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Elusive Targets

These are targets that only last for a certain amount of real-world time before they disappear. 47 must fulfill the contract without dying in the mission itself; if he does, the mission is considered to be a failure and there is no restarting. You are free to restart in the mission, so long as you haven't completed any of the objectives, gotten killed, or have killed the targets. You also cannot save during an Elusive Target mission, making players be more wary of how they approach their target.

See Hitman (2016)'s Elusive Targets and See Hitman 2's Elusive Targets for the Legacy Elusive Targets^{In order}The Deceivers (Sapienza), The Stowaway (Isle of Sgail), The Politician (Hawke's Bay), The Black Hat (Paris), The Entertainer (Marrakesh), The Food Critic (Bangkok), The Bookkeeper (Colorado), The Fugitive (Hokkaido)

This game would later reuse these targets as part of Elusive Target Arcade, which mixes these targets up with others targets from earlier in the series.

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In General

• Darker and Edgier: These targets are quite a lot more vile and look more evil than the previous elusive targets were, with all these people (excluding Roe and Burk) being mass murderers or serial killers (Haynes, Newcombe, Moretta, and Bowden intentionally so, Chesterfield due to sheer negligence, Bayswater as she’s an assassin). It really says a lot about these targets that the Professional Killer of the group is the one that’s the least detestable. And while 2016 and 2 had serial killers for targets as well, they were far more subtle about their approaches (Gorski from 2 was a Needle in a Stack of Needles and required identification as the ICA didn't know what they looked like, and Etta Davis from 2016 is Faux Affably Evil and looking like someone's grandmother).
• Evil Brit: The first three of the targets, along with one of the Procurers, are of British origin.
• Faux Affably Evil: Almost all of these targets (apart from Chesterfield, Burk, and Bowden) are incredibly charismatic people who can play others like fiddles, while having no care for those they ruin. Terrifyingly, they're far better at keeping up this act than almost all the other targets in previous series.
• Loose Canon: Essentially what the canonicity of the targets boils down to; disconnected from the main story arc, but not entirely Exiled from Continuity either. Some can easily be interpreted as taking place on a different day as main story events never interfere with the Elusive Target (The Liability and The Ascensionist never really make any reference to the events of Berlin or Dubai, while the ICA Agents in Berlin and Marcus Stuyvesant / Carl Ingram in Dubai are absent), none of them show up in Hitman 3's ICA sanctioned target files, while it's impossible for The Collector, The Procurers and The Iconoclast to have occurred as the former two are set in one of the Partners' (fairly well guarded) estates in England, while the latter is a party primarily exclusive to Providence members and associates.
• Needle in a Stack of Needles: The targets don’t show up on Instinct, and some can look pretty generic-looking and thus, blend into a crowd more. Part of the gameplay of an Elusive Target is to find them, and think on the fly as to how to eliminate them. The Iconoclast has Joanne wear an all-white pantsuit, which is pretty close to what other female members of the party are wearing.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Many of these targets are either references to actors or based on notorious historical figures. Averted with "The Drop" as he's modelled after his VA; Dimitri Vegas.
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: They don't all have lines for when you bump into them, drop something in front of them, or if you do other specific player interactions or weird things in front of them, then they will often falling back to a generic voice. It should be noted that this is target-dependant, as the voice actors are often shared between targets and NPC's anyway.
• Seven Deadly Sins: With the Exception of "The Drop", all the Elusive Targets for this game represent some aspect of this trope — see each folder for details.
• The Sociopath: This game probably has the highest sociopath-to-jerkass ratio in the series where Elusive Targets are concerned. None of these people value human life, and will do anything to gain an advantage, no matter who they hurt along the way. The only people who don't show multiple signs of having the condition are the Procurers, the Liability, and possibly the Ascensionist.
• Temporary Online Content: As mentioned in the blurb above, they’re only around for a limited window of time. Once they're gone, that's it. If you die in the level, you cannot restart. And if you simply miss it, you'll have to wait for anything up to a year for them to even have a chance of returning. Notably, all these targets ran again between December 2021 and January 2022 for those that missed them, who joined later on, or were otherwise engaged for other reasons.

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The Collector (Kody Haynes)

Kody Haynes

The Collector

"I'll handle that nasty hag - not now, but once I've got you safe. And then I'll take care of her. And we can forget all about the past. And everything will be as it should be."

Voiced By: Matthew Gravelle

An obsessive art collector visiting Thornbridge Manor to steal a painting by Sisal Bardu. After previously being caught trying to embezzle his wife's family fortune, he’s since went underground, killing any previous owners of the paintings he collects. The client, a gallerist who originally sold Bardu's paintings to Haynes and one of his next victims, requests that Haynes be killed, offering a bonus if Bardu's painting is obtained.

