Hitman: Blood Money / Characters

Characters appearing in Hitman: Blood Money.

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International Contract Agency (ICA)

47

See his page.

Diana Burnwood

Diana Penelope Burnwood

See here.

Civilians

Joseph Clarence's niece

Margaux LeBlanc

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Gator Gang, John "Pappy" LeBlanc, Buddy Muldoon, Skip Muldoon, Herself

Voiced By: Barbara Bernad

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The daughter of Mississippi crime lord Pappy LeBlanc, who's scheduled to be married to her cousin, Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon, the son of Pappy's brother and fellow crime lord Skip Muldoon. She's heavily implied to be the client who hired 47 to kill Skip, Pappy and Buddy, leaving her as the sole heir of the two families' criminal fortunes.

A Lighter Shade of Black: She's more cunning than the rest of her family, though her actions are mainly directed at them rather than at innocents like they do.
Altar Diplomacy: Her incestuous marriage is mainly to bring two redneck gangs together.
Black Widow: "Til Death Do Us Part" throws players a curveball by implying it was her, not her garrulous father, who hired you to kill the groom. If 47 is disguised as the priest and marries her off, Hank will be quite enthusiastic about his upcoming nuptials while Margeaux is very taciturn, even turning her head as the groom comes in for the traditional kiss (after which Hank is still in very good spirits). If she discovers Hank's corpse, she will mutter "Well, FINALLY!" when alone but shout "Oh no, my sweet darling, the love of my life..." in front of others. Immediately following the deaths, a Mississippi newspaper reports that she is selling off all her family's assets and fleeing the state with her cash, supposedly out of grief. About five months later, she reappears in Las Vegas as a mysterious high-roller using a fake name.
Evil Redhead: She's got red hair and is essentially running Pappy LeBlanc's criminal empire due to Pappy himself having gone a bit crazy over the past few years.
Honey Trap: Her marriage to Buddy Muldoon is implied to have been her idea, as her father is shown to not be pleased with it. She's clearly disgusted with Buddy and the wedding seems to be a pretext for her to inherit his wealth after 47 kills him.
Karma Houdini: She gets away scott free after having her father, uncle and fiance assassinated and leaving town with their combined fortune. Also, she was apparently a high-level member of the LeBlanc crime organization rather than an innocent bystander. However, she at least seemed to want to liquidate their criminal empires rather than continue in their footsteps, opting instead to skip town with the money and live out the high life in Last Vegas.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: Then with the events of Hitman 3, it is possible she is among the ICA clients leaked out to the public.
A Lighter Shade of Black: Unlike Pappy, Skip, or Buddy, Margaux seems to want to get out of the criminal lifestyle and instead use the family fortune to live a high life of luxury away from Mississippi.
Patricide: It's implied she's the one who hired 47 to kill Pappy LeBlanc.
Pay Evil unto Evil: Hiring an assassin to kill your uncle, husband and father-in-law would be a pretty evil thing to do, but considering all of them are running a criminal empire (and are implied to have sexually abused her), it's hard to find too much fault for her.
Rape as Backstory: Her uncle, Skip Muldoon, molested her when she was a child, and is keeping homemade pornographic photos of her. Besides revenge, one of her motives for having him killed is to make sure the photographs are destroyed.
Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: She doesn't seem interested in actually taking over and running the LeBlanc and Muldoon criminal cartels; instead, she liquidates all their assets and leaves town, popping up a few months later living the high life in Las Vegas with her newly acquired fortune.
Self-Made Orphan: She's heavily implied to be the client who hires 47 to kill her own father, as well as her uncle and cousin/fiance, so she can inherit their vast fortunes.
The Starscream: She's already essentially running Pappy's criminal empire, due to Pappy himself having gone a bit crazy over the past few years. However, she opts to have Pappy straight out killed anyway, likely so she can liquidate all his assets and cut ties with Mississippi altogether.
Sympathetic Murderer: As far as motives for hiring a hitman go, killing your sexually abusive uncle and destroying his homemade porn of you is quite understandable.
Til Murder Do Us Part: It's suggested she might've been the one to put the hit on Buddy Muldoon.
Tragic Villain: She's ruthless, but it's also implied her hatred for Skip and his gang came after he raped her when she was younger.
Villain with Good Publicity: Nobody but 47 knows she arranged the death of her uncle, father, and cousin.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Every detail of Margaux LeBlanc’s wedding has been planned to perfection. She will alert guards if she catches you murdering her relatives.

Mrs. Sinistra

Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Affiliation(s): Vinnie Sinistra, Her Family

Voiced By: Deborah Marlowe

The wife of Vinnie Sinistra.

The Alcoholic: Is shown to be a heavy drinker and is inebriated during the level. It's possible to exploit this by spiking her drink with either poison or a sedative.
Expy: Clearly based on Elvira from Scarface (1983).
Honey Trap: 47 can pull this on her by disguising himself as the poolboy, the clown, or an FBI agent. She'll ask him to accompany her to her bedroom for a tryst, where 47 can kill or incapacitate her and take the evidence off her. If you just wait a few minutes, though, she'll take a shower, get tired and fall asleep, allowing you to get the evidence off her without any violence.
Lady Drunk: Her boredom and unhappiness has left alcohol as her only solace and she's clearly inebriated throughout the mission.
Man on Fire: If you rig the grill, it will blow up when she tinkers with it, setting her on fire and prompting her to run around in a mad panic before jumping into the pool where she sizzles up and dies.
Ms. Fanservice: She wears a black bikini with red see-through sarong wrapped around her waist for the entire mission.
Murder Is the Best Solution: To finish the mission you need the evidence hidden in her necklace. The only way to get her necklace is off her body. The easiest ways to get it are to either blow her up by sabotaging the grill or drown her when she goes swimming, so her death is considered an accident and won't set off the guards or affect your stealth rating. Or just spike her drink in the kitchen with the sedative syringe.
Walking Swimsuit Scene: She wears a black bikini during the whole mission.

Rick Henderson

See here.

Drunk rehab woman

President Tom Stewart

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): U.S. Government, Republican Party, Unnamed Wife

Voiced By: N/A

The President of the United States belonging to Republican party who is up for reelection during the course of the game. He's eventually targeted for assassination by the Franchise because of his pro-cloning stance.

Chekhov's Gunman: He is first mentioned in one of the after action newspapers as he prepares to run for a second term. It's not clear until much later that this is actually the central focus of the game.
The Ghost: He's never seen or heard, only ever referenced in newspapers or radio broadcasts.

Targets

Joseph "Swing King" Clarence

Joseph Clarence

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Rachel (Ex-Wife), Scoop, Carol Anne (Niece)

Voiced By: Unknown

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"Everything I did, I did for love."

For most of the 80s and 90s, Joseph Clarence was known throughout the Baltimore area as a wealthy and successful amusement park entrepreneur, up until a badly-maintained Ferris Wheel in his popular Southland Amusement Park collapsed and killed 36 people. Clarence went to court for negligence and though he was cleared of all charges, his finances and his reputation never recovered. In order to stave off bankruptcy, he has rented out the now-closed park out to Scoop, the leader of a crack cocaine ring — only for Scoop to refuse to either pay the rent or leave. 47 is hired to kill Clarence by the father of one of the accident's victims, who also supplies a photo of his son, requesting that it should be the last thing Clarence sees before his death.

Accidental Misnaming: Refers to Scoop as "Mr. Spook" in a phone call with his wife.
Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Swing King begs a lot over the course of the mission; he begs his wife not to give up on him, he begs Scoop for money and he finally begs for his life when 47 arrives to kill him. He's so busy pleading for mercy that the notion of running away, fighting back, facing death with dignity or remaining Defiant to the End simply doesn't occur to him.
Amusement Park of Doom: Infamous for turning his park into one of these through sheer negligence. Of course, the park is even creepier now that it's been abandoned: quite apart from the unnerving decor, it's also been taken over by a gang of drug dealers and accidentally transformed into a self-imposed prison for Clarence himself.
The Atoner: Averted. While he claims immense guilt, he still defends his action as "for love" and has turned his amusement park into a crack den in a futile attempt to stay out of bankruptcy.
Bad Liar: Tries to bribe 47 and tell his wife he'll reopen the park despite clearly being bankrupt.
Brooklyn Rage: A mild example. Having your life fall apart in front of you is bound to make you a bit angry.
Butt-Monkey: Clarence spends most of the mission being taunted, mocked, and humiliated - before finally getting killed off.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: A fairly realistic example of such. He accidentally caused many deaths at his park due to trying to save money and he ended up going to court for it; likewise, hiring the best lawyers in the country only ended up sending him nosediving into bankruptcy.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His wife, who he still adores and his niece, who he employs as his secretary. Of course, since Clarence is nothing but bad luck for anyone associated with him, his wife finally tires of his constant excuses and divorces him about halfway through the mission; his niece can be killed before encountering him.
Fat Idiot: More than a little portly and more than a little bit dim-witted.
Foot-Dragging Divorcee: The Swing King's wife is sending over divorce papers for him to sign. A delusional Clarence tells her he won't sign them and believes his wife will take him back once the park "reopens" and his fortune is restored. After distracting the two guards with the coin, you enter a theater in which a bound and blindfolded divorce lawyer is about to be burned alive by one of Scoop's men.
Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee: The Swing King was a local celebrity and entrepreneur throughout the 80s and 90s, until a Ferris wheel in his park collapsed due to negligence and killed 36 people. Swing King went to court but was cleared of all charges. However, the accident cost him his reputation, his fortune and his trophy wife as a result.
Horrible Judge of Character: For some reason, he fully expected Scoop to pay his rent.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: According to his obituary, the Swing King was once a much-beloved local personality; rich, successful, handsome and witty, no social event was complete without him making an appearance. By the time 47 catches up with him, the Swing King has been reduced to a flabby, neurotic, washed-up recluse.
Humiliation Conga: Fresh from losing his fortune in court and being forced to rent out his beloved park to drug dealers, the Swing King has to endure a plethora of defeats and humiliations over the course of the mission: his wife is divorcing him, his futile attempt to recover from bankruptcy blows up in his face, his precious trophy statue gets smashed, and he's left to spend the rest of his day alone in his office with barely enough authority to order his own niece around. And then 47 shows up to kill him. Cue the waterworks and humiliating death scene.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Not a criminal like most targets, but he still got a lot of innocent people killed. He still gets a modicum of sympathy from the game, if only because nothing will ever go right for him.
The Insomniac: When begging for his life, he claims he can't sleep.
Justice by Other Legal Means: Though he was acquitted in criminal court, he ended up being swamped with lawsuits that drained his finances.
Karma Houdini: Subverted. While he managed to avoid legal consequences for the accident at his park, his victory in court couldn't salvage his reputation or finances. Things continue to go downhill for him from there, culminating in him being killed by an assassin hired by the father of one of the accident's victims.
The Last Thing You Ever See: Invoked by the client, who encloses a photograph of his son with instructions for 47 to show it to Clarence before his assassination.
Mercy Kill: Considering what he went through, as well as his attitude as why stuff keeps happening to him, 47 paying him a personal visit was probably for the best.
Never My Fault: Refused to admit his culpability in the deaths of his own customers and even today, has nothing but excuses for why he keeps making a mess of his life.
Nervous Wreck: All of Clarence's scenes have him in the middle of an emotional breakdown. It's not hard to see why.
No Kill like Overkill: As anyone who's seen the Swing King in his current state knows, hiring 47 to kill him would be roughly equivalent to hiring the Terminator to crush a snail. Somewhat Justified in that Clarence seems to have given up on leaving his park and unwittingly has a small army of hoods protecting him, even if only by proximity.
Non-Action Guy: Unlike almost all of your other targets in Blood Money, Clarence has zero combat skills and will only cower and beg for mercy when you confront him.
Off on a Technicality: The authorities were ultimately unable to nail Clarence on charges of criminal negligence and manslaughter. It's implied he tampered with evidence to secure his acquittal.
Once Done, Never Forgotten: While he was acquitted of any wrongdoing in court, his reputation was nevertheless completely destroyed by the accident at his park, which meant visitors stopped coming and he was forced to shut it down. To this day, the accident is pretty much all he's known for.
Only Known By His Nickname: The gangsters who stay in his park only recognize him as "Swing King".
Pyrrhic Victory: All charges against him were cleared and he avoided jail time, but his park was shut down and subsequent lawsuits cost him his entire fortune. By the time the game begins, he's barely scraping by, he's completely at the mercy of a gang that doesn't need to pay him, his wife has left him and he's a crying miserable wreck with no future. And the father of one of his victims still wants Clarence dead, prompting a master assassin to come for him.
Red Baron: "The Swing King", a holdover from the days when he was still somebody.
Redemption Rejection: "I'm a grown man! All I want is a second chance!"
Shout-Out Theme Naming: Given IO Interactive's love for Danish pop-culture references, his nickname is likely a reference to the song "Mr. Swing King" by the Danish band Gnags.
Starter Villain: The first main target that 47 takes out and the easiest one to kill, as he stays stationary in his office until 47 inevitably ends his life. Getting to him is far more difficult than eliminating him, though that's due to the gangsters who set up residence in his amusement park.
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Even if you manage to get off the hook for a massive manslaughter charge, you're not going to be free from lawsuits, the legal fees will leave you effectively penniless and no one is going to want to visit your park again.
Too Dumb to Live: Yes, Clarence, turn your park into a crackhouse for a ruthless gang and expect them to pay up on time. It's a miracle that Scoop and his cronies didn't kill him before 47 did.

