Born in the year of the rat on January 31st, 1900, Cheung Fu. He was the son of two rice farmers in the outskirts of Hohhot, China. When he was born just in time for the Lunar New Year, his parents believed he would bring great wealth and luck to their family. However, Fu had not been easily persuaded to achieve greatness. Life was hard and grueling, his father was addicted to gambling and his mother had suffered addiction to opiates after white men from America and Britain flooded in, demanding disastrous trade and causing the heir to the Qing dynasty to flee. China seemed like it was in shambles and by the age of ten Fu knew the cost of trusting too easily, even if it was family.

Each week he earned his wages with his parents on the rice fields, and each week his father took his wages to gamble. His mother suffered delusions and oftentimes forgot to cook dinner or care for Fu and his newly born baby sister. That was Fu's first lesson about family. He knew then that blood meant nothing about loyalty or shared responsibility. It only meant oppression and when Fu reached his twenties, he was ready to make it big. His father always told him he'd never amount to anything, that there were snakes lurking in every patch of grass ready to take away glory.

Fu killed his father and his mother. They were the snakes in the grass, at least to him. When he took his sister with him, he taught her the same. Trust no one, not even family. That is how you thrive in this world, how you use it to attain your own greatness. However, the years that passed by Fu had married and joined the Nationalist party during the revolution, which of course they had lost to the Communists. Resentment for the world built up in Fu, he saw the new Republic of China as a farce and misguided, thus he built his own empire. The Triad.

At first, it was petty dealings such as moving small amounts of narcotics to buyers and sellers, acting as the middle man and building himself up. His wife was none the wiser as she raised their son and worked in the textile factory in the city. The petty dealings weren't enough for Fu who desired more. He wanted to make his family powerful and wealthy beyond imagination. He wanted to live as a king, not a poor son of a farmer. He hated poverty and he hated not having a voice. The perfect opportunity presented itself during the 1940's with the great war, Fu was indicted and served as an officer and there he made his connections. His wife raising their son and they had bought land in Beijing, slowly building their home.

Sparing the details, the Triad become the power house that it is now when our story begins. Fu is known simply as Grandfather or Master Cheung. His wife had died several years before their son was married. Their son Cheung Min married a woman named Lee Hua, together they had three children. Hana, Gao, and Lien. It was the first time that Fu had a family that honored him, all loyal to him and his wishes as he began to get older. Min was prepared to take over the Triad, learning all from his father. Everything was perfect, until on the day of Grandfather Cheung learned that his son Min and his daughter in law Hua were planning to make their eldest daughter Hana the next boss of the Triad.

Fu believed in tradition, honor, and expected roles of gender. There was no world in his mind that a daughter would come first before a son, in fact, he hated the idea so much that he regretted having a family. The paranoia of the Triad falling apart, his own son turning against him. It was all too much. Grandfather Cheung's worries all vanished when Min and Hua died in a car accident after visiting the opera in the city with Hana surviving the wreck.

Year later, Grandfather Cheung is tasked with raising his grandchildren in a way that he sees fit. To ensure that he is preserved in time and everything he had worked for remains. Hana is missing, Gao is primed to become the next leader of the Triad, and the youngest Lien is constantly trying to prove his worth to a family that doesn't accept him. However, this story begins with the greatest threat to the Triad. A traitor hides in the midst and Grandfather Gao will stop at nothing to oust this traitor, even if it means hurting the ones he is supposed to protect.

Welcome to The Falling of Angels.