History Characters / Hitman2ElusiveTargets

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* EasterEgg: The laptop she reads from has the script of her upcoming campaign and eulogy... and by script, we mean the transcript of what she says ''[[https://imgur.com/P7UBvbu as a character]]'', complete with pauses and contemplative thoughts you hear in the game. This also applies to the notes the body double reads.
* EvilBrit: While a New Zealand politician, she spent her childhood English and is flagrantly corrupt.
* FakeCharity: Played with. She's the only one in the organization to have been involved in the scamming of Jaqueline Vicar; the charity simply deposited funds to her instead of the charity.

[[folder:The Undying (Mark Faba)]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[InkSuitActor The Undying]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You could say that spectacle is part of my signature."'']]

A former [=MI5=] agent turned freelance assassin with a reputation for faking his own death.\\

You can view his reveal trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5Bu02IwGk here]], his first briefing [[https://youtu.be/NwvoryS1qM0 here]]. Tropes applying for his return go on ''The Undying Returns'' folder.

* ActorAllusion: The mission briefing alone subtly references several works that Sean Bean has been in and Mark Faba is an {{Expy}} of one of his previous roles (Alec Trevelyan comes to mind).

* BackFromTheDead: He keeps coming back from the dead, no matter who tries. The ICA, various groups, even Agent 47 can't keep him dead for long.

* TheBusCameBack: He holds the distinction of being the first ever celebrity-based Elusive Target to return, and is set to return in March 2024 as part of the "Season of Undying", and will also feature an Elusive Target Arcade contract; The Oroborus, that means you can repeatedly kill him...permanently.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He's one of the few Elusive Targets to be referred to with in-game dialog outside of the Elusive Target itself, as in ''Hitman 3'', he's referred to by Tamara Vidal. He shares this trait with ''2016's'' Sergei Larin, Nne Obara, and Richard Ekwenski (the latter two know each other incidentally).
* CastingGag: The TropeCodifier of the ChronicallyKilledActor is cast as a [[Film/{{GoldenEye}} former British spy]] known for escaping death. Sean Bean's involvement in ''Hitman 2'' is also a casting gag in and of itself, as the voice and appearance of the BigBad of this and the previous game, the Shadow Client, has often been compared to that of Bean himself (a comparison reinforced by what could be interpreted as a number of ''[=GoldenEye=]'' references in ''Hitman 2'''s main plot).
* ComplexityAddiction: What you see of his plans for assassinations are absurdly, needlessly complex. Faba himself refers to it as "spectacle" when one of the scientists complains.

* EyeScream:
** One of the weapons Faba stops to observe is an explosive pen. Guess how this can end for him.
** When he returns in The Undying Returns (and in later reactivations of the original mission), he has one eye covered in a bandage, implying that this is the canonical way 47 "killed" him the first time.
* FailedASpotCheck:
** If he asks a disguised 47 about how he'd go about killing him, the fact that 47 gives very detailed and specific answers never really raises any personal alarms.
** ''The Undying Returns'' indicates that 47 killed Faba once already and (depending on how the player kills him), it’s very likely they met face-to-face canonically, albeit it with 47 in disguise. Despite this, Faba completely fails to recognize 47.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: During his therapy session he muses about using these, including earbuds as an impromptu fiber wire, a toy robot filled with flash filament,and a fountain pen as a homemade explosive. He's also having the weapons developers at Kronstadt build him a pen that can be used as either a stabbing weapon or an explosive device. It's your reward for playing the hit.
* ImprovisedWeapon: During his therapy session, Faba muses about how almost everything in the room could be turned into a lethal weapon with a little preparation, complete with imagine spots showing him preparing them:
** Turning a toy robot into an impromptu [[BlindedByTheLight flashbang]]. This is the reward for his [[NotQuiteDead return]].
** Turning a pair of headphones into an impromptu fiber wire.
** Making a small, but lethal, explosive pen as a weapon. This is the reward for his original contract.
* InkSuitActor: Appropriately enough, he looks like Sean Bean, his actor.