Scoop

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): His Gang, Himself

Voiced By: Tray Hooper

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A crack-cocaine dealer who has taken up residence in the Swing King's amusement park along with his gang. Despite promising to pay rent, he decided to default on his promise and live there without paying.

Amusement Park of Doom: He and his gang provide the "doom" aspect of Southland Amusement Park.
Asshole Victim: Scoop can be killed like anyone else in the mission and even though he's not a target, it's almost a certainty that he doesn't outlive Clarence by very long, as the game goads the player into dropping a chandelier on him. As he's such a despicable piece of shit, it's clear that he won't be missed by anyone.
Bad Boss: Will kill one of his followers for screwing up security and accidentally letting 47 past - though this only happens if you wait too long to assassinate him.
Beard of Evil: Scoop dons one and he's certainly a nasty piece of work.
Faux Affably Evil: He's very polite to one of his men immediately before blowing him away with a hand-cannon. This only seems to extend to his own gang, however; he treats Swing King with nothing but disdain, although Clarence doesn't exactly inspire respect in any capacity.
For the Evulz: What seems to motivate a lot of his on-screen actions.
Gangbangers: He's the leader of a group of these.
Hand Cannon: He carries a desert eagle, unlike the other gang members who use more practical 9mm and .40 pistols.
Hate Sink: Scoop's not even a target, but he's such a loathesome bastard that even the game encourages you to kill him.
Jerkass: Any time he appears onscreen, it's a guarantee that he'll act like a gigantic asshole.
Kick the Dog: Zig-zagged. On top of screwing the Swing King over in the rent agreement, he goes so far as to break his prize statue and insult him, taking great delight in watching Clarence's despair. Nasty, but then again, it's not as if the man didn't have it coming.
Lean and Mean: In contrast to the portly and incompetent Joseph Clarence.
Little "No": He responds to one of Clarence's requests for him to pay his rent with this, punctuated by breaking his prize statue.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: His appearance and name are both based on Snoop Dogg.
No Honor Among Thieves: Scoop refuses to pay the Swing King for the use of his amusement park.
Scary Black Man: You do not want to get on Scoop's bad side.
Starter Villain: For Blood Money, if only because Swing King can't even qualify as a threat, let alone a villain.
You Have Failed Me: Scoop won't hesitate to murder one of his underlings if they fail to prevent 47 from infiltrating the amusement park.

Don Fernando Delgado

Fernando Xalvador Delgado

Citizenship: Chilean

Affiliation(s): Delgado Cartel, Manuel Delgado, Jose Delgado, Rico Delgado, Hèctor Delgado, Andrea Martinez, Jorge Franco, Directorate of National Intelligence, Vicente Murillo, "The King Of Chinatown", Himself

Voiced By: Unknown

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A retired colonel in Augusto Pinochet's intelligence service and cocaine cartel leader, Delgado has made a name for himself as a highly-regarded producer of fine Chilean wines. 47 is hired by an unknown client to assassinate both Fernando and his eldest son Manuel and told to make it look like a drug hit.

Affably Evil: Comes across as personable and witty in public interviews and can be seen warmly embracing his son as he gets off his seaplane at the start of the mission. He's also got a good sense of humor and is mentioned to be a very personable and friendly man by those who know him. Despite his horrendous crimes, his death is met with absolute sadness within his community.
Bald of Evil: A drug baron and a participant in Pinochet's infamous human rights abuses, Fernando Delgado is easily recognized by his balding scalp.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: Players could be forgiven for mistaking Delgado's eyebrows for giant hairy caterpillars.
The Cartel: His organization. Thanks to the vineyard front, it's been allowed to expand as far as California and acquire the patronage of washed-up Hollywood stars.
Cutting Off the Branches: The "Legacy" cutscene in Hitman (2016) shows that 47 canonically garroted Don during his cello practice.
- The “Legacy” cutscene’s canonicity is questionable, however, particularly in regards to Fernando’s death, as his nephew Rico’s bio in Hitman 2 states that he and his son perished in accidents.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Still maintains a genial relationship with his son, despite Manuel's increasing instability. He also loved his nephew Rico dearly.
Evil Old Folks: Sixty-eight years of age, the Don hasn't lost any of the ruthlessness from his days in Chilean Intelligence.
Evil Power Vacuum: Hitman 2 reveals that his assassination resulted in his nephew, Rico, rebuilding the Delgado cartel back to its former glory.
Former Regime Personnel: Since retiring from Chilean military intelligence, the ex-colonel has reapplied his years of experience to establishing and managing one of Chile's most powerful drug cartels.
Hidden Depths: Quite apart from producing several award-winning wines, Delgado also collects rare butterflies, composes cello music as a hobby and can actually be found playing Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 if 47 infiltrates the hacienda. Unfortunately for him, this results in him leaving his back to the door while he plays, giving 47 the perfect opportunity to throttle or syringe him to death.
Historical Hero Upgrade: Given one in-universe. Neither the newspaper nor Cayne mention that he was a drug baron or that he had a previous career in the intelligence service of Augusto Pinochet. Of course, this isn't the only 'revision' Cayne makes to his story.
Light Is Not Good: He wears a white suit and is a ruthless drug lord who worked for a dictator.
Loves the Sound of Screaming: Don Delgado is without a doubt a very accomplished Cello player, even composing his own piece titled Ode to a Scream (A parody of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.)
Morality Pet: To Rico Delgado. Delgado went off the deep end when he was assassinated.
Revenge: Since 47 was told to make his death look like a drug hit, it's likely that Delgado's assassination wasn't ordered by a competing drug baron - leading to speculation that the client was either an old enemy or former victim from Delgado's days in Chilean intelligence.
Villain with Good Publicity: Don Delgado has built a highly-respectable image as a successful wine producer, keeping both his past and his role in the coke trade hidden despite international attention; indeed, he's managed to maintain his secrets so well that he even feels comfortable inviting a film crew to his vineyard. And somehow, Delgado's dirty little secrets remain so even after his assassination, with many of the vineyard's workers mourning his death. Needless to say, Cayne also goes to the trouble of noting just how upstanding Fernando and Manuel were, just for the sake of making 47 look bad.
Wicked Cultured: The Don is an accomplished cellist. You can hear him upstairs, playing the suite No. 1, prelude. He's also noted to collect butterflies in his obituary.

Manuel Delgado

Citizenship: Chilean

Affiliation(s): Delgado Cartel, Fernando Xalvador Delgado, Manuel Delgado, Jose Delgado, Rico Delgado, Hèctor Delgado, Andrea Martinez, Rex Stanton's Agent

Voiced By: Unknown

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The son of Fernando Delgado and heir to his empire; unfortunately for the Don, Manuel has developed an addiction for his own product and a worryingly unpredictable streak.

Cutting Off the Branches: One of Rico's housemaids in Hitman 2 states that Manuel died in a "freak accident".
The Dragon: To his father. Quite apart from being his second-in-command and heir, he spends most of the mission acting in his father's stead.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Manuel looks up to his father and tries valiantly to live up to Fernando's expectations.
Getting High on Their Own Supply: His most infamous trait and his biggest weakness. Quite apart from his growing instability, Manuel has set aside a specific room to do coke in; all 47 has to do is hide in a corner and wait for the target to bend over for a line.
Hair-Trigger Temper: The natural consequence of all that coke. Of course, this can make him a dangerous man to sneak past, especially considering he's armed with an uzi.
Hookers and Blow: Half of his routine is spent vacuuming up lines of cocaine.
The Internet Is for Porn: Delgado Jr is said to spend a large amount of his time downloading porn off the internet.
Overlord Jr.: The heir to Don Fernando Delgado's cocaine trafficking empire, though Manuel's lack of education and chronic addiction to his own product makes him increasingly unfit for the role of Don.
Slouch of Villainy: He has a slight hunch when he walks.
Tattooed Crook: Has a tattoo of the Virgin Mary on his arm.
Villain with Good Publicity: Shares in his father's reputation, despite his ongoing addiction - though that might be because he at least has the decency to keep it a secret; much like his father, Manuel's death is mourned through the region.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: Though the two of them share a fairly genial relationship, it's quite clear that Manuel doesn't exactly measure up to his father's standards. Given that Manuel doesn't possess anything close to a formal education and spends most of his time windsurfing, jacking off to internet porn and hoovering up cocaine by the sackload, the Wicked Cultured Villain with Good Publicity isn't exactly wrong to doubt his son's abilities.

Alvaro D'Alvade

Citizenship: Italian

Affiliation(s): Richard Delahunt, Albert Fournier

Voiced By: Jorge Garcia

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Widely considered one of the world's greatest operatic tenors, D'Alvade is renowned for the technical brilliance of his performances. However, his explosive temper and relentless perfectionism have made him a highly controversial figure and some operas have blacklisted him altogether. Rumors of his involvement in a child prostitution ring have also began to take a toll on his reputation - rumors that happen to be true and result in both D'Alvade and Richard Delahunt becoming targets. He also appeared in Hitman: Contracts having already been killed by 47.