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• Accent Relapse: Kody speaks with a strong Welsh accent throughout the level, but he switches to a normal English accent when talking to himself.
• Bullying a Dragon: Haynes is trying to steal a painting from, and hopes to kill, a woman who is one of three major figures who’ve been secretly ruling over the world, and could easily have her powerful clandestine organization eliminate him with no consequences.
• Challenge Run: The only way to get a 5-star Silent Assassin in the level is if you also follow through with obtaining the painting; it’s otherwise optional.
• Consummate Liar: He's a convincing liar, as he's forged an authentic-looking court order to access Thornbridge Manor, and has a decent alibi while pretending to be mansion staff.
• Crime After Crime: He's murdered the previous owners of the paintings he's stolen. The client, who sold Haynes some of Sisal Bardu's oeuvre, ordered the contract after realizing Haynes would eventually target them.
• Dark Is Evil: His black suit and dark glasses make him come off as very unnerving. In a way, it suits him well, considering the type of person he is.
• Death by Materialism: His need to possess the entire oeuvre of an artist leaves a trial that makes his potential next victim, who previously sold him paintings, place a contract against him.
• Developer's Foresight: Haynes has additional dialogue if Alexa Carlisle dies in front of him.
• Easy Level Trick: One of the easiest ways of killing him is by throwing a propane tank down the fireplace he may inspect. To make the final approach to the painting, he also steps into the staff changing room completely alone and unfollowed by his assigned bodyguard, giving an obvious opportunity for a covert kill.
• Fatal Flaw: Greed. Kody opting to murder every previous owner of Sisal Bardu's paintings made someone who sold him paintings previously realize they'd be next on his list, prompting them to order the contract.
• Evil Brit: The first of many evil British elusive targets in this game.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He has glasses, and is an incredibly sinister man.
• Gold Digger: A gender-inverted example. He married the daughter of a fast food company's owner to steal the family's money, but ended up being caught.
• Greed: Haynes' defining trait. He's willing to do anything from stealing money to murder just to collect his paintings.
• Green-Eyed Monster: It's not enough for him to have a piece of artwork and being willing to kill its owner to get it; Haynes can't stand the idea of there being any prior owners still alive even after he steals it. Fortunately for your Silent Assassin rating, though, he'll opt not to kill Carlisle during the mission if he retrieves the painting.
• I Have Many Names: Finbarr Higgins while disguised as a wildlife inspector, and Pete while disguised as mansion staff.
• Janitor Impersonation Infiltration: After being advised to talk to a maid in the kitchen while disguised as a wildlife inspector, Kody will head there and disguise himself as mansion staff while pretending he needs to use the toilet.
• Marrying the Mark: Married the heiress of a fast food company just so he could siphon their family fortune. Unfortunately for him he got caught doing so.
• Master Actor: He's managed to infiltrate a heavily-guarded mansion using a forged court order (as the ghost orchid is a critically endangered plant in the UK) before disguising as a housekeeper. It helps that he's able to throw off Rebecca or his bodyguard's suspicions of him.
• Master of Disguise: He's infiltrated the manor by pretending to be a wildlife inspector searching for a stolen ghost orchid. However, it's possible he'll impersonate the house cleaning staff to get to the painting if you restart.
• Needle in a Stack of Needles:
  • Kody can already be disguised as another staff member if you restart, meaning he doesn't always start as a wildlife expert, despite the briefing showing him as such. He's easily distinguished by his glasses, dark brown hair, and the fact he's missing two fingers on his left hand.
  • The painting is hidden amongst the other paintings in the manor, some of the décor and treasures have been changed to enforce this trope. The painting does not change places with reruns, so you don't have to worry about it moving. An optional part of the mission is about recovering it. It’s situated in the Carlisle study, something the intel image already reveals to those who know the levels' architecture.
• Oh, Crap!: If Haynes discovers that the painting has already been taken, he'll attempt to flee.
• Recurring Boss Template: He's a combination of "The Stowaway"'s Jimmy Chen (who will re-disguise himself if he's caught out) and "The Broker"'s Howard Moxon (who is a collector of art who was involved with a sale of a WWII-era Filigree egg in Paris, which requires retrieving it). Here, Kody has a few cycles of him impersonating a wildlife inspector, and then as part of the house-cleaning staff, although it's possible he'll skip the former step on restart reruns.
• Serial Killer: Haynes doesn't just steal art, he also murders the previous owners.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Haynes specifically represents Greed, with his all-consuming desire to not only own the entire oeuvre of Sisal Bardu's work, but to kill anyone else who has ever owned one of Bardu's paintings, so Haynes can be the only one alive in the world to have ever owned a Bardu painting.
• There Can Only Be One: His modus operandi is killing anyone who owns Sisal Bardu's works so he can be the only living person in the world to own it. Alexa Carlisle and the person who sold him his paintings would have been his next targets had the latter not contacted the ICA.
• The Sociopath: Cares for no one but himself and his dear paintings and is a brilliant liar to boot.
• Timed Mission: If Haynes manages to procure the painting (which only happens if 47 removes the bodyguards from Alexa's study) or if 47 beats him to the chase, he'll retreat to his van parked at the front of the mansion.
• Warding Gestures: He's missing both the index and middle fingers on his left hand, giving it this appearance.