* ItsPersonal: The ICA is furious about the fact they've never been able to kill him and send 47 to do the job, just to be sure.
-->'''Diana:''' 47, to be entirely honest; this is a bit of an embarrassment. Please make sure he doesn't come back ''again''.
* MadeOfIron: He's come back from a dozen confirmed [=ICA=] assassinations. If you get into a conversation with him in the conference room, it's implied that he's not just a sleight-of-hand artist and actually has survived things like being drowned or thrown off a building. Averted in-game; he's no tougher than any other target and can be taken out in a variety of ways. [[spoiler:Then played straight in that, regardless of how you killed him, he apparently survived and came back for a later Elusive Target mission]].
* MeaningfulName: ''Faba'' (or ''Fava'') is Latin for ''bean'', making his name essentially Mark ''Bean''. As in ''Sean'' Mark Bean.

* ThePenIsMightier: One of his upcoming schemes requires scientists to develop an exploding pen "strong enough to vaporize a man's torso." The explosives haven't been perfected to that level but the pen is strong enough to stab a man to death and won't be considered a weapon by guards during a frisk and it becomes your reward for playing his mission. Trying to kill him with his own pen is optional.

[[folder:The Undying Returns (Mark Faba)]]
!!Mark Faba
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[[caption-width-right:320:The Undying...[[BackFromTheDead Returns]].]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/SeanBean

Living up to his reputation for faking his own death, Mark Faba returns to Miami with an eyepatch after your last encounter with him as the first elusive target, much to the annoyance of Diana and the ICA.\\
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You can view his ''[[BackFromTheDead second]]'' briefing [[https://youtu.be/dSLgLz-_JI0 over here]]. For tropes applying to his first appearance as an Elusive Target, go to the first folder on this page.

* BackFromTheDead: Mark Faba was the first Elusive Target to be released into ''Hitman 2''. He's also the ''fifth'' and makes a return in time for the Miami Pack release. Diana does point this out when a similar briefing is done for his second outing.
* BlindedByTheLight: Starting the hit on him has you unlock a toy robot, an impromptu flashbang that's legal to carry in any disguise, which made a cameo appearance as an ImagineSpot in the reveal trailer.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Mark Faba is the only Elusive Target originating from ''Hitman 2'' to be later mentioned in ''Hitman 3''.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: The return of Mark Faba in ''The Undying Returns'' has him wear an eyepatch, implying his [[EyeScream eye was gouged out]]. One of the methods of killing him is stabbing him in the eye with a pen (see EyeScream).
* EyeScream: One of the weapons Faba stops to observe in his first mission is an explosive pen. Guess how this can end for him. Oddly enough, this appears to be the [[CuttingOffTheBranches canonical way he "gets killed"]] when he was first released as an Elusive Target, as his second release has him wear an eyepatch to cover his left eye.
* FailedASpotCheck: If he asks a disguised 47 about how he'd go about killing him, the fact that 47 gives very detailed and specific answers never really raises any personal alarms. Doubly so, considering this is his second outing to Miami and the second time 47 has had to take him out, so you'd think he'd be wary of bald people disguised as assassins, but apparently not.
* HereWeGoAgain: He successfully comes BackFromTheDead and becomes the game's ''fifth'' Elusive Target, as well as the very first one the game had. Diana does point out that she's repeating herself twice in the briefing, though the briefing itself remains largely the same (His eyepatch is included in the visuals of Faba this time around and Diana has re-recorded her entire briefing).
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He's having the weapons developers at Kronstadt build him a pen that can be used as an explosive device, but is also sharp enough to kill a man. This is how he was "killed" by 47 the first time around.
* InkSuitActor: He still looks like Sean Bean, his actor and [=VA=], though with an eyepatch (see above) attached to his right eye.
* ItsPersonal: The ICA is livid about the fact they've never been able to kill him and even when 47 was sent to do the job to make sure he stays dead, he still comes back. This is lampshaded by Diana in the briefing.
-->'''Diana:''' 47, I feel like I'm repeating myself here, but please, make sure he doesn't come back... '''again'''.
* MadeOfIron: He's come back from over a dozen confirmed [=ICA=] assassinations and not even 47, a clone made for killing people, can bring him down. The [=ICA=] seems insistent that he needs to stay dead, so the ICA makes 47 takes another crack at putting Mark Faba down.
* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: Downplayed. The briefing video is close to identical, only accounting for Faba's eyepatch, Diana's exasperated tone, and the entire mission is a repeat of the original.
* ThePenIsMightier: One of his upcoming schemes requires scientists to develop an exploding pen "strong enough to vaporize a man's torso." The explosives haven't been perfected to that level but the pen is strong enough to stab a man to death. This is how he was "killed" during the first time the ICA asks 47 to take him down.
* RecurringBossTemplate: The level is literally the same as it was in "The Undying", minus one of Faba's eyes being gouged out.
* RefugeInAudacity: After being killed the first time in the first Elusive Target mission, he comes BackFromTheDead and continues on working on his hit, like nothing ever happened. He also ignores warning signs of anyone being a potential assassin while there.
* TooDumbToLive: It's not a good idea to tell an international assassination group your whereabouts when you're already one of their targets for evading a previous hit... twice. Then again...
* UncertainDoom: Whether the second time truly put him down for good or not is unknown.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He's somehow avoided death at the hands the [=ICA=] over a dozen times, seemingly through a combination of FakingTheDead and being MadeOfIron. The first time 47, a ''genetically engineered assassin'', comes to kill Faba, 47 gouges his eye out with a explosive pen, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard which he was planning to use in a contract of his own]]. However, this didn't kill him the first time round and it didn't leave him out of action, coming back to Miami to finish what he started, only now with an eyepatch (see above).
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[[folder:The Deceivers - The Guru (Richard J. Magee) & The Congressman (Anthony L. Troutt)]]
!!Richard J. Magee & Anthony L. Troutt
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[[caption-width-right:250:The Deceivers.]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Timothy Watson (Anthony L. Troutt, Richard J. Magee)