All Part of the Show: Subverted if the prop gun is replaced by 47.
Asshole Victim: Only Delahunt mourns this loathsome child rapist and he dies shortly after.
Beard of Evil: It's not clear if it's real or a theatrical prosthetic (in the Paris level of Hitman: Contracts, he was clean-shaven), but he definitely has a wicked-looking goatee and chin-strap.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: His talent as an opera singer is considered to be genuinely on a legendary level, but he also has an explosive temper and a taste for teenagers.
Cruel and Unusual Death: While he deserved what happened to him and more, his death is one of the most brutal ones in the game. Being shot at point blank by an actor and having people watch your motionless corpse under the impression you're just oddly dedicated to your role is rather gruesome.
Cutting Off the Branches: Given that Diana mentions his death as unsolved or ruled as an accident in Hitman (2016) and Tamara Vidal asks her if 47 performed the hit in Hitman 3, it's very likely that D'Alvade is canonically killed by swapping the prop gun out.
Depraved Bisexual: He's guilty of raping children of both sexes. Worse still, when he finally got caught in the act and his thirteen-year-old victim was slated to testify against him in court, D'Alvade either killed her or had one of Delahunt's flunkies do it for him.
Even Evil Can Be Loved: Richard Delahunt is distraught by his death, assuming he hasn't been killed first. It's left ambiguous if he reincorporates those feelings for Delahunt.
Fatal Method Acting:invoked The rehearsal of Tosca is conducted during the mission, though only the execution scene of act 3, in which Alvaro's character dies. Replacing the actor playing the executioner means you can walk around with the WWI pistol unholstered if you want to and take his place. In the opera, Scarpia never intended to let Cavaradossi live; his plan was always to execute Cavaradossi, he gets the last laugh from the grave. Just like 47 does in the game.
Hate Sink: D'Alvade is an unpleasant, insufferable and sadistic serial child rapist who will not hesitate to murder a thirteen year old to save his own skin. Unlike his lover, he does not seem to be affected if Delahunt is killed before him.
Jerkass: D'Alvade is not known for his pleasant nature and some opera stars have refused to work with him as a result.
Make It Look Like an Accident: Substituting a prop gun for the real thing... or just dropping the overhead scaffolding on his head.
Non-Action Guy: Has no combat skills and will cower or flee if threatened.
Not-So-Fake Prop Weapon: The Agency's favored means of eliminating him, namely by swapping a prop pistol for the real thing during an execution scene. 47 can either give it to the actor intended to use it over the course of the scene, or simply take the actor's place and pull the trigger himself.
Opera: A world-famous tenor, the mission to assassinate him is entangled with a rehearsal of Tosca's final scenes.
Pædo Hunt: A known pedophile and child molester, D'Alvade has managed to weasel out of jail time up until now; however, the client decides to end the tenor's activities out of court.
The Perfectionist: Notorious for his perfectionism, a fact born out by the fact that the rehearsals for Tosca's climax will continue over and over again until he's killed.
Posthumous Character: In Hitman: Contracts, "Hunter and Hunted" takes place as an extension of "Curtain's Down", meaning D'Alvade (Berceuse in Contracts) appears on the target screen and has a briefing but is already dead.
The Prima Donna: Alvaro is considered one of the world's greatest opera singers, but also highly confrontational and is blacklisted by some operas. He has a big temper and is never satisfied with his fellow actors.
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Easily one of the most depraved of all 47's targets, likely only beaten by those who get to exercise their depravity over the course of the mission. When one of his victims was due to testify against him in court, he made sure to have her killed.
Retcon: In Contracts, the tenor was named Philippe Berceuse.
Serial Rapist: Of children.
Show Within a Show: Is performing a rehearsal of Tosca when 47 arrives to kill him.
Together in Death: He and his lover die in quick succession.
Transparent Closet: The cloakroom attendant believes that Delahunt is more than just a fan of him.
Viewers Are Geniuses: Substituting the prop gun makes his death very similar to the plot of Tosca.
Would Hurt a Child: What pushes him into downright loathsome territory is the fact that he's violated multiple children and killed another.

Richard Delahunt

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Alvaro D'Alvade, Albert Fournier, The Franchise, U.S. Government, Vatican Church

Voiced By: Mark Deakins

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The American ambassador to the Vatican, former Governor of Massachusetts, failed presidential nominee and currently Alvaro D'Alvade's biggest fan. He's also been running a child prostitution ring operating throughout Eastern Europe and does regular business with D'Alvade in this respect - business that appears to have developed into a rather "close" relationship. It's because of this mutual involvement that both Delahunt and D'Alvade are slated for assassination. He also appeared in Hitman: Contracts having already been killed by 47.

Ambiguously Gay: It's implied that he's in love with D'Alvade.
"Ass" in Ambassador: Delahunt's interest in actually doing his job is currently circling the plughole by the looks of things and if Contracts is any evidence, he's become an embarrassing liability for his former allies in the US government.
Asshole Victim: Not quite as much as D'Alvade, but he's responsible for operating child prostitution rings, so the world's better off without him.
Beard of Evil: Immediately distinguished by his goatee.
Broken Heel: If you swap the fake prop pistol for the real one, then watch the scene where the actor unknowingly fires a real bullet at Alvaro and kills him, Richard will come running to the stage. Halfway across the aisle, he trips for no apparent reason. If the player rigged an explosive on the chandelier, this presents an excellent opportunity to squash him. This scene will also be triggered if you sniped Alvaro.
Corrupt Politician: An ambassador and ex-governor who happens to be running a child prostitution ring on the side.
Classy Cravat: He has a rather refined dress style to try and give the impression of a sophisticated and respectable man.
Depraved Homosexual: Madly in love with Alvade and a child sex trafficker.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite what a monstrous scumbag he is, his love for Alvade seems to be genuine. He is absolutely gutted if his paramour is killed and remains inconsolable for the rest of the mission.
Falling Chandelier of Doom: A popular method of eliminating him is to plant some explosives on the chandelier chain, then lure him out of his box and down the aisle to the stage; he trips up right under the chandelier, giving you the perfect opportunity to trigger the bomb and bring the whole damn thing crashing down on Delahunt's head.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Distinguished by his prim and proper spectacles - and of course, his many warped and disturbing appetites.
Inelegant Blubbering: Delahunt really turns on the waterworks when Alvaro dies.
Loony Fan: Richard Delahunt spends every moment of his spare time with opera singer and implied lover Alvaro D'Alvade, whether socializing as "friends" or sitting in his private box, watching the performances "with a sordid fascination bordering on obsession". In the mission "Curtains Down", Delahunt will sprint down the aisle toward Alvaro if you harm him.
Non-Action Guy: He's no fighter, that's what his protection detail is for.
Pædo Hunt: He's a serial child rapist like his lover Alvaro.
Posthumous Character: In Hitman: Contracts, "Hunter and Hunted" takes place as an extension of "Curtain's Down", meaning Delahunt appears on the target screen and has a briefing but is already dead.
Properly Paranoid: Over the course of his career, Ambassador Delahunt has made a lot of enemies who'd gladly see him dead and he knows this; as such, he takes the sensible precaution of staying in one of the best-defended areas of the entire opera house, surrounded on all sides by armed guards.
Reassigned to Antarctica: Richard's profile in Hitman: Contracts says that he is a "former Governor of Massachusetts, one-time presidential hopeful and current ambassador to the Vatican". The truth is, his former political allies decided to informally exile him to France after discovering that he was running a child prostitution ring.
Serial Rapist: Of children.
Sissy Villain: He doesn't fight back against 47 and instead runs away screaming loudly.
Transparent Closet: His obsession with D'Alvade is well known by his security up to the reception guard. Unfortunately for him, so is his pedophilia.

Carmine DeSalvo, Rudy Menzana & Lorenzo Lombardo

Citizenship: Italian-American

Affiliation(s): The New York Mafia

Voiced By: Vinnie Curto (Rudy Menzana), Unknown (Carmine DeSalvo, Lorenzo Lombardo)

A trio of New York mobsters who are holed up at the Pine Cone Rehabilitation Center. One of them is scheduled to turn state's witness and is also affiliated with the Franchise and 47 has been hired to take them out. The other two also turn out to be bonus targets, due to having fallen out of favor with the New York families.

Affably Evil: Rudy comes off as relaxed and easygoing compared to the other two.
Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: The mobsters have smuggled in contraband and stashed it different corners of the clinic. You can locate each of the bottles and poison them. Rudy's is hidden in a fake globe, Lorenzo's is in a janitor bucket, and Carmine's is found under a fountain statue. As long as nobody sees you do it, all three of the targets will literally drink themselves to death.
The Alcoholic: Rudy has a secret stash of booze inside an antique globe in the study, while Carmine has a bottle of vino stashed in one of the statues by the pool. You can either poison the booze, or drop a chandelier on Rudy and shove Carmine into the pool when they go to raid their stash.
Bald of Evil: Lombardo is balding, and is the most evil out of the three men.
Boomerang Bigot: If his briefing is accurate, Lombardo seems to mainly target people of his own ethnicity.
Brooklyn Rage: All three of them have heavy Brooklyn accents, befitting their statuses as New York mafiosos.
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: They can easily be identified by the colors of their nightgowns. Carmine's is mint green, Rudy's is pink and Lorenzo's is light blue.
Falling Chandelier of Doom: You can drop a chandelier on Rudy when he goes to the antique globe to have a drink.
Karma Houdini: You only have to kill one of them, meaning that the other two can potentially get away with their actions if the player doesn't feel like killing them. Though considering an optional contract can be placed on them, it's likely they were canonically killed by 47.
Irony: Rude Menzana only became an alcoholic after checking into rehab.
Lean and Mean: Carmine DeSalvo is listed as 6'2" and only 140 pounds and the other mobsters are similarly lean. It's possible they've lost weight during their stay at the clinic or in Carmine and Rudy's case due to their alcoholism. Carmine's therapy session will also have him admit to his violent urges and how he drinks to calm down. He seems to be attempting to remedy the Lean part as well, judging by his frequent use of the weights at the clinic's gym.
Light Is Not Good: They wear bright clothing and are all incredibly evil people.
Make It Look Like an Accident: They can all be killed in ways that look like accidents, be it blowing them up with a leaking stove, crushing them with barbells, or simply crushing them with a chandelier or pushing them into water.
Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: According to his briefing, Lorenzo is supposedly trafficking a lot of white people, another example of how evil he is.
Sneaking Snacks: Lorenzo has snuck a cheap camping stove and some ingredients into his room to bypass the clinic's strict diet regimens- which can lead to explosive results with a little sabotage...

Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra

Vinnie Sinistra

Citizenship: Cuban

Affiliation(s): Mrs. Sinistra, Cuban Mafia, Sammy Falcone, Bobby Manillo, FBI

Voiced By: Carlos Reig-Plaza

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Prior to his arrest, Vinnie Sinistra was a Cuban crime lord who came to America in 1980, eventually teaming up with Sammy Falconetti and Bobby Mazur to smuggle large amounts of cocaine from the Bahamas and into Florida. After being caught by the FBI, he agreed to snitch on his former partners and entered the Witness Protection Program... where he soon became 47's next target.

