how long would they have to wait, when suddenly they heard a scream of pain and stags making noises from a distance. Worried, the crew followed the scream where they saw Ling laying next to the chariot with an arrow on the back of her neck.

## Killer and motives

Ophelia and Mia collected enough clues to confront Wu Ming for the murder. Expectedly, Ming denied involvement in his sister’s murder but when Ophelia accused him of trying to pin it on them, he confessed that he didn’t mean to get them in trouble, that he didn’t even know they were here and was waiting for Ling near the stables just to kill her. Ophelia asked Ming why would he kill his own sister where Ming told her that Ling lost her right to be called “family” after what she did to them. Ming explained that during a battle the Songs had with the Mongols, he was captured by the Mongol general, Subutai who made him a slave and had him serve his wife, Tangzi Khatun. During his days as a slave in Mongolia, he met Sürkhakhan, the beautiful daughter of Ogedei Khan and the two fell in love. Sürkhakhan frequently visited Ming and when the Mongols were having another battle with the Songs, Sürkhakhan set Ming free and the two took a horse from the Mongol army, fleeing to China while the soldiers were battling. Ming’s family was happy to see him alive and back, but Ling noticed Sürkhakhan was with him and identifying her as a Mongol through her clothes, asked Ming what she was doing here. Ming introduced Sürkhakhan to his family, telling them that she was the one who helped him escape. Ming’s parents and his younger sisters accepted Sürkhakhan with open arms out of gratitude for returning their only son, but Ling who the Mongols turned into a widow did not approve with her twin brother marrying a Mongol princess and stormed out of the house. Ming didn’t see her until his and Sürkhakhan’s wedding day where she came with a bow and arrow and shot Sürkhakhan on the spot right on the back of her neck. A week after Sürkhakhan’s death, Ming committed suicide out of depression but nearly 800 years later he was brought to life, making a living at a little hobbit in Southern France. When the huntresses dropped by, Ming instantly recognized Ling but avoided her at all times so she wouldn’t recognize him and took any opportunity to kill her. Ophelia and Mia felt bad for Ming, but to prove their innocence in Ling’s murder, they took him to Artemis who didn’t have the same sympathy and to punish Ming she decided that once they are done with what they came here for, the huntresses will drop him at Rome where he would be forced into slavery.

## Case appearances

* Into The Rabbit Hole (Case #8 of Graecita).

* Quiver In Death (Case #9 of Graecita).