For character tropes applying to both characters that appear both here and in the ''Hitman 2016'' game, which this game retcons to be the same contract, see [[Characters/Hitman2016ElusiveTargets Hitman (2016)]].
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He's one of the few Elusive Targets in Hitman 2 to be referred to with in-game dialog outside of the Elusive Target itself, as in ''Hitman 3'', he's referred to by Tamara Videl. He shares this trait with ''2016's'' Sergei Larin, Nne Obara, and Richard Ekwenski (the latter two know each other incidentally).

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Hm, thematically it does resemble the early works of Unkei. Clearly isn't his work, but...well, I suppose it is if we say it is. That would make it much more collectable."'']]

[[caption-width-right:345:''"Besides, worse comes to worst, I know how to clean up after myself, and I know how to clean up to others."'']]
[[caption-width-right:345:[[RichBitch The Politician]]]]

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He's one of the few Elusive Targets in Hitman 2 to be referred to with in-game dialog outside of the Elusive Target itself, albeit in ''Hitman 3'', where he's referred to by [[spoiler:Tamara Videl]]. He shares this trait with ''2016's'' Nne Obara and Richard Ekwenski (both of whom know each other incidentally, [[spoiler:but are also confirmed to be canon in the Chonquing level as they were a part of the ICA data leak, as were the rest of the ''2016'' Elusive Targets)]].