Asshole Victim: The police are only upset that they lost an important witness, with the chief explicitly stating his dislike for Vinnie.
Ax-Crazy: Was implied to be this while he was a criminal. This contrasts very much to his current attitude (see Dirty Coward).
Closet Shuffle: If spooked, Vinnie will run and hide into a closet while loading his Bull .480 revolver. Stronger ammunition from your custom weapons can be used to penetrate the closet door if this happens.
Death by Irony: In one possible assassination, Sinistra's insistence on FBI protection can finally backfire on him; should 47 sound the alarm and lure him out onto the road, he will be promptly run over by his own backup squad.
Dirty Coward: Panics if his FBI escort doesn't meet him at the top of the stairs and hides in a closet if his life is endangered. Of course, given what he knows, this is something of a case of Properly Paranoid.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While you never see his interactions with his children, it's implied that they're on good terms with him. He's also hired a clown for his son's birthday party, despite being paranoid of outsiders.
Expy: A combination of Tony Montana and Henry Hill. More specifically, Sinistra has Tony's background as part of the Mariel boatlift and career in the coke trade, as well as a wife clearly inspired by Elvira Hancock. Meanwhile, Henry Hill inspires Sinistra's entry into Witness Protection, not to mention his growing dissatisfaction with a mundane life in suburbia.
Gilded Cage: Finds life in Witness Protection to be this; he's been given a luxurious suburban home in a well-defended neighborhood, 24-hour protection by the FBI and an absurdly relaxed schedule... but he can't enjoy any of it, nor can he leave. Quite apart from all the paranoia he's been suffering of late, Sinistra is bored to tears with suburbia and clearly misses the excitement of his Glory Days.
Hand Cannon: Armed with a ludicrously oversized Bull 480.
He Knows Too Much: His former allies want to make sure that he never makes it to the witness box.
Horrible Judge of Character:
- Trusts his wife completely, hence why she's been given the hard evidence to guard... despite Mrs Sinistra's obvious adultery and willingness to betray him and the fact she's a heavy drinker.
- In addition, one of his bodyguards has a thing for sniffing Sinistra's daughter's panties. Just the kind of guy you want watching out for you and your family.
Hypocrite: He's in witness protection despite killing someone for using it.
Ink-Suit Actor: While heavily stylized, Sinistra very much resembles his voice actor, Vinnie Curto, from his boxing days, albeit with some balding.
Of Corpse He's Alive: If 47 breaks the utility box outside the house to lure the bodyguard away for a brief period and poisons Vinnie while he's watching TV, the guard will sit back down next to Vinnie and never even notice he's dead.
Properly Paranoid: With all the security around his home, Sinistra's habit of carrying a gun and insisting his escorts remain with him at all times might seem just a bit excessive. However, Sinistra has experience in assassinating people under Witness Protection and knows how easily the defences can be circumvented - a fact that 47 easily proves by bumping him off.
Retired Monster: The "Slugger's" days as a crime lord are well behind him thanks to the bargain he made with the FBI and he's been left to spend his days languishing in suburbia, watching TV and trying not to die of boredom.
Stepford Suburbia: His current location, a gated community resplendent with perfectly-trimmed lawns and elegant homes. Behind closed doors, the community's most prominent resident is an ex-gangster, his wife is a drunken adulteress and the house is filled with FBI agents who spend half their time scarfing doughnuts and sniffing the teenage daughter's underwear.
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: If Sinistra is killed with fiber wire, knife, or poison while he's on his chair in the living room, his bodyguard might not notice he's dead^*... despite the giant blood pool that forms if you used a knife.
Villain Decay: Sinistra's nowhere near as formidable now as he was during his days as a crime lord.
Villainous Widow's Peak: His receding hair has this shape.
Witness Protection: Vinnie went into this in order to avoid serious jail time; ironically, one of his most infamous crimes was the murder of Luis Albeda, who was also under Witness Protection at the time, which might explain why Sinistra remains so paranoid over security.

Lorne de Haviland

Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Affiliation(s): Chad Bingham, Jr., Himself

Voiced By: Unknown

Adult entertainment mogul and born-again Christian, Lorne de Haviland made his fortune in the porn industry; at age seventy, he maintains it by blackmailing famous clients caught with their pants down at his heavily-bugged strip clubs. It was at one such club that Chad Bingham Jr was recorded in the act of accidentally killing a stripper, leaving de Haviland with evidence that could cost Bingham's father his re-election. Naturally, clients with Senator Bingham's political longevity in mind hire 47 to infiltrate the porn tycoon's mansion and eliminate any material that might compromise his standing - including de Haviland and Chad.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The moment he realizes that he's about to be assassinated, de Haviland will start offering just about everything he can possibly offer - money, girls, cars, junk, real estate - in an attempt to placate 47. Of course, in sharp contrast to the last guy who tried this with 47, de Haviland is at last smart enough to flee for his life while pleading, easily beating Joseph Clarence in the intelligence stakes.
Bald of Evil: Very little hair to speak of and not much in the way of scruples, either.
Big Fancy House: Lorne de Haviland owns a spectacular mansion in the Rocky Mountains, most of it burrowing deep into one of the mountainside; among other things, this colossal lodge possesses a private dock, a sprawling patio complete with a set of glass-bottomed hot tubs, a private bar, sizeable kitchen facilities, dozens of private rooms, an on-site studio for porn films and even a helipad.
Blackmail: His primary source of income and the reason why Bingham Sr's aides want him dead.
Dirty Old Man: As an aging porn tycoon, this image is pretty much a given.
Evil Old Folks: This septuagenarian opportunist has absolutely zero qualms about blackmailing anyone rich enough to boost his income and judging by Chad Jr's thoroughly uninhibited presence at the party, he doesn't have much empathy for his employees either.
Honey Trap: His standard means of beefing up his profit margins and how he and Chad ended up becoming targets in the first place.
Mister Muffykins: Constantly tailed by a small and extraordinarily annoying dog that barks loudly at any approaching strangers, requiring 47 to tranquilize the damn thing before completing the hit - and not just because the constant barking will raise the alarm; failing to pacify the dog before killing its master will result in it becoming a witness!
No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's a Dirty Old Man who made his fortune in pornography and walks around his mansion in a bathrobe. He's pretty clearly based off of Hugh Hefner. Also Larry Flynt, providing Haviland's religious affiliation and position as publisher of a major porn magazine (Hustler for Flynt, Popqurn for Haviland).
Non-Action Guy: He's an old man with no combat training, so the only thing he can do if he realizes you're there to kill him is run away while begging for his life.
No-Sell: The photographer disguise will not work on de Haviland, presumably because he knows the owner of said outfit. In any case, it'll result in him recognizing the assassination attempt for what it is and running like hell.
Oh, Crap!: De Haviland will run for his life the moment he realizes that his life is in danger, spouting pleas for mercy every step of the way.
Properly Paranoid: Camera-shy and reclusive, Lorne de Haviland hasn't made too many public appearances in the last few years, preferring to orchestrate his enterprises from as far behind the scenes as possible. Even at a party held at his own house with hundreds of security personnel in residence, he never leaves his heavily-guarded inner sanctum to mingle with the guests. Of course, given how many enemies he's made over the course of his blackmailing career, this isn't so much excessive as just plain sensible.

Chad Bingham Jr.

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Chad Bingham Sr., Lorne de Havilland

Voiced By: Sam Riegel

The youngest son of Colorado senator Chad Bingham Sr, Chad Jr has a reputation for assaulting prostitutes and strippers. His latest sexual tryst ended in manslaughter and Lorne de Haviland managed to record every single minute of it. Recognizing Chad as an incorrigible political liability, one of Senator Bingham's supporters hires 47 to assassinate Junior before he does any further damage to his father's career.

Accidental Murder: The reason for the blackmailing and assassination.
Asshole Victim: His implied misogyny and manslaughter in a recent fling means it isn't difficult to figuratively pull the trigger on him, even though he is distressed over his involuntary manslaughter and that his assassination is simply to save his father's reputation.
Beard of Evil: Close examination of the man's chin reveals a soul patch.
Black Sheep: The embarrassment of his family. It's even implied his father hired 47 to kill him because his son was destroying his reputation.
Caught on Tape: The entirety of his botched tryst was caught on camera by de Haviland. The mission requires obtaining the tape and killing Chad so that the tape doesn't ruin his father's political career.
Deadly Bath: Soaking in the hot tub leaves Chad very open to assassination. See below.
Dirty Coward: Despite being physically abusive to sex workers, if he sees any danger, he'll cower and flee.
Disney Villain Death:
- Because he spends most of his time lounging around in a glass-bottomed hot tub, one of the easiest ways to dispatch Chad is to just shoot out the glass and send him on a seventy-foot plunge to his death on the rocks below. Unfortunately, this will result in Chad's Paid Harem falling with him.
- A safer method of assassinating Chad involves directing him to one of the private rooms with his girl of the evening with an aphrodisiac-laced drink. Once they're done, the girl will leave and Chad will wander out onto the balcony for a smoke... leaving him in the perfect position for a friendly shove over the railing.
Even Evil Has Standards: Chad might be a vicious overprivileged bastard who treats just about every women within arm's reach as a punching bag, but he does not take death lightly. The only nice thing that can be said about Chad is that, according to the briefing, he was genuinely shocked and horrified at the results of his botched tryst.
Evil Is Petty: Will insult and slap the woman he's bathing beside if she asks to go to the grotto.
Hate Sink: He's a misogynistic and rude bastard who has been known to beat hookers senseless for no reason. The people at the party can't stand him and it's implied the only reason the prostitutes stay with him is because he's attractive. He's such a bastard that someone close to his father (or maybe even him) believed that the anguish of losing a son was preferable to letting Chad continue to destroy his family name.
Hookers and Blow: What got him into this mess in the first place. His drug usage and extreme bondage caused the death of a prostitute, giving Haviland leverage over him and his father.
Honey Trap: Having already fallen victim to one of these (courtesy of Lorne de Haviland), Chad can find himself the victim of yet another honey trap if 47 decides to spike his drink; in the aftermath of the tryst that follows, Bingham Jr will invariably be left alone and ripe for the fiber wire - or, if you want to Make It Look Like an Accident, a tumble over the balcony railing.
Jerkass: Even without the manslaughter on his conscience, Chad Bingham Jr is a piece of shit. Rude, foul-tempered, uncouth and thoroughly misogynistic, nobody at the party has been spared the brunt of his bad attitude, least of all the unfortunate sex workers who've been forced to share the hot tub with him.
Kick the Dog: Chad is very free in demonstrating his unpleasant tendencies; when he's not demeaning the waiters with the label of "penguin," he's casually slapping the girl next to him across the face and calling her a bitch.
Meaningful Name: He predates the internet slang term of "Chad" used to refer to a womanizing jock or dudebro, but it fits him to a tee.
My God, What Have I Done?: According to the briefing, this was the reaction to the aftermath of his tryst.
Offing the Offspring: In late 2004, Chad Bingham Jr. visited a strip club owned by the famous Lorne de Havilland and accidentally killed a stripper during a BDSM sex game. Security cameras caught the whole incident on video and de Havilland blackmailed senator Bingham with the tape (as Lorne often did to other politicians, celebrities and clergymen). This is the last straw for Senator Bingham's office and they send 47 to destroy all of the evidence, Chad included.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Suffice to say that Bingham has considerable difficulty treating women like human beings.
Silver Spoon Troublemaker: Chad's reputation for being an abusive womanizer has overshadowed his father's career to the point the latter's office has him assassinated.
Slipping a Mickey: Assassinating him without collateral damage requires a hefty dose of aphrodisiac in his next drink and invariably results in Bingham staggering off to a private room with one of his entourage in tow. Once the two lovebirds are finished, Chad can be bumped off in as private a manner as possible.
Walking Shirtless Scene: Lounges shirtless in the hot tub for most of the mission and doesn't bother putting on any clothes or even fetching a towel when he leaves - despite the freezing temperatures.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: If his friend's alibi on the newspaper is to go by, Chad suffered from deep depression due to a bad relationship with his father.
"He wasn't like his old man and he knew it... He felt like a total disappointment whatever he did. So he just kind of gave up on things and I guess it was kind of inevitable he'd die young."