The Iconoclast (Joanne Bayswater)

Joanne Bayswater

The Iconoclast

"It's just business. We don't question what we do. We just do it."

Voiced By: Elsie Bennett

A contract killer who has gone rogue on the assassin agency that hired her. Bayswater is currently attending a party in Vinedo Yates, scouting for potential clients.

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• Ambiguous Situation: The competitor to the ICA is never specified.
• Assassins Are Always Betrayed: Joanne is betrayed by her assassin agency because she kept killing civilians needlessly. Her handler, the one who makes this very contract, strongly disliked how she handled the way she did her job, and so decided that Joanne needed to be put down.
• Assassin Outclassin': She's foiled any killers hired by her agency to put her down, forcing them to turn to 47 to put an end to her.
• Blood Knight: Her agency banished her after her inflated ego started to put civilians' lives at risks.
• Call-Back: Its stated that she started her assassin work after running into an "old friend" of 47's called Robert Montgomery. While not confirmed, Diana is likely referring to Agent Montgomery from "Apex Predator".
• Can't Take Criticism: She lost it after being rightfully condemned for allowing innocent people to die in her overly elaborate assassinations, going rogue rather than face any consequences for her actions.
• Contract on the Hitman: And for good reason. Her former employers let her go, and made an ICA contract to get rid of her.
• Consummate Professional: Tells her client that emotions aren't in her line of work after he asks if she cares about the person he put a contract on.
• Evil Brit: Through the voice acting chops of Elsie Bennett.
• Evil Genius: She's extremely intelligent, as shown by her ability to get into Cambridge through legitimate means, yet is every bit as rotten as 47, possibly more so.
• Expy: Of Tuulia Hernandez from Hitman: Sniper. Both go rogue from their respective assassin agencies, both start up a rival business to carry out assassinations, and both are wanted by the ICA as a contracts gets put on their heads.
• Faux Action Girl: While she’s built up as a master assassin rivaling 47, she’s unarmed in-game and will scream and flee if alerted by 47.
• Faux Affably Evil: She's far more polite and charismatic than the stone-cold 47, but it's clearly an act to lull a false sense of comfort in her targets or woo people into hiring her as an assassin.
• Foil: In a lot of ways:
  • Joanne is set up to be a Rule 63 version of 47, in that her morals are directly inverse to 47; she takes on kills for hubris and pride, while 47 does it because a contract is a contract, and at least tries to contain civilian casualties (This is not a hard-and-fast rule as Viktor Novikov was canonically killed with stage lights, which was surrounded by an audience). In addition, whereas 47's main suit is black, Joanne wears a white suit.
  • The briefing mentions attempts of her former agency attempting to get rid of her; which is similar to what happens to 47 in both Hitman: Absolution (where Travis starts an international manhunt for 47 after protecting Victoria, a subject in his own secret cloning-super-assassin agent program), and in Berlin (where Jiao and the ICA Agents are hunting 47 on behalf of a client). The key difference is that here, the agency had good reasons to out Joanne (killing civilians way too much); Travis and the ICA did not when it came to 47 (Diana gets on the 47 hitlist simply because she knows too much about said project, and later 47 gets hunted by Travis with the full force of the ICA because he's protecting Victoria, and Travis becomes more and more irrational to get Victoria back), while in Berlin, it's strongly suggested the client was a Providence contact who wanted to get rid of Olivia and 47, neither of which is actual betrayal to the ICA on 47's part (in the former, the ICA welcomes Diana and 47 back with welcome arms).
  • Her favoured gun seems to be a black variant of the AMT Hardballer; the gun from 2016's tutorial ridiculed by fans for looking like an off-brand Silverballer, (47's personal firearm iconic to the series).
  • Joanne is also similar to Mark Faba, both being rival assassins to 47, both from English origins, both ex-MI5 operatives, and both elusive targets. However, while Faba is theatrical and elaborate with his kills and acts more like a parody of less-stealthy Hitman players, Joanne prefers the more Boring, but Practical methods, such as sniping and keeping things quiet. And while both Faba and Joanne are hands-on assassins, Bayswater has semi-retired from that life, and is kickstarting a small assassination agency that employs assassins for her contacts.
  • Even Joanne's handler is described in a way that makes them have opposing behaviours to Diana.
  • Joanne herself, through her phone calls, has a few parallels to Diana, with similar lines in a similar accent. But while Diana is (relatively) more warm and personable, Joanne's are more cold and instructional. Joanne also dismisses the motive for the hit, saying that emotions are not her line of work. Lastly, Joanne never refers to her agent by name (something even Jiao does in Berlin, despite also acting professional despite the circumstances).
• Freudian Excuse: She was sent to a boarding school at a young age and failed to live up to her demanding father's expectations, even when she excelled in school. This led to her becoming far more ruthless in her choice of profession, trying to satisfy her own ego before anything else, regardless of the consequences of her actions.
• The Ghost: Diana notes that the ICA never knew of Joanne's existence until the contract was issued.
• Hunter of His Own Kind: 47 is tasked at hunting a rival companies' assassin because her handler didn't like her reckless behaviour.
• Informed Ability: For a Professional Killer, she does jack squat when confronted by 47. For comparison, she singlehandedly wiped out entire squads of assassins hellbent on eliminating her.
• Light Is Not Good: She wears an all-white jumpsuit as part of her ensemble, much like the 2016 Elusive Target Nila Torvik.
• My Card: Hands out business cards to the people in Mendoza if they want to use her services to kill anyone they want. A way to kill her is to take a card and kill her in the theatre.
• Narcissist: Goes with being the symbol of pride. Her view of herself is incredibly inflated and she’s unable to take criticism, going rogue because she was upset with people telling her what to do. She also loves to be the center of attention, risking her cover to brag to random guests.
• Needle in a Stack of Needles: She blends in quite well with her surroundings, in part because about 75% of the party guests are all in suits and many of the women are wearing the same style of suit she wears.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: At first glance, she looks like Ariana Grande.
• Obviously Evil: She just stops short of saying she's a Professional Killer to the point that pretty much everyone she talks to is aware of her profession. If she wasn't around a bunch of villains, she would be caught in an instant.
• Professional Killer: What she is; or rather, was notorious for. She wants to start her own agency, which is why she's at the party in Mendoza.
• Properly Paranoid: Being an assassin, she's aware of various trick of the trade, always asks if food has been tampered with, and doesn’t go anywhere without her bodyguard.
• Recurring Boss Template: To Mark Faba, the Miami Elusive Target in Hitman 2, who’s also an assassin that the ICA want dead. They differ in that he has a reputation for coming back from the dead, and welcomes any agent trying to kill him. While Bayswater is also a top assassin who’s managed to kill those who have tried to kill her, she’s Properly Paranoid that someone’s out to get her.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Bayswater represents Pride, her inflated ego and refusal to learn from her mistakes solidifying her as such.
• The Spook: Most of her background profile has been redacted besides her upbringing and education. The ICA wasn't aware of her existence before the hit against her was made, as she fell off the radar when studying in Cambridge.
• The Sociopath: Speaks of murder with the cadence of ordering takeout and completely uncaring of collateral damage, and happens to be the Season of Pride's Elusive Target.
• Start My Own: Joanna wants to start her own professional killing business. The reason she's at the party is because her agency ousted her for averting Never Hurt an Innocent one too many times.
• Villain in a White Suit: Wears a white suit and is a sociopathic hitwoman.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: An extremely dark example. As a child, she was determined to earn her distant father's approval, taking a much darker path in life when that failed to work.