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Mark Faba (a.k.a. "The Undying") is an explosives expert and freelance assassin with a penchant for violent, theatrical spectacles.\\\
A disgraced [=MI5=] agent, Faba developed a unique "shock and awe" methodology inspired in equal terms by terrorism and performance art. He goes to great lengths to eliminate his targets as loudly and viscerally as possible.\\\
Present at the site of an IRA bombing in London, 10-year old Mark Faba experienced the power and spectacle of terrorism at close hand. Traumatised, the young boy withdrew from society, resorted to living in his parents' basement outside school hours and depply embedded himself in the world of hobby electronics and hacking.\\\
At 18, he had become smitten with the flamboyance of the late 1980's hacker scene. But after a series of hacks against the government, Faba was arrested and given a non-choice. Hone his skills with the Secret Service and work for Queen and country or face years of incarceration.\\\
At [=MI5=], Faba became an ace marksman and demolitions expert. He learned infiltration techniques and worked for years on domestic surveillance projects aimed at journalists, politicians, corporate heads and members of the upper class. Eventually, the work peeled away every shred of decency and humanity and the boundaries between right and wrong dissolved.\\\
While on a job to install surveillance equipment in the hotel suite of a visiting foreign diplomat, Faba's cover was blown. A struggle ensued and Faba ended up killing his intended surveillance target. He tried to cover his tracks but forensic experts at [=MI5=] soon suspected foul play. As the evidence mounted, Faba felt the ground burn beneath him. In his desperation, he turned to his old hacker connections and with their aid, Mark Faba disappeared from the world. Soon after, he was presumed dead by his own hand.\\\
Flash forward ten years. When an [=MI6=] agent was murdered under spectacular circumstances, the investigation revealed that Mark Faba was in fact alive and working as a freelance assassin in various conflict zones around the world.\\\
An ICA contract was issued on Faba, requesting his immediate termination.\\\
The agency dispatched one of its most seasoned agents, who successfully eliminated Faba in Somalia. Or so it seemed. A few years later, however, Faba reappeared in Kosovo alive and well, and so began one of the most enigmatic cases in ICA history. From that initial contract to the present day, ICA has confirmed the death of Faba no less than 25 times. Yet somehow, he keeps reappearing, growing bolder with every unsuccessful attempt – even having the audacity to send us clues to his whereabouts.\\\
Faba - with the internal nickname "The Undying" - has proven to be an un-erasable embarrassment for the agency. And now, he has sent us another taunting invitation: "if you're not busy, come to Miami during the innovation race. It's sure to be a crowd pleaser."\\\
The Board has decided that enough is enough. This time, they're sending their absolute best. if anyone can send Faba to an early – and not to mention permanent - grave, it is you 47.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Vicente Murillo is the aging leader of a 1980's Bolivian fascist paramilitary group "Terror Blanco Latino" (an offspring of the Bolivian anti-communist "Fiances of Death" death squad), and in his heyday, was recruited by many western allies to fight communism during the Cold War. But as times changed and the war came to an end, Murillo became a dark shame on a power struggle that itself had lost control and clear site of what was right or wrong. This was a time to amend all mistakes and Murillo was listed to be one of the most dangerous men in South-America. And then he disappeared... until now.\\\
Knowledge of Murillo's early life is unknown, not helped by his own account of his childhood constantly changing. A known pathological liar (a common trait for psychopaths), he claims at times to be born into a humble farmer's family, at other times he is the son of persecuted academics. The few who have dared to question him on the subject have never been heard from since. But it's presumed that he was orphaned at an early age, living on the streets - committing petty crime to survive.\\\
The first documented accounts of Murillo's existence dates to the late 1970's when his name appears in the "Operation Condor" files as a recruit. It's believed that he was introduced to Barbie (aka Klaus Altman, aka The Butcher of Lyon) and Delle Chiaie - the founders of "The Fiances of Death" and played an important part in the "Cocaine Coup", that brought Garcia Meza to power in 1980. However when the regime fell apart in 1981, Murillo went rogue, refusing to accept defeat and began his own fraction "Terror Blanco Latino."\\\
Retreating to the jungle, they continued to fight everything they saw as a Communist threat (also crossing borders of Nicaragua to fight the Sandinistas), kidnapping, torturing and killing anyone they thought was a threat to the "Fascist Ideals". With the Cold War coming to an end, even his previous supporters began to see him as a problem, and his violent tactics were seen as a new kind of threat.\\\
Murillo and his army, knowing their days were now numbered, suddenly disappeared. Some thought (or hoped) that he had been "dealt with" - but some highly classified papers reveal, that his group was handed a large piece of land by the Delgados in the middle of the Colombian jungle, where he "and his people" have been living ever since - preparing for the rise of the New World Order.\\\