Skip Muldoon

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Gator Gang, Blue Claws, John "Pappy" LeBlanc, Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon, Margeaux LeBlanc

Voiced By: Jorge Garcia

The owner and captain of the Mississippi steam boat Emily, as well as a drug smuggler and the leader of "The Gator Gang" crime group. 47 is hired to eliminate him and recover compromising photos in his possession of an incestuous relationship between himself and his niece/daughter-in-law Margaux LeBlanc.

Camp Gay: Camp Bi, but Muldoon speaks with a high-pitched accent, prances around in a sailor's outfit and lounges around a man in his underwear.
The Captain: He is the head honcho of Emily and the head of the Gator gang.
Carrying a Cake: The cake in the kitchen serves double duty while hunting Skip and his crew; it can be poisoned to kill Skip and a weapon can be concealed inside it to get past the guards then used to kill Skip's inner circle.
Creepy Uncle: To his niece Margaux.
Depraved Bisexual: Not only is he a redneck drug smuggler, he's also sleeping with several male pursers aboard his riverboat, while also having an incestuous affair with his niece. He'll chase you around if you're dressed as a purser.
Fat Bastard: Obese and a total douche.
Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit: He's significantly overweight, a drug lord and likely molesting his own niece.
Gun Nut: A Mississippi skipper who enjoys hunting alligators with assault rifles. Some of his hunting gear is kept secure at the staff quarters: It's a high-powered FN-2000 rifle, a gift from his brother.
Hand Cannon: He carries a desert eagle rather than the standard, more practical .40 pistol.
Hello, Sailor!: The briefing warns you that Skip knows all of his employees rather... intimately. No worries, though: as long as you're dressed as a sailor, he doesn't really notice or care who you are. You 100% absolutely need to dress as a VIP purser if you want get around the ship even remotely stealthily.
Sinister Sweet Tooth: A drug smuggler and gang leader who's been carrying on with an incestuous affair with his niece (possibly sans her consent), he's also noted to have a taste for baked goods, especially cake: one of the easiest ways of getting close enough to kill him is to deliver a cake to Muldoon's office - either poisoned, concealing a weapon, or both.
Sissy Villain: In part due to his campiness. He'll also waddle away if threatened.
Villain with Good Publicity: To the public, he's nothing more than a ship captain.
Villainous Incest: The LeBlancs like to keep it in the family. Agent 47 was hired in the "Death on the Mississippi" mission to kill Skip and the members of the Gator Gang aboard the Emily and recover a file of compromising photos of the Cap'n committing incest with his niece/daughter-in-law Margeaux. He was shortly afterwards buried at his family mansion. Hank was particularly excited about sleeping with his fiancé, Margeaux, who is also his cousin, though he insists she is "outside his own family." It is heavily implied that the niece is the client who hired him for the job in question.

Gator Gang

Six high-ranking members of Skip Muldoon's gang. They are all assassinated on the Emily, along with their boss.

John "Pappy" LeBlanc

John LeBlanc

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Gator Gang, Blue Claws, Margeaux LeBlanc, Skip Muldoon, Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon, Henrick Slackjaw

Voiced By: Wade Williams

The brother of Skip Muldoon, who is also a local crime lord and the leader of the Blue Crabs gang. His daughter Margaux is scheduled to marry Skip's son and her cousin Buddy Muldoon, a marriage Pappy isn't too fond of. Pappy seems to have gone a bit crazy in recent years, believing in numerous wild conspiracy theories and puttering around the house while leaving the operation of his criminal empire in the hands of his daughter Margaux.

BFG: There's a huge elephant gun mounted on the wall in his personal bedroom. You can use it to snipe Buddy from the top floor of the mansion, though this is of course somewhat less than stealthy.
Big Fancy House: He owns a large antebellum southern plantation mansion out in the Bayou, where the wedding is being held.
Conspiracy Theorist: Believes black helicopters murdered his brother. He can be seen rambling about this in front of his brother's conveniently open grave.
[to Skip] "Told y'all about them black helicopters. All about them roundheads from Alpha Centauri, what traveled back in time to clone the Pope. Wouldn't listen, would you? Had to go and piss off the shadow government!"
Cramming the Coffin: One method of killing him is to shove him into his brother's open grave while he's standing over it mourning him.
Eccentric Millionaire: He's the leader of the Blue Crabs drug syndicate and one of Mississippi's richest men, with one resident claiming his net worth was over $400 million. The married couple is set to inherit a wealthy fortune from Pappy who’s now become somewhat of a reclusive. He moves about the grounds in a daze with nothing else to do but mutter conspiracy theories to himself.
Fed to the Beast: Alligators; he stops to feed some gators after mourning at his brother's grave. One method of killing him and making it look like an accident is to shove him into the bayou with the gators while he's doing this. It's a bit tricky, though, since the area is patrolled by a couple of guards. It's much easier to shove him into his brother's open grave, which is in a more private area.
Informed Intelligence: He's said to be an extremely shrewd man, despite coming across as a total moron with inane and random ramblings.
Just Desserts: Can be pushed into the swamp while he's feeding the alligators.
Never Smile at a Crocodile: Or else the smiling crocodile may eat you.
Properly Paranoid: There's a joke in Pappy's obituary at the end: a family friend mentions he was always going on and on about secret government programs and cloned assassins.
Retired Monster: Due to having gone a bit crazy and senile in recent years, Pappy spends most of his time puttering around the house while his daughter Margaux handles the daily operations of his criminal empire.
Revolvers Are Just Better: He carries an old-fashioned wild west single-action six shooter as his sidearm.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: He believes in numerous wild conspiracy theories, including ones involving shadow governments and secret cloning experiments. These are actually true. However, the fact he also believes in roundhead aliens from Alpha Centauri and time travel strongly suggest his source is only accidentally accurate.

Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon

Hank Leitch Muldoon

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Blue Claws, Skip Muldoon, John "Pappy" LeBlanc, Margeaux LeBlanc

Voiced By: Unknown

The dim-witted son of Skip Muldoon, who takes over as leader of the Gator Gang after Skip's death. He's scheduled to marry his cousin, Margaux LeBlanc and 47 has been hired to kill him during the wedding.

Abhorrent Admirer: Margeaux obviously dislikes Hank and if 47 marries them while disguised as a priest, she doesn't even let him kiss her. After 47 pronounces them "husband and wife", all the guest turn their backs to the gazebo and start firing their guns into the air, which gives you a clear window to shoot the groom. This will incite the wrath of the entire wedding party, but has the advantage of confirming your suspicions: What's funny is that you'll hear Margeaux sigh "Finally!" before screaming for help.
Dreadful Musician: His piano playing is absolutely terrible.
Falling Chandelier of Doom: One way to take him out is to drop a chandelier on him while he's playing the piano (badly) for his guests.
Giftedly Bad: Seems to think he's a talented piano player when in truth all he can do is slam the keys at random.
Kissing Cousins: Is set to marry his cousin Margaux LeBlanc, who's also sleeping with his father. It's strongly implied that the wedding was Margaux's idea and all but outright stated that she's only interested in their money, as it's pretty heavily implied she's the client who hires 47 to kill Skip, Buddy and Pappy in order to leave her as the sole inheritor of the Muldoon and LeBlanc crime fortunes.
Revolvers Are Just Better: He carries an old-fashioned wild west single-action six shooter as his sidearm, which he likes to fire into the air to celebrate his wedding.
Sinister Sweet Tooth: A Small-Town Tyrant just like his father, having inherited leadership of the Gators following his death, and just like Skip, he's got a sweet tooth: he just can't keep his fingers out of the wedding cake - a very easy means of dispatching him if you've got a poison syringe with you.
Torches and Pitchforks: If you eliminate the groom by going loud, even if you try to do so cleverly by sniping from out of sight or firing when everyone is shooting their guns into the air in celebration, the several dozen wedding guests will all suss onto the fact that Buddy has just been assassinated and all of them will come for you.
Unwanted Spouse: Even though the wedding seems to have been at least partially her idea, it's abundantly clear that Margaux is disgusted by and can barely stand Buddy, cringing and turning her head away when he kisses her during their wedding ceremony. It looks like Margaux is only marrying Buddy so she can inherit his money, knowing full well he's not going to survive past the ceremony.
Villainous Incest: He's far too excited about marrying his cousin.

Sheikh Mohammad Bin Faisal Al-Khalifa

Citizenship: Saudi Arabian

Affiliation(s): APRIX International, Tariq Abdul Lateef, Himself

Voiced By: Sam Sako

A wealthy Saudi billionaire and the owner of the APRIX corporation, a global pharmaceutical company. He's in Las Vegas to buy DNA samples (heavily implied to be clone Super-Soldier research) from South African white supremacist Hendrik Schmutz. Agent 47 has been hired to disrupt the meeting and kill the three primary participants.

Arab Oil Sheikh: Well, pharmaceutical sheikh, but he has the wealth, influence and clothing of the archetype. For bonus points, he's the owner of the casino the level takes place at.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: He's the owner of a global pharmaceutical company that seems to be dealing in the very morally dubious field of clone Super-Soldier research and is willing to do business with a white supremacist who is likely planning to use the money he'll be paid with to finance global terrorist acts. His involvement with clone research also leads Diana to suspect he may be tied to Alpha Zerox and the Franchise.
The Hedonist: The post-mission newspaper informs that he used to throw parties at his yacht where the guests engaged in licking caviar of the body of naked women.
Mistaken for Servant: One of the patrons confuses him for a member of the wait staff.
Non-Action Guy: The Sheikh's no fighter, that's what his half a dozen bodyguards are for. When the shooting starts, he'll just cower in fear.
Overly Long Name: He has the longest name in the franchise.
Verbal Tic: The Sheikh constantly says "This is a very large casino" while meeting with Agent 47 pretending to be Schmutz. It's possibly an identification phrase and he's waiting for a counter-phrase, except when he does it to the real Schmutz he has nothing special to say in return and the Sheikh keeps repeating the line anyway.

Tariq Abdul Lateef

Citizenship: Saudi Arabian

Affiliation(s): APRIX International, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Faisal Al-Khalifa

Voiced By: Unknown

Al-Khalifa's reclusive chief scientist and the brains behind APRIX corporation. He's scheduled to arrive in Las Vegas to meet up with Al-Khalifa and Schmutz to verify the authenticity of Schmutz's DNA samples.

Beard of Evil: He has a small beard and is not a very nice man.
Evil Genius: A corrupt scientist but an extrodinarily intelligent man.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He's got glasses but lacks morality.
Non-Action Guy: He's a scientist, not a fighter and will either cower or run when the shooting starts.

Hendrik Schmutz

Citizenship: South African

Affiliation(s): Unnamed White Supremacist Group, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Faisal Al-Khalifa

Voiced By: Claudio Moneta

A South African white supremacist who is in Las Vegas to trade a case of DNA samples (heavily implied to be clone Super-Soldier research) to Sheikh Al-Khalifa in exchange for a case of blood diamonds.

Amoral Afrikaner: There's really no other way to describe a South African white supremacist who wants to trade DNA research for blood diamonds.
Even Evil Has Standards: If he gets into a shootout with 47, he'll hold his fire if someone else is in the way.
Meaningful Name: His surname is German and Yiddish for dirt and he happens to be a white supremacist.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Naturally, being a white supremacist. This doesn't stop him from doing business with people who aren't white, however, as can be seen by his willingness to cut a deal with two Arabs (somewhat Truth in Television; the Nazis were perfectly happy to negotiate with various Middle Eastern factions as equals due to shared political interests).
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Schmutz carries a silenced pistol (the only character in the game to do so besides Angelina Mason), so if he starts shooting at you no one else will notice. Where it gets really odd is if you retreat into a populated area, in which case bystanders and guards will occasionally cower due to the gunfire but will fail to react to Schmutz running around shooting up the place. At least unlike Angelina, Schmutz makes an effort to hold his fire whenever civilians get between you and him.