The Liability (Terrence Chesterfield)

Terrence Chesterfield

The Liability

"I'll be sure to let the owner know he has such a... vigilant individual on staff."

Voiced By: Richard Stemp

A disgraced English building inspector walking around Club Hölle to inspect the site. The clients, members of a private fund company established to help victims of his incompetent building inspection, has put a hit on him to ensure no more disasters.

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• Achievements in Ignorance: Quite literally speaking. Chesterfield's complete disregard for work ethic and safety means he has a higher body count than 47 himself, something Diana even makes note of. Even assuming that 47's only hits were the playable ones and he never killed anyone except his targets, that's over 200 deaths to his name.
• Army of Lawyers: How he got off all his convictions. The landowners and their associates were so grateful for the money he saved them that they were willing to pay for a legal dream team on his behalf, almost making him a Karma Houdini.
• Blatant Lies:
  • He’ll tell obvious lies to his guide as to why he's taking a breather so often. Similarly, he’ll take offense when questioned why he doesn't want to go up the stairs.
  • The fact he claims the derelict power plant' very rickety equipment is perfectly safe is a patent lie.
  • He'll claim a man who slipped and injured himself is committing insurance fraud, despite the massive spill in front of him.
• Conspiracy Theorist: He's convinced that the building collapse was an elaborate scheme to defraud him and his employers and that the deceased were in on the scheme. How much he believes this is unknown.
• Crooked Contractor: Of the Plain Criminal variety. Chesterfield's "inspections" amount to nothing more than walking around a site, cutting corners, and leaving the property owners with as little paperwork as he can.
• Deadpan Snarker: Diana's quip