Murillo has come out of hiding to recruit new soldiers. He believes that he is a needed man once again, now that democracy has flooded South America. His drug ties from the early days in Bolivia have covered most of the cocaine territories in South America, and therefore is well acquainted with the Delgado Family Cartel. Intel tells us that a majority of the men at his compound have reached an old age and he needs young blood to fight for his New World Order regime.\\\
The ICA has been hired by a well-known government agency to cover up any links they might have had with him. The world is in a fragile state, and Murillo is a potential dangerous reminder of desperate actions from the Cold War era.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in England, Miranda Jamison (née Parker) developed an appreciation for fine arts at an early age and, thanks to her obvious talents and hard work, managed to attend Cambridge University from whence she accumulated multiple degrees in business and fine arts history.\\\
From there, Jamison went to work in various high-profile museums and was trained as a junior appraiser at a large American auction house. It was here she met the highly renowned art critic Alistair Jamison, who took her under his wing and trained her as a professional. The pair eventually became romantically involved and, despite a substantial age difference, married when Miranda was 28 and Alistair was 62. Miranda eventually became her husband’s superior and gained a legendary sense for the value of historic objects, earning her the respect of many within the field.\\\
At the age of 36, Miranda was widowed and at the funeral of her husband, she was approached by a group of men who explained to her that her husband had been involved in a complicated price fixing scheme. The group offered her his former role and access to the most prestigious art in the most. After some deliberation, she agreed. From then on, things escalated quickly.\\\
Jamison modernized the price fixing methodology of both galleries and auction houses, introduced multiple new practices to keep gallery prices secret and callously dumped a large group of artists who saw their works turn worthless overnight. The consequences of this famous “crimson period” were vast for artists and minor collectors, who lost both their fortunes and, in some cases, committed suicide.\\\
Initially hit by critique from some of the bigger collectors, the rise in value of the remaining works convinced them that the approach worked from a business point of view. Within five years, Miranda Jamison became not only a member of the art appreciation elite of the world but also a member of the secretive Ark Society. She now runs the largest art price fixing scheme in the world and is involved in everything from money laundering to tax evasion as a consequence.\\\
Now, Jamison is looking to expand her reach into the highest of tiers. To achieve that, she has stolen a painting from Randall Pryce, a former client of hers who had offered to sell it to her for $100 million – a price so ridiculous not even Jamison wanted to pay it. Jamison plans to “gift” the painting to The Ark Society in the name of famed adventurer Blake Nathaniel in the hopes that he will introduce her to his ultra-wealthy contacts.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The young Dame Barbara Keating, née Johnson, was from a modest working-class English background. Her father was a waiter at an expensive restaurant and unlike rest of the fathers in the neighborhood, who wore overalls and worked on a factory line, Samuel Johnson left to work in a white shirt and a tuxedo. Seeing her father dressed up every morning and her mother's glowing eyes as she served him his breakfast and brought him the paper was a source of pride to young Barbara. They may not have been better off than anybody else on the block - in fact they often struggled due to her father's heavy drinking - but in her esteem, they were still different.\\\
Barbara was a stunning beauty, and at the age of 18 she caught the eye of a visiting business man, Robert Keating, who was 25 years older than her and based halfway around the world in New Zealand. They married a few years later and when Keating had a heart attack in bed, Barbara sidelined Keating's family and took control of her late husband's business interests. A tough and ruthless business woman, Barbara Keating built an empire, often leaving a fair bit of wreckage in her slipstream.\\\
Much later, she made a foray into politics and was eventually appointed Minister of Trade and Foreign Affairs in her adopted homeland, before being given the honorary title Dame Barbara by the queen.\\\
At the height of her powers, however, the newly-minted Dame became engulfed in a scandal and was forced to step down from her post. A charity she represented benefitting the homeless was found to have funneled donations into Dame Barbara's own offshore holdings. To minimize the damage to herself, she drew on tabloid contacts and orchestrated an elaborate smear campaign against the director of the charity, a renowned but fragile poet and social organizer by the name of Jacqueline Vicar. The director was depicted as a blackmailer and conspirator, who aimed to entrap Dame Barbara in a scheme to pay off the mounting costs of Vicar's own private vices. Shortly thereafter, the director was involved in a conspicuously timed car accident, officially (and publicly) considered a suicide.\\\
