Character Relationship Map: Triad Wars

Characters

• Lin Ho Lung (played by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo) — protagonist

  Lin Ho Lung is the Triad boss whose son's birthday party is disrupted by a police warning. He leads the gang through the conflict over the financial backer's murder, confronts Lin Ho Tung in a final f...

• Lin Ho Tung (played by Simon Yam) — protagonist

  Lin Ho Tung is Lin Ho Lung's right-hand man and assassin. He participates in the drug shipment, tortures Tracy, helps attack police headquarters, and later joins Lin Ho Lung's war against a rival gang...

• Leung Yuet Lin / Soso (played by Tien Niu) — supporting

  Leung Yuet Lin / Soso is Lin Ho Lung's wife and a central conspirator. She works with Law Ting Fat to blackmail Lin Ho Lung, arrange the kidnapping of his financial backer, and conceal the killing. Af...

• Senior Inspector Liu Chi Chung (played by Danny Lee Sau-Yin) — supporting

  Senior Inspector Liu Chi Chung is a police inspector who arrives with colleagues outside Lin Ho Lung's club during the birthday celebration. He warns the gang that parties require police consent, esta...

• Tracy (played by Pinky Cheung Man-Chi) — supporting

  Tracy is Lau Kwok Wai / Wu's wife. She speaks with Leung Yuet Lin / Soso about demanding money from Lin Ho Lung, but the threat is revealed to be a lie created under pressure from her secret lover. Li...

• Lok Tin Hung (played by Wu Jing) — supporting

  Lok Tin Hung is a violent member of Lin Ho Lung's organization who is involved in the drug operation and Tracy's torture. He fights alongside Lin Ho Lung during the gang war and later becomes suspicio...

• Flirt Lok Ki Cheong (played by Tam Bing-Man) — minor

  Flirt Lok Ki Cheong is the leader of a rival Triad gang whom Lin Ho Lung suspects of arranging the murder of Tong Lai Yu. During a meeting with Lin Ho Lung, Flirt denies involvement in the killing, cl...

• Law Ting Fat (played by Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai) — supporting

  Law Ting Fat is a gang member who joins Leung Yuet Lin / Soso in blackmailing Lin Ho Lung. He helps orchestrate the kidnapping of the gang's financial backer, then kills the hired kidnappers and the v...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Lin Ho Lung → Lok Tin Hung (Power Gang Leader And Member) — Their gang allegiance gives way to a fatal personal confrontation when Tin Hung questions Lung's reputation and challenges him.

  Lok Tin Hung is described as a member of Lin Ho Lung's organization. They are trapped together in a warehouse, where Tin Hung challenges Lung to fight...

• Lin Ho Lung → Lin Ho Tung (Professional Boss And Right-Hand Man) — Lin Ho Tung serves Lin Ho Lung's organization and acts against the conspirators; their relationship culminates in a final challenge and fatal fight.

  Lin Ho Tung is identified as Lin Ho Lung's right-hand man and assassin. He fights alongside Lin Ho Lung and later discovers Soso and Law Ting Fat's ro...

• Lin Ho Lung → Leung Yuet Lin / Soso (Family Husband And Wife) — Their marriage is strained by Soso's infertility and Lin Ho Lung having a child with his mistress; their confrontation ends with her arrest.

  The plot identifies Soso as Lin Ho Lung's wife. She confronts him about her inability to conceive and his child with his mistress, and he refuses to k...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Lin Ho Tung → Lok Tin Hung (Alliance Gang Associates) — They carry out gang operations together, including the coercion of Tracy.

  Lin Ho Tung and Lok Tin Hung participate together in the drug shipment and Tracy's torture. The plot also places them together in the gang's later con...

• Lin Ho Lung → Tracy (Conflict Threatened Gang Boss And Blackmailer) — Tracy's attempted blackmail briefly threatens Lin Ho Lung's gang, though she later admits the threat was a lie.

  Tracy tells Soso she will have her husband expose Lin Ho Lung's gang unless she receives $20 million. She later reveals the threat was bogus.

• Senior Inspector Liu Chi Chung → Lin Ho Lung (Conflict Police Inspector And Triad Boss) — Liu represents police pressure on Lin Ho Lung's organization, beginning with a warning outside the club.

  Liu arrives outside Lin Ho Lung's club during the birthday celebration and warns the gang not to hold parties without police consent.

• Lin Ho Lung → Flirt Lok Ki Cheong (Conflict Rivals) — Suspicion over the killing brings the rival gang leaders into a tense meeting, where Flirt denies responsibility.

  Lin Ho Lung suspects Flirt of being responsible for the financial backer's murder and meets with him. Flirt denies involvement.

• Lok Tin Hung → Tracy (Conflict Torturer And Victim) — Lok Tin Hung participates in coercing Tracy for information about the alleged exposure of the gang.

  The plot states that Lin Ho Tung and Lok Tin Hung torture Tracy until she reveals the truth about her threat.

• Lin Ho Tung → Tracy (Conflict Torturer And Victim) — Lin Ho Tung uses violence to force Tracy to explain the threat she made against the gang.

  Lin Ho Tung and Lok Tin Hung torture Tracy, who then reveals that her threat to expose the gang was a lie.

• Lin Ho Tung → Law Ting Fat (Conflict Executioner And Victim) — Lin Ho Tung uncovers Fat's involvement in the conspiracy and kills him.

  After learning about Law Ting Fat's role in the killing, Lin Ho Tung executes him.

• Leung Yuet Lin / Soso → Law Ting Fat (Alliance Conspirators) — They jointly organize and cover up the kidnapping and killing, until their conspiracy is uncovered.

  Soso and Law Ting Fat blackmail Lin Ho Lung, arrange the kidnapping of his financial backer, and conceal the scheme by killing the hired kidnappers an...

• Lin Ho Lung → Law Ting Fat (Conflict Target Of Conspiracy) — Law Ting Fat participates in a scheme against Lin Ho Lung, prompting Lung to confront the conspirators.

  Soso and Law Ting Fat blackmail Lin Ho Lung and arrange the kidnapping of his financial backer. After learning of their role, Lin Ho Lung goes after t...

Story Analysis

A triad boss faces police pressure, internal conspiracy, and fatal challenges as violence destroys his organization and those around him.

Plot Progression

1. The Gang Under Police Pressure — Liu interrupts Lin Ho Lung's birthday celebration with a warning, and police raid a drug shipment. The resulting gunfight leads to Wu's arrest and sets the gang's conflict with the police in motion.
2. A Threat and a Violent Cover-Up — Tracy demands money from Soso while threatening to expose the gang. Under torture, she admits the threat was false, and the gang executes her secret lover before assaulting police headquarters.
3. The Backer's Fatal Kidnapping — Soso and Law Ting Fat are revealed to be blackmailing Lin Ho Lung and arrange the kidnapping of his financial backer. After obtaining $200 million, they kill the kidnappers and the victim to conceal t...
4. Rivalry and Betrayal Exposed — Lung and Tung wage war against a rival gang, but Flirt denies involvement in the killing. Tung discovers Soso and Fat's role, and the pursuit ends with Fat's execution and Soso's arrest.
5. The Warehouse and Aftermath — Surrounded by police, Lung and Tin Hung fight after Tin Hung challenges Lung's reputation; Lung kills him with a pipe. Lung then refuses to surrender and is shot, while Soso is killed in prison and Tu...