History Characters / HitmanProvidence

* NiceToTheWaiter: He is quite cordial with his personal bodyguard Otis, is courteous to the restaurant staff when invited to sample the day's specials (although the chef berates him) and is willing to buy an aging tuk-tuk from one of the staff.

* RetiredMonster: He was the previous Constant of Providence and once personally confronted and disciplined 47 when the latter was just a child. After Edwards replaced him in that role as Constant, he retired and starting living in a quiet upper-middle-class American suburbia in 2004, and has stayed there ever since.

'''[[center: [- [[Characters/HitmanGamesAgent47 Agent 47]] | [[Characters/HitmanVideoGameAllies Notable Characters and Factions]] | [[Characters/Agent47BirthoftheHitman Birth of the Hitman]] | ''Providence Operatives and Associates'' -]]]'''

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->See [[Characters/HitmanVideoGameAllies here]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He can be killed by 47 while he's disguised as the assassin he hired to eliminate Edwrards.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He's in on the plan to get rid of Strandberg once he's escaped Marrakesh. A dick move, yes, but Strandberg's unpleasantness makes it a lot more earned than anything.

* StationaryBoss: The only target in the game to be completely stuck in one place due to the nature of his surgery. However, he is also the most protected target, being located in a room with bulletproof glass for walls in the most remote part of the facility, guarded by dozens of highly armed men and constantly monitored by an A.I that will revive him should anything interrupt the surgery.

* BadassDecay: He was the ICA's best assassin and attempted to put an early stop to 47's career out of jealousy of the newcomer's capabilities surpassing his own. However, the reason he retired in the first place was due to growing health problems that were nigh-impossible to cure without an expensive operation, which cumulates in the heart transplant he betrays the ICA to get. By the time you encounter him in-game, he's subjected to VillainDecay, as he's completely helpless and can't even run away from you, as he's in the middle of a complex surgery to save his own life. His weak condition means that ''the mere sight'' of 47 in his signature suit is enough to kill him.

* CoolOldGuy: Subverted. He's so obsessed with protecting his reputation that he tries to sabotage 47's chances of being accepted into the ICA. Even so, the ICA regards him highly: his assassination of Jasper Knight is frequently studied by ICA members, and he's regarded as one of their "sacred cows" (according to the "Situs Inversus" intel).
This is part of the reason his betrayal is a major shock for the Board.

* HeartInTheWrongPlace: Soders suffers from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus Situs Inversus]], meaning his organs are mirrored. This makes getting a heart transplant extremely difficult for him and he has had to resort to black market organs in the past.

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:He'll try to personally have Diana killed and gloat to her face about his plans, assuming that she would be weak due to being MissionControl. He ''really'' should've read the apparently-extensive file on her compiled by Aron Ford .Jr, as she has had combat experience since she was 14 years old, and manages to stab him]].

** Don is first mentioned in ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' - if Dr. Laurent discovers [[spoiler:Soders murdered his father]] but isn't under the influence of drugs, he will call Don about this revelation.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Sabotaged his wife's career to benefit his own, and intends on [[spoiler:betraying Edwards]] by [[spoiler:murdering Diana and Vidal]].

* AncientConspiracy: As noted by The Constant, Providence has been in power for a long time, with ''Hitman 3'' indicating the group was founded in the aftermath of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but the three families behind it have been international power brokers since the 19th century.

** The messenger seen in Sapienza's end cutscene, Hajun, is less afraid of the Shadow Client and more amazed that he thinks he can win, barely reacting when he realized the Client has enough keys to open the safe.

'''The Constant:''' Miss Burnwood. We won a long time ago. This? This is ''maintenance''.

* {{Expy}}: To TheIlluminati. Their full backstory given in ''Hitman 3'' also makes them one to [[VideoGame/MetalGear the Philosophers and the Patriots]].
* FluffyTheTerrible: Providence isn't the kind of name you'd expect for an international organization of evil. The name is most likely a reference to the Eye of Providence, given their status as an {{Expy}} of the Illuminati.
* GenreBlind: Providence's agent in the aftermath of Episode 3 sneers at the idea of conspiracies. This, despite being a leader of an Illuminati-like organization and heavily involved in several lesser conspiracies.
* GreaterScopeVillain: They tried creating a virus that would make the ICA obsolete, attempted to install a military dictatorship in Morocco, used Soders to destroy the Freedom Fighters operation, and they know Ort-Meyer's true motives behind the cloning experiments he did back in Romania. Also they rule the world. ''Birth of the Hitman'' also reveals that Ort-Meyer was a member of their organization and they were the ones responsible for funding his work, which Hitman 2 corroborated when Grey explains some of the events to Diana later on.
* TheIlluminati: Apparently have enough pull and influence that they qualify for one of these. Diana's reaction to the name in Colorado suggests they are the ''Hitman'' universe's equivalent of the Illuminati myth.