Now a somewhat more paranoid (and significantly more cautious) Dame Barbara is preparing for her political comeback, with help from an uncanny body double.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Mark Faba (a.k.a. "The Undying") is an explosives expert and freelance assassin with a penchant for violent, theatrical spectacles.\\\
A disgraced [=MI5=] agent, Faba developed a unique "shock and awe" methodology inspired in equal terms by terrorism and performance art. He goes to great lengths to eliminate his targets as loudly and viscerally as possible.\\\
Present at the site of an IRA bombing in London, 10-year old Mark Faba experienced the power and spectacle of terrorism at close hand. Traumatised, the young boy withdrew from society, resorted to living in his parents' basement outside school hours and depply embedded himself in the world of hobby electronics and hacking.\\\
At 18, he had become smitten with the flamboyance of the late 1980's hacker scene. But after a series of hacks against the government, Faba was arrested and given a non-choice. Hone his skills with the Secret Service and work for Queen and country or face years of incarceration.\\\
At [=MI5=], Faba became an ace marksman and demolitions expert. He learned infiltration techniques and worked for years on domestic surveillance projects aimed at journalists, politicians, corporate heads and members of the upper class. Eventually, the work peeled away every shred of decency and humanity and the boundaries between right and wrong dissolved.\\\
While on a job to install surveillance equipment in the hotel suite of a visiting foreign diplomat, Faba's cover was blown. A struggle ensued and Faba ended up killing his intended surveillance target. He tried to cover his tracks but forensic experts at [=MI5=] soon suspected foul play. As the evidence mounted, Faba felt the ground burn beneath him. In his desperation, he turned to his old hacker connections and with their aid, Mark Faba disappeared from the world. Soon after, he was presumed dead by his own hand.\\\
Flash forward ten years. When an [=MI6=] agent was murdered under spectacular circumstances, the investigation revealed that Mark Faba was in fact alive and working as a freelance assassin in various conflict zones around the world.\\\
An ICA contract was issued on Faba, requesting his immediate termination.\\\
The agency dispatched one of its most seasoned agents, who successfully eliminated Faba in Somalia. Or so it seemed. A few years later, however, Faba reappeared in Kosovo alive and well, and so began one of the most enigmatic cases in ICA history. From that initial contract to the present day, ICA has confirmed the death of Faba no less than 25 times. Yet somehow, he keeps reappearing, growing bolder with every unsuccessful attempt – even having the audacity to send us clues to his whereabouts.\\\
Faba - with the internal nickname "The Undying" - has proven to be an un-erasable embarrassment for the agency. And now, he has sent us another taunting invitation: "if you're not busy, come to Miami during the innovation race. It's sure to be a crowd pleaser."\\\
The Board has decided that enough is enough. This time, they're sending their absolute best. if anyone can send Faba to an early – and not to mention permanent - grave, it is you 47.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel (Troutt):''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]A decorated war hero, Troutt is a center-right conservative with a strong popularity base among moderate voters in the U.S. As such, he represents a threat to interests of both sides of the U.S. political spectrum, who believe there is more than meets the eye to his popularity.\\\
His war record is questionable. Having served in Grenada, a great deal of his record has been redacted. But rumor has it that he was involved in a "friendly-fire" incident that left hundreds of civilians for dead and was then covered up in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion.\\\
Troutt retired after the Grenada invasion, though he soon landed a position as CEO for CICADA, a private military company. Ever the charmer, he was much liked and within a few years, he decided to go into politics, where his "populist" speeches soon made him a favorite amongst the better to-do voters of his party. in fact, his rise seemed almost too easy, which sparked off rumors of blackmail, as his opponents rarely dared to challenge him and would often bow down and retire from politics all together. However, his true tactics are more sinister than one would imagine.\\\
The connection between Troutt and Magee was first made 10 years ago, when Magee started to appear at his rallies. At first this seemed like a mere coincidence - Magee was a wealthy self-help guru and avid supporter of Troutt (like so many other wealthy people), but interested started to arise in their friendship, when Magee began to be shrouded in controversy concerning manipulation of his wealthy clients. Most politicians would immediately separate themselves from such controversy - but not Troutt. Though he never publicly defended Magee - he never distanced himself either. Some people have speculated whether Troutt is under Magee's "spell", but intel suggests that they are co-conspirators... Magee psychologically breaks Troutt's opponents in exchange for Troutt's political power keeping the law at bay.\\\