Vaana Ketlyn

Citizenship: Romanian

Affiliation(s): Unnamed Circus Group, Anthony Martinez, The Franchise

Voiced By: Barbara Bernad

A Romanian circus performer turned wealthy grey market arms dealer, who is currently involved in a weapons deal with rogue CIA agent Anthony Martinez. She and Martinez are targeted for assassination by Agent 47 during a lavish and decadent Heaven and Hell themed party being hosted by Vaana at her skyscraper corporate offices, but 47 must also contend with a pair of Franchise assassins also attending the party.

All Part of the Show: If she is killed by rigging her pyrotechnics display, she ends up falling into the shark tank while trying to put herself out. The audience praises the display.
Alone with the Psycho: If you approach her while dressed as Agent Martinez, she'll mistake you for her lover and invite you to her private chamber. However she quickly sees through your disguise after she asks you to remove your mask and 47 obviously is unable to do so. You can either kill her before she catches wise, or dodge quickly when she starts swinging her sword at you and take her out with either a silenced pistol headshot or a throwing knife between the eyes with one of the stilettos you got from Eve.
Boss in Mook's Clothing: If you confront her in her private chamber by pretending to be Agent Martinez until she blows your cover, she'll gain enhanced health (able to survive 6-7 silverballer shots compared to just 1-2 for regular Mooks) and draw a cane sword on you, fighting you with Escrima-style fencing moves and later drawing a desert eagle on you after she takes some damage. Unlike Maynard or Eve, the room you fight her in is not locked or soundproof and guards will rush in if they hear gunfire.
Cover Identity Anomaly: If you rendezvous with her dressed as Agent Martinez, she'll figure out something is up when "Martinez" refuses to remove his mask. Oddly, if she meets up with the real Martinez, she won't ask him to remove his mask and the two of them will instead start making out immediately.
Cutting Off the Branches: Civilian dialogue in "The Ark Society" in Hitman 2 confirms that Vaana was canonically eaten by a shark after the pyrotechnics were rigged.
Dark Action Girl: Not only is she evil, she's dangerous on a personal level due to her ability to kill 47 in one hit with her sword.
Evil Redhead: She has red hair done up in cornrows for her gothic appearance for the party and is a crime lord and arms dealer.
Glass Cannon: Even with increased health, she's not that tough and can be brought down with a single headshot. However, she'll One-Hit Kill you if she hits you with her sword.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: If 47 is too slow to kill Vaana, she becomes furious and impales 47 with her cane sword, resulting in the automatic death of 47 and thus the failure of the mission.
Just Desserts: Rigging the pyrotechnics will cause her to stumble into the shark tank and then get eaten.
Lady in Red: Vaana is a club owner with a flair for the burlesque.
Master Swordswoman: She's mentioned as being a master of escrima-style swordsmanship and carries a hidden sword in her cane, which she'll fight you with if you try to rendezvous with her disguised as Agent Martinez.
Of Corsets Sexy: She wears a red leather corset and red gown as part of her burlesque Hell-themed costume for the party.
Recurring Boss Template: Her boss fight shares some traits with Lee Hong's boss fights in Hitman: Codename 47 and Hitman: Contracts; both characters use martial arts, agility and a one-hit-kill sword. Vaana gets an upgrade in the form of a gun.
Supernatural Gold Eyes: Has these as part of her Hell-themed costume for the party. They're likely tinted contact lens, of course.
Sword Cane: She's got a sword hidden in her cane, though she'll only use it if you try to rendezvous with her disguised as her lover Agent Martinez.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill/Rasputinian Death: Probably the best way to kill her is to mess with the pyrotechnics while she's performing onstage. This results in her getting set on fire and falling off the stage into the shark tank below, where she's eaten by her giant sharks. The thunderous applause from the audience indicates they think this impressive display is just All Part of the Show.
Unholy Matrimony: With Martinez.
Victoria's Secret Compartment: She'll pull a desert eagle out from between her cleavage when provoked.
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: They're probably colored contacts, though.

Anthony Martinez

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Vaana Ketlyn, CIA

Voiced By: Unknown

A rogue CIA agent who's been playing both sides for profit, he's currently a business associate and lover of arms dealer Vaana Ketlyn, with whom he's scheduled to meet during the Heaven and Hell party she's hosting. 47 attends the party to assassinate Vaana and Martinez, but must also deal with a pair of Franchise assassins there to assassinate him.

The Can Kicked Him: If you manage to get to the Heaven party quickly enough, you can follow Martinez into the bathroom and strangle him while he's taking a piss; conveniently, no one else ever uses the toilet stall he's picked, so you can hide his body there without any problem. The only complication is that a chef or guard might randomly walk in to use the other stall.
Card-Carrying Villain: Agent Martinez cuts a comical figure in his devil costume. To be fair, it's thematically appropriate to at least the 'Hell' half of the casino.
Face–Heel Turn: Used to be one of the "good guys" as a CIA agent, until his taste for the expensive high life led him down the path of greed and corruption.
Hand Cannon: Like many high value targets, he favors a desert eagle over the standard .40 pistol.
King Mook: Martinez has noticeably more health than normal and requires several shots to bring down, compared to just 1-2 shots for regular Mooks. Unlike Eve, Maynard, or Vaana, he's not really a special "boss fight" however, and he's still vulnerable to any other attacks.
Made of Iron: He can take a lot more punishment than most other characters in the game and needs several shots to kill.
Mugged for Disguise: His outfit is the best disguise in the mission and essentially gives you the run of the entire level. Killing him for it isn't too difficult either, as he can either be killed in the bathroom or strangled in the elevator.
Playing Both Sides: He's a CIA agent who is also involved in arms trafficking.
Rogue Agent: A crooked CIA operative who's involved in some very shady arms dealings.
Unholy Matrimony: With Ketlyn.

Vice President Daniel Morris

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): U.S. Government, Republican Party, Unnamed Biotechnology Company, The Franchise/"Alpha Zerox"

Voiced By: Mark Klastorin

The acting Vice President of the United States of America, who was only placed in the role after the previous Vice President died under suspicious circumstances. He's a former biotech CEO and a secret member of Alpha Zerox conspiring with the Franchise to assassinate President Stewart so he can become President and enact their policies, starting with a ban on human cloning so the Franchise will have a monopoly on the technology. Agent Smith hires 47 to kill Morris in order to prevent the President's assassination.

Butt-Monkey: Vice President Morris basically gets zero respect from everyone around him. The President doesn't like him since he was basically forced on the President by Congress after the death of the previous Vice President. He doesn't have his own Secret Service protection detail. His official duties seem limited to walking the First Lady's dog.
Dark Horse Victory: Before his mysterious rise to Vice-President, Daniel Morris is a political nonentity. In fact, the only issue he's known for is proposing a ban on cloning. Given that Morris made his fortune in the biotech industry before he entered politics, this doesn't make any sense unless his real motive is to corner the market on cloning. The newscast in "A New Life" mentions that President Stewart didn't want him on the ticket and was disappointed to be stuck with Morris.
Film the Hand: Vice President Morris avoids the Washington press corps like the plague and they hate him in kind.
Hand Cannon: He might not have any Secret Service protection, but the VP carries a desert eagle and will at least attempt to defend himself if he realizes 47 is there for him. He stands basically zero chance against you, but if he manages to get off a shot before you put him down the noise is loud enough to draw in every guard in the Executive Residence.
Hated by All: Not only is Morris disliked by the President for being installed into power against his will, it's mentioned in the newspaper that neither party liked him for his obsessive anti-cloning stance. Even before his assassination, it's mentioned that the press hates him for his refusal to be seen in public.
Hired to Hunt Yourself: Before politics, Morris was a powerful biotech CEO on Wall Street and ironically, his biggest and only priority as a politician is to ban human cloning. He is secretly a member of Alpha Zerox, conspiring with them to kill both Vice President Burke (his predecessor) and President Stewart. The plan was for him and Cayne to exploit their positions to uphold the ban on human cloning, allowing The Franchise to make sure nobody but them had access to the technology.
Klingon Promotion: After Burke's death in a vehicular "accident", The Franchise turns its sights on Jimmy Cilley, in part because he is a frontrunner in President Stewart's choice for the next Vice President. The hit is thwarted by 47, but Daniel Morris ends up getting installed as Veep anyway. Morris then attempts to seize the White House by assisting in a hit on President Stewart.
Mole in Charge: Agent Smith notes he can't trust the Secret Service, FBI, or CIA with intelligence about the impending assassination because one of the chief conspirators is the Vice President himself. Instead he's forced to turn to Agent 47 instead to prevent the assassination by assassinating the assassins.
Puppet King: Morris is really nothing more than a puppet for the shady organization which plans on sweeping him into the Oval Office by assassinating the POTUS himself, Tom Stewart.
Vice President Who?:
- Daniel Morris, Dog Walker-in-Chief. Congress, presumably manipulated and/or threatened by Morris' real employers, forced him on Stewart by voting him into power after refusing to nominate several prior candidates. Mrs. Stewart, in particular, has a low regard for Morris and assigns him to take her dog for walkies on the White House lawn.
- To add insult to injury, Morris' obit is replete with bland, 24-hour newspeak. Every one of the interviewees are "shocked" and "saddened", yet struggle to come up with anything remarkable to say about the guy.

The Franchise

Leadership

Alexander Leland Cayne

See here.

Mark Parchezzi III

See here.

Operatives

Mark Purayah II

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Citizenship: N/A

Voiced By: Unknown

The second-most prominent of the clones created by the Franchise and one of the group's best assassins. The second-in-command of the Crows, he leads Raymond Kulinsky and Angelina Mason in a mission to assassinate the American Secretary of the Interior - and ends up in 47's sights as a result.