* MouthOfSauron: Heralds act as this; they are operatives that relay orders and performs deals and transactions on behalf of Providence whenever the conspiracy interacts with outsiders.

* PragmaticVillainy: They intended Strandberg to just head up the Moroccan banking system and oversee their secret transactions. Strandberg stealing billions from the people wasn't part of their plan. [[SubvertedTrope They take the money he stole for themselves, instead]].
** They were smart enough to say they would not retaliate against the ICA after their… [[MurderIsTheBestSolution handling]] of [[TheMole Soders]].

* SigilSpam: Several of their operatives wear an origami dove pin (Yuki has hers around her neck), and the mercenaries in Carpathian Mountains all wear patches with the logo on their armor. Only the early ''2016'' targets (Caruso, De Santis, Zaydan, Soders) don't wear one (Caruso and De Santis are merely tools for Providence, Zaydan literally does not have the room on his uniform to, and in Soders' case, [[MurderInc his profession]] makes that tricky for him to get away with wearing). In "The Farewell", an unaware waitress accidentally lampshades this, pointing out how strange it is that they all wear the same pin, unaware they're supposed to be a secretive calling card.
* TheStoic: So far the only Providence member who wasn't perfectly calm when under attack was a new recruit. The others treats the Shadow Client as a mild annoyance even when he performed tasks that would make 47 look sloppy or when he points a gun to the back of their head.
* UnknownRival: 47 has no idea they even exist for the first 4 contracts of 2016. He's finally clued in after investigating the militia's saferoom at the end of Colorado.

** When she goes to the kitchen, she demands fugu sushi- a dish famous for being lethal if not correctly prepared.

* FaceHeelTurn: He served in the U.S. military during the Kosovo War and worked as a Secret Service agent, both for honorable reasons. However, he ended up running security for criminal cartels after losing his job after the assassination of Vice President Morris and was eventually recruited into Providence.

* HateSink: Claus Strandberg may not be a murderer, but he is still considered to be one of the most despicable targets in the entire series. Calus has robbed thousands of people, including the poor and the blinds, even being hypocritical enough to blame people for falling for his cons. He evades justice to help Zaydan during the military coup to start a civil war, perfectly willing to kill millions just so he could save his own skin. It's no wonder Zaydan intends to get rid of Claus.

* TheSociopath: Lacks empathy for anybody, cares only about herself and is perfectly fine with using people for her own means. The only thing she lacks is superficial charm.

* PetTheDog: He adopted Pickles, Ken Morgan's dog and tried to take good care of him, loving the dog dearly. Sadly, Pickles was later [[JustForPun pickled]] by a grape picker, something that Don laments.

* BlackSheep: Carl Ingram describes him as the black sheep of the Al-Ghazali family.

* GenreSavvy: Downplayed. It's deliberately left open to interpretation as to whether or not he recognises 47. If he doesn't, then he's just recalling old memories (which is even a Mission Story in the game), but if he does, he's one of the only targets in the franchise to pick up that 47 has taken the disguise of somebody else, and just goes along with it.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: What leads to Edwards' downfall is his [[spoiler:unusual trust in Diana. Even after she's responsible for the deaths of several of his operatives, he gives her a role as his successor as Constant, believing that she would turn against 47 and Grey when he informs her of them killing her parents back in 1989. Not only does it not work, but when 47 confronts Edwards in the final mission, Edwards is bewildered as to why Diana would resist Providence's power and go through with destroying them, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness not really understanding that absolute power is of no interest to her]] -- Diana outright ''says'' she doesn't care about power in a phone call to Edwards before Chongqing's events). Not only that, but Edwards also appears to be unaware that she previously did [[TrojanHorseGambit a similar trick]] in ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' to take down The Franchise]]]].

* AssholeVictim: It's revealed that Zaydan (with Providence's approval) is planning on having his men throw Strandberg into the ocean during his flight out of Morocco. This would normally be a pretty awful thing to do, but Strandberg's such a douche that you almost want them to do it.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a crossover between Julian Assange and Bernie Madoff]].

* ArmchairMilitary: Has approximately zero experience in actual combat according to his men. This is backed up by the fact that if he's confronted openly by 47, he won't attack at all, merely shouting insults and threats.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ken has a pet dog named Pickles that he cares for. The third game reveals he was close with his business partner Don Yates, and part of Yates' hatred of Diana stems from placing the hit on him.

* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: By the time 47 is sent after him, Soders is hooked up to a surgery table and essentially helpless due to his declining health.