Troutt is now on a current "tour" of Europe, visiting business leaders and heads of state ahead of a likely presidential bid. We have learned that he will be visiting Silvio Caruso and will be staying in the clifftop villa for at least 48 hours.\\\
Expect him to have a dedicated security team ensuring his safety.[[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Target Intel (Magee):''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Richard Magee is a self-help guru and counselor to the elite.\\\
Little is known about Magee's early life - only that he suddenly appeared during the "Self-Help" boom at the end of the 1990's, and quickly became a star within the political elite in Washington - appearing as a "self-help" poster boy on various national television shows, writing a line of best selling books, etc. Magee was making a fortune. His "wise" words were a gold mine.\\\
But then the unexpected happened. He suddenly announced that he would be going into semi-retirement and only deal with exclusive clients. No more books, no more TV appearances. He later stated in a rare interview, that he felt he had done what he could do for "the common man", and now only works personally with one client at a time. A messiah move if anything. The people who could afford him flocked in droves and it's thought that there is a 15 year waiting list for his services.\\\
But the trail he left behind was not so pure... rumours of extortion, manipulation and even suicide surrounding his clients started to circulate... but were never proven. He had his clients tightly in his grip - they would forgive him for anything... and hence he seemed to have a free ticket to continue his work.\\\
On a side note: Several of his protégés are former members of the Church of Ascendants, though that organization does not seem to be directly involved in Magee's activities.\\\
A strong supporter of Congressman Anthony L. Troutt, they have often been seen together - though their connection has been vague. Our client believes though that they are very much connected - as his power of manipulation and Troutt's political ambition are directly responsible for their son's death.\\\
But Magee does not only work for Troutt - though he is following Troutt on his European tour, we believe that his business in Sapienza is more personal. We only know that he is meeting up with a Keith Keeble - his latest conquest. But not quite sure where... only that Keeble's lawyer, Catherine Feller will make contact once the unknown location is verified.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The true identity of the assignment, a serial killer labelled The Censor, is unknown.\\\
The nickname The Censor, stems from the only evidence left at each crime scene: a grade on how much the victims have struggled for their lives.\\\
From Official Criminal Profile reports, it is believed that he is male, Caucasian and in his early to mid 50's. He is meticulous and methodical, with an obviously high IQ.\\\
The reports further assesses he was raised in a dominant household, most likely by a judgement and authoritarian single parent, which presumably left a deep impact on how the suspect picks and "grades" his victims.\\\
He has eluded the authorities for many years, but he is beginning to show signs of carelessness and a pattern has started to emerge, which has led authorities to believe that his next mark is somewhere in Whittleton Creek.[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Target Intel:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Jimmy Chen has always dreamed of becoming an actor, but unfortunately he has almost no acting talent.\\\
After years of vain attempts, he auditioned for a Hong Kong reality show, where he looked so shabby that he became an Internet star. The enterprising Chen jumped at the opportunity and became a web blogger whose celebrity stories are riddled with contempt and anger. As it turned out, his true gift is mockery and mockery of those who prevented him from fulfilling the cherished sword. His show was a resounding commercial success, but Chen had little respect and fame. He decided to become a real journalist, but used questionable methods to achieve his goals.\\\
Collecting information for new material, Chen obtained incriminating evidence against a pharmaceutical company, who withheld the truth about the effects of its antidepressant. Rather than warn people straight away, Chen waited almost a year until the wave of suicides gave him a reason for a sensational publication.\\\
Our client, a wealthy architect from Hong Kong, whose younger sister died because Chen decided to add the price of his article, wants to dot the i's.[[/labelnote]]

Now a somewhat more paranoid (and significantly more cautious) Dame Barbara is preparing for her political comeback, with help from an uncanny body double.
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* EasterEgg: The laptop she reads from has the script of her upcoming campaign and eulogy... and by script, we mean the script ''[[https://imgur.com/P7UBvbu of the target itself]]'', complete with pauses and contemplative thoughts you hear in the game. This also applies to the notes the body double reads.

* ForTheEvulz: Gorski doesn't have any motivation for killing people, he just does it for his own entertainment.

* FakeCharity: Played with. She's the only one in the organization to have been involved in the scamming of Jaqueline Vicar, the charity simply deposited funds to her instead of the charity.