Always Someone Better: Not only is Agent 47 better than him, but he's also not as good an assassin as Mark Parchezzi III.
Assassin Outclassin': The focus of "A Murder Of Crows" is essentially 47 outclassing all three of the Crows before they can carry out the assassination of Jimmy Cilley.
Evil Sounds Deep: He has a very deep voice, although it's noticeably much roughly and not as cultured compared to Mark Parchezzi III's voice.
Flawed Prototype: To Mark Parchezzi III. Purayah was created before Parchezzi, thus with an even more flawed version of the cloning process. As a consequence, his physiology isn't as enhanced as his "brother's" nor is he as skilled as an assassin.
Flunky Boss: Quite apart from the fact that trying to tackle him head-on will end in an extended gunfight with him and his guards, Purayah also has the support of Angelina Mason and Raymond Kulinsky, ensuring that the threat level in the mission remains intact long after his death.
Gang of Hats: Purayah's unit of Crows end up like this while stationed in New Orleans; taking advantage of the Mardi Gras parade, all of them dress in ridiculous-looking bird costumes, apparently for the sake of blending into the festivities. Of course, the different members of the group can be distinguished by odd variations to their outfits: guards wear yellow bird costumes, the courier wears a red bird costume, Raymond wears a blackbird costume, Angelina wears a sexy blackbird outfit complete with a Cleavage Window and high heels and Purayah himself wears a blackbird costume without the head.
Hand Cannon: Like most of the Franchise's top assassins he favors a desert eagle as a sidearm.
Informed Ability: He's explicitly indicated to be a Super-Soldier similar to Agent 47 and Mark Parchezzi III, but unlike Parchezzi, he's a bog-standard opponent in-game and no tougher or more skillful than a basic Mook. Most likely the devs didn't bother making him a King Mook since you're not really supposed to engage him in a straight fight.
Meaningful Name: His last name is pronounced 'Pariah'; quite apart from being an effective outsider just like 47 and his various imitators, he's part of an entire line of inferior clones - a good indication of just how much value the class 2s are to the Franchise in the long run.
- Additionally, his first name and number turn into 'Mark II'; his version number.
Number Two: He's second in command of The Crows under Parchezzi.
Orcus on His Throne: Probably the least active of the Crows stationed in New Orleans; while Kulinsky serves as the group's sniper and Mason wanders the streets on reconnaissance, Purayah hangs back and waits for payment to arrive. If you take out Kulinsky and Mason first, Purayah just hangs out in his hideout repeatedly trying to establish contact with his missing minions instead of taking any action to salvage the hit himself.
Rapid Aging: Is suffering this, like all clones created by the Franchise. Compare to 47's lack of aging.
Shoddy Knockoff Product: Much like his "brother", Mark Purayah II was created in an attempt to duplicate the process that created 47, but suffers from rapid aging, lesser physiological enhancements and lesser skills as an assassin.
The Sociopath: According to his bio, he's almost completely detached from human suffering and never allows compassion or empathy to get in the way of his mission.
Super-Soldier: Part of the Franchise's experiments to create one, though still in the Flawed Prototype stage.
Villainous Breakdown: Suffers a minor one of these if you kill all of the other Crows before him. He starts frantically talking into his radio and trying to get in touch with his men.
Villainous Friendship: Has one of these with his men, though whether it's real or just glib charm is anyone's guess.
Younger Than They Look: Is less than two years old.
Your Days Are Numbered: Thanks to the inferior cloning process used by the Franchise, Purayah has less than eighteen months to live.

Raymond Kulinsky

Citizenship: American

Voiced By: David Andriole

A world-class biathlete turned professional assassin, Kulinsky has been on the FBI's most wanted list since 1996 and is believed to be responsible for almost two dozen murders committed over the course of the last eight years. Married to fellow assassin Angelina Mason, the two professional killers have formed a loving and profitable relationship around "the grassy knoll scheme" - before being hired by the Franchise and incorporated into the Crows, where they join Mark Purayah Jr on his mission to assassinate Jimmy Ciley - and on 47's list of targets.

Assassin Outclassin': Assassinated by 47 before he can carry out the assassination of Jimmy Ciley.
Asshole Victim: According to the newspapers, the FBI is very happy to see Kulinsky dead and claim that the world is a much better place now that he's gone from it, dismissing him as a "dangerous, deadly, hateful man."
Career-Ending Injury: At the very height of his career as a biathlon athlete, Raymond Kulinsky successfully qualified for the 1992 Winter Olympics... only to injure his knee in a cycling accident soon after. Unable to recover in time for the Olympics, Kulinksy's life fell to pieces and took his career in the legitimate world with it.
Friendly Sniper / Cold Sniper: Despite being the triggerman of the group, Raymond hardly fits the cold-hearted model of behavior favored by most Franchise operatives; indeed, he spends most of his time exchanging sweet nothings with Angelina over the radio while he waits for permission to blow the Secretary of the Interior's head off. However, learning of Angelina's death easily strips all the warmth and humor out of Kulinsky's dialogue; far from trying to rush the motorcade head-on, he'll remain in position and take the shot without a flicker of emotion.
I Coulda Been a Contender!: The almost-Olympian, Raymond Kulinsky. When his athletic career didn't pan out, he turned his physical prowess to contract killing. According to Diana, he's been on the FBI's 100 most wanted list since 1996. Evidently, this led to him being hired by Cayne.
Meaningful Name: His name is based on Richard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski, an infamous mafia hitman.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He's remarkably subdued when he discovers that his wife's been assassinated and will resolve to complete the mission without so much as a frown. However, if 47 gets caught in Kulinsky's apartment, all bets are off.
Sickeningly Sweethearts: Raymond and Angelina in "A Murder of Crows". Both are in black crow costumes and talking dirty to each other ("I hear a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."), obviously not focusing on the job on hand. Mark is forced to listen to this drivel over the radio in his hideout.
Together in Death: Whatever approach 47 takes in ending the Crows, the husband-and-wife team won't remain apart for long.
Tranquil Fury: Unlike Angelina, Raymond goes completely silent the moment he learns that his spouse is dead and completes the mission without emotion and without hesitation.
Unholy Matrimony: With Angelina Mason; Diana claims that the two of them were merely romantically involved, but newspaper articles following the mission to New Orleans indicate that Angelina is actually Raymond's wife.

Angelina Mason

Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Voiced By: Unknown

Born in a traveling circus, Angelina Mason trained as a trapeze artist, sharpshooter and knife-thrower - up until the death of her mother prompted her departure and gradual descent into narcotics and prostitution. After killing one of her customers in self-defense, Angelina realized that her skills could be put to better use and went into business as an assassin - a career path that eventually led to partnership and marriage with fellow athlete-turned-killer Raymond Kulinsky. Currently employed as recon and support for the Crows in New Orleans, Mason joins her husband and her employer as 47's targets.

Action Girl: Is said to be an incredibly dangerous one. This is borne out by the fact that she's one of the few assassins that actually dares to tackle a target with a knife, successfully assassinating Jimmy Ciley if 47 isn't quick enough to stop her.
Assassin Outclassin': Assassinated by 47 before she can carry out the assassination of Jimmy Ciley. This goes double if Raymond and Mark die first, for Angelina is primarily employed as recon and only resorts to carrying out the hit herself if she's the only assassin remaining.
Attempted Rape / Rape as Backstory: Her first kill was a john who'd tried to rape her - only to end up getting nailed to the wall with crossbow bolts.
Avenging the Villain: If you kill Raymond and take his outfit (a blackbird, or "Crow" costume), Angelina will instantly see through the disguise and shout, "YOU SHOT MY BOO!!" before chasing you down Bourbon Street, firing her gun all the way. (If 47 is within range of her knife, she'll begin stabbing at you instead.) Oddly, despite her reputation as an expert marksman, her accuracy with her pistol is terrible when chasing down at 47. This may be due to her anguished emotional state.
Awesomeness by Analysis: Will instantly see through any disguise if her husband has been killed, which triggers her Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
Circus Brat: The source of her skills as an assassin.
Freudian Excuse: Angelina is a former prostitute who was orphaned at a young age. Rumor has it she killed a John who was trying to rape her, nailing him to the wall of a motel with a crossbow—and this is how she found out her skills could be applied to a more profitable vocation.
Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Angelina grew up in a traveling circus and trained extensively in knives and arrows. Oddly, her sharpshooting abilities do not come into play during Mardi Gras. Raymond is the shooter, while Angelina is just recon and support (e.g. she will slash the Secretary's throat if you fail to contain her and Raymond couldn't make the shot).
May–December Romance: Angelina is not as experienced in murder-for-hire as her husband, Raymond Kulinsky, who is 14 years older than her.
Piano Drop: One possible way to kill her is to wait until she's standing directly under a suspended piano and then sabotage the winch, bringing it crashing down on top of her.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: If you kill her husband, Raymond, she tries this. In fact, she spends most of the time firing wildly at 47 and missing by a country mile, making her relatively easy to kill.
Sexy Whatever Outfit: As a member of the Crows, Angelina gets the sexy blackbird outfit, complete with Cleavage Window, tights and high heels.
Sickeningly Sweethearts: The two crows spend most of their time in New Orleans gleefully bantering away at one another, exchanging all manner of double entendres over the radio. In fact, any radio silence between the two of them is a sure sign that something has gone very wrong - either for 47, or the survivor.
Suicide by Cop: One possible interpretation of her assault on 47 if you kill her husband first.
Taking You with Me: Implied; if Raymond dies ahead of her and 47 fails to stop her in time, Angelina will leap onto Ciley's parade float and assassinate the Secretary of the Interior herself, likely resulting in Mason being gunned down by the bodyguards - which might have been her intention all along.
Together in Death: Whatever approach 47 takes in dismantling the team, Angelina and Raymond will soon be united in death.
Too Dumb to Live: As part of her route, she may occasionally stand underneath a piano suspended in mid-air. It only takes a single mine to bring it down.
Unholy Matrimony: With Raymond; Diana claims that the two of them were merely romantically involved, but newspaper articles following the mission to New Orleans indicate that Angelina is actually Raymond's wife.
Unstoppable Rage: Averted. Rather than provoking rage, killing her husband just makes her easier to kill, for she's too upset to shoot straight.
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Because she uses a silenced .40 pistol, if she opens fire on 47 it draws zero attention, leaving you free to retaliate with a silencer headshot of your own. Where it gets weird is if you draw the fight into the streets instead, where Angelina continues to spray bullets at you, mowing down dozens of civilians with stray shots and the cops continue to completely fail to notice her.

? (Mysterious female assassin)

Citizenship: Unknown

Voiced By: Barbara Bernad

Disguised as one of Lorne de Haviland's sex workers, this unnamed female assassin has been charged with eliminating 47 on behalf of the Franchise. Described by Cayne as "our best agent," chances are she won't be noticed until it's almost too late...

Assassin Outclassin': Unlike the Crows, the unnamed assassin gets a full cutscene in which she successfully outclasses 47. Beating her to the punch is paramount - literally, in that one of the easiest ways of dispatching Miss Nameless is to punch her unconscious as soon as she readies the knife and then cap her in the head as soon as she's down. ^note
Consummate Professional: Unlike the Ax-Crazy Eve and the overly dramatic Maynard John, she's very businesslike and pragmatic. While she does indulge in Evil Gloating occasionally, she refrains from doing so when it would be inopportune.
Even Evil Has Standards: It seems as though she only knocked out the sex worker she's impersonating, rather than killing her. This implies a desire to avoid unnecessary casualties whenever possible.
Evil Gloating: Done right. Madame de Question Mark refrains from gloating up until she's already buried a knife in 47's throat, by which time it's already too late for him to do anything about it.
The Faceless: In the mission loading screen, as only her silhouette appears.
Foreshadowing: Quite apart from Cayne mentioning an agent stationed at de Haviland's mansion, there's also a third target outlined on the loading screen alongside Chad and de Haviland, identified only with a blank space and a question mark.
Honey Trap: Lures 47 into a back room before stabbing him in the throat. Ironically, the easiest way to arrive at this little trip is while following Chad Bingham Jr to the honey trap you set up!
Kill and Replace: If you look behind the couch in the room she lures you into, you'll find the stashed body of the real sex worker that ? took the place of. However, unlike Eve, it seems ? has some scruples as the girl appears to only be unconscious instead of dead.
King Mook: She's got about twice as much health as a regular Mook and if she manages to get a shot off guards will come running to investigate the noise.
No Name Given: Only identified with a question mark.
Optional Boss: Unlike Eve and Maynard John, ? can be skipped. In addition, there's no actual bonus for killing her.
Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Purrs "Men are so easy," right before shivving 47 in the neck - provided 47 doesn't counterattack in time.
Sexy Santa Dress: As with the rest of the hookers in de Haviland's party.
Skippable Boss: She is a target in the mission You Better Watch Out, but killing her is not necessary to complete the mission, although it will give 47 a bonus payment. Some players may not even notice her existence during the mission.
Victoria's Secret Compartment: She'll pull a .40 pistol from her cleavage if you dodge her attempt to stab you.
You ALL Look Familiar: Besides her outfit, she shares her hair and face with some of the partygoers in the Hell Party.

Eve

Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Voiced By: Heather Halley

This young female assassin is one of a pair of Franchise operatives lying in wait to try and kill Agent 47 during his mission in the Shark Club, Las Vegas. According to Eve's file, she likens herself to a spider - Luring her target into her web, from where she will move in for the kill...

Angelic Beauty: She's dressed as an angel and very attractive.
Assassin Outclassin': Much like her nameless colleague, Eve is capable of getting the drop on 47. Should this happen, a particularly brutal cutscene will show her driving a knife into his chest before kicking him to the ground, mounting his body and continuing to stab him repeatedly as the scene fades to white. Yikes...
Ax-Crazy:
Eve: Let's slice you!
Boss in Mook's Clothing: If you confront her inside the office where she periodically retreats into to report in, a special "boss fight" similar to the ones with Maynard John and Vaana Ketlyn will start, in which she'll gain triple health and start cartwheeling around while alternating between tossing throwing knives at you and rushing in to try and stab you.
The Chanteuse: Parodied: she disguises herself as one, but is a terrible singer.
Femme Fatale: She's a seductress who uses sultry disguises to lure targets to their doom.
Foreshadowing: Various remarks will be made from party guests and staff that indicate the singer onstage is not who she seems.
Glass Cannon: Even with her enhanced health she's only slightly more durable than a basic Mook, but her knives can kill you remarkably quickly.
Hand Cannon: She'll draw a desert eagle on you instead of using her throwing knives if you confront her out in the open instead of ambushing her in her "boss fight" room.
Hoist by Her Own Petard:
- Her Honey Trap involves leading 47 into her office. Alone. With her back to him the whole way. It's not particularly difficult to simply strangle her before she can turn around.
- If her initial ambush fails to work, she'll attack you with throwing knives instead. It's entirely possible to dodge one of her knives, pick it up and throw it back at her to kill her.
- She keeps a sniper rifle in a briefcase in her office. It's not clean by any means, but it's convenient if 47 gets into the office before she does.
Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Eve's horrible, caterwauling rendition of Swan Lee's "Tomorrow Never Dies". She can be overheard updating her employers on the status of her mission and demands extra money for having to sing.
Honey Trap: Invites 47 to a private room for some hanky panky, only to try and kill him.
Interplay of Sex and Violence: Seems to enjoy killing 47 a little too much.
Kill and Replace: She's the singer at the Heaven party because the scheduled singer met with "an unfortunate fatal accident" the previous day.
Laughing Mad: If Eve corners Agent 47 in her private room, a cutscene will play in which she takes immense pleasure in killing him, laughing gleefully as she repeatedly stabs his dead body with a stiletto. It comes out of nowhere and is terrifying.
Light Is Not Good: She may be dressed like an angel, but she's far from one.
Make It Look Like an Accident: What she did to the Heaven Party's scheduled singer.
No-Sell: Like ? and Maynard, she'll recognize 47 regardless of his disguise.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Figuratively and literally. Her cover as the singer is paper-thin due to the awful performance she puts on and she is wearing an outfit that barely leaves anything to the imagination.
- She manages to avoid suspicion due to luck; her disguise matches the other women on staff and the partygoers just assume she was hired for her looks instead of her singing voice.
Psycho for Hire: While the assassins working for The Franchise tend to be cold-hearted and unfeeling, Eve is a sadistic Psychopathic Womanchild who laughs madly while stabbing people.
Psychopathic Womanchild: Acts like a giddy little girl playing with a knives in a kitchen... as she stabs 47 to death in a Non-Standard Game Over.
Smug Snake: Likens herself to a spider, luring victims into her web. Her web where she leads 47 into a private room with her back to him. Using the same scheme that already failed to work for the unnamed assassin. And only barely maintains her cover through luck and other peoples' ignorance (see Paper-Thin Disguise). Oh, and leaves an open laptop on her desk that outs her and the bartender as assassins. Clearly, she's not the mastermind she thinks she is.
Stripperiffic: Eve's outfit consists of a white latex sling bikini with angel wings and high heels.
Victoria's Secret Compartment: She's somehow able to conceal a desert eagle and several throwing knives inside an outfit which is essentially just 2 tight latex straps wrapped perpendicularly over her body.
You ALL Look Familiar: Eve's outfit, hairstyle and face are the same as other partygoers, though unlike them she lacks a masquerade mask.

Maynard John

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Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Voiced By: Bob Glouberman

A stoic assassin with a flare for the theatrical, Maynard John is one of two assassins lying in wait to try and kill Agent 47 at the Shark Club in Las Vegas. Dressed in red Devil attire, He poses as the bartender in the underground "Hell" club as he waits for 47 to approach.

Assassin Outclassin': Maynard will recognize 47 regardless of his disguise and challenge him to a duel in a private room to prove who is the superior assassin. Maynard learns that he is, in fact, not the better of the two assassins and 47 eliminates him.
Big Red Devil: His costume.
Braggart Boss: So, what is it with all these assassins who think the measure of their skill is in loud, messy fights? If Maynard here was half the assassin he claims to be, he wouldn't give 47 ample warning beforehand. Anyway, as you can guess from his dossier, Maynard is really not up to The Agency's level, but 47 decides to humor him.
Complexity Addiction: His dossier notes that he makes his assassinations waaaaaay more complicated than they need to be. Instead of just sneaking up on 47 and dispatching him, as he can see through any disguise 47 wears, he decides to confront him and challenge him to a duel.
Damage-Sponge Boss: During the duel, if the fight drags out long enough for you to run into the central area where Maynard ends up, he'll gain a massive amount of health and will require several dozen bullets to bring down. You can still kill him with melee executions and headshots also bring him down quickly.
Duel Boss: Maynard challenges 47 to a one-on-one shootout in a soundproofed supply room filled with shelves and obstacles. He can take a good 9-10 pistol bullets or half a mag of automatic weapons fire to kill, compared to just a couple for standard mooks and fighting him in combat doesn't count against your stealth rating.
Fantastic Racism: He looks down on 47 for being a clone, referring to him as "my mutant adversary".
Foreshadowing: In addition to Diana's pre-mission warning about rival assassins being present, various guests at the hell party will comment on the Bartender's poor attitude and apparent ineptness when it comes to making cocktails. One guest can even be found outside, throwing up, whilst mumbling about the bartender poisoning him.
Foil: To 47 and to a lesser extent his Heaven party counterpart Eve. As opposed to 47's short, oftentimes terse dialogue, Maynard is highly theatrical in his speech patterns and eschews stealthy murders in favor of dramatic duels. In comparison to Eve, Maynard is, once again, less stealthy, but appears to be otherwise composed - while Eve is rather sadistic and draws out her kills, Maynard is able to behave himself in combat, destroying 47's cover and favoring practical firearms instead of Eve's stylistic stilleto knives and loud Desert Eagle.
Large Ham: His lines are full of melodramatic exaggeration, contrasting with 47's minimalistic responses.
Lethal Chef: Multiple guests at the Hell party will remark at how terrible the drinks Maynard makes are. In fact, in the garage, there's a guest puking his guts out because the drinks he was served were that bad.
Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: During the "Dance with the Devil" mission, he'll challenge 47 to a one-on-one duel to prove the superiority of good old fashioned Badass Normal against cloned super soldiers. If you accept his challenge, the two of you go to a soundproofed storage room and duel it out. This rules out any interference from nosy guards or civilians.
Made of Iron: Maynard John can take a lot of bullets before he goes down.
No-Sell: Like ? and Eve, he'll recognize 47 regardless of his disguise.
- He also can't be disarmed or punched unconscious during the duel.
Overt Operative: Walking up to him will cause him to give a melodramatic speech introducing himself and mocking 47, within full earshot of the civilian guests, compared to Eve who at least tries to quietly lure 47 into a secluded area. He also apparently refuses to actually learn how to make a half-decent drink to sell his cover, as one vomiting Hell Party guest can attest too.
Sinister Minister: To fit with the Heaven and Hell theme of the party, he's dressed in a red priest's outfit with an upside-down cross badge.

Characters / Hitman: Blood Money

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International Contract Agency (ICA)

47

Diana Penelope Burnwood

Civilians

Margaux LeBlanc

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Gator Gang, John "Pappy" LeBlanc, Buddy Muldoon, Skip Muldoon, Herself

Voiced By: Barbara Bernad

Mrs. Sinistra

Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Affiliation(s): Vinnie Sinistra, Her Family

Voiced By: Deborah Marlowe

Rick Henderson

President Tom Stewart

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): U.S. Government, Republican Party, Unnamed Wife

Voiced By: N/A

Targets

Joseph Clarence

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Rachel (Ex-Wife), Scoop, Carol Anne (Niece)

Voiced By: Unknown

Scoop

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): His Gang, Himself

Voiced By: Tray Hooper

Fernando Xalvador Delgado

Citizenship: Chilean

Affiliation(s): Delgado Cartel, Manuel Delgado, Jose Delgado, Rico Delgado, Hèctor Delgado, Andrea Martinez, Jorge Franco, Directorate of National Intelligence, Vicente Murillo, "The King Of Chinatown", Himself

Voiced By: Unknown

Manuel Delgado

Citizenship: Chilean

Affiliation(s): Delgado Cartel, Fernando Xalvador Delgado, Manuel Delgado, Jose Delgado, Rico Delgado, Hèctor Delgado, Andrea Martinez, Rex Stanton's Agent

Voiced By: Unknown

Alvaro D'Alvade

Citizenship: Italian

Affiliation(s): Richard Delahunt, Albert Fournier

Voiced By: Jorge Garcia

Richard Delahunt

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Alvaro D'Alvade, Albert Fournier, The Franchise, U.S. Government, Vatican Church

Voiced By: Mark Deakins

Carmine DeSalvo, Rudy Menzana & Lorenzo Lombardo

Citizenship: Italian-American

Affiliation(s): The New York Mafia

Voiced By: Vinnie Curto (Rudy Menzana), Unknown (Carmine DeSalvo, Lorenzo Lombardo)

Vinnie Sinistra

Citizenship: Cuban

Affiliation(s): Mrs. Sinistra, Cuban Mafia, Sammy Falcone, Bobby Manillo, FBI

Voiced By: Carlos Reig-Plaza

Lorne de Haviland

Citizenship: American (Presumably)

Affiliation(s): Chad Bingham, Jr., Himself

Voiced By: Unknown

Chad Bingham Jr.

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Chad Bingham Sr., Lorne de Havilland

Voiced By: Sam Riegel

Skip Muldoon

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Gator Gang, Blue Claws, John "Pappy" LeBlanc, Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon, Margeaux LeBlanc

Voiced By: Jorge Garcia

John LeBlanc

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Gator Gang, Blue Claws, Margeaux LeBlanc, Skip Muldoon, Hank "Buddy" Leitch Muldoon, Henrick Slackjaw

Voiced By: Wade Williams

Hank Leitch Muldoon

Citizenship: American

Affiliation(s): Blue Claws, Skip Muldoon, John "Pappy" LeBlanc, Margeaux LeBlanc

Voiced By: Unknown

Sheikh Mohammad Bin Faisal Al-Khalifa

Citizenship: Saudi Arabian

Affiliation(s): APRIX International, Tariq Abdul Lateef, Himself

Voiced By: Sam Sako

Tariq Abdul Lateef

Citizenship: Saudi Arabian

Affiliation(s): APRIX International, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Faisal Al-Khalifa

Voiced By: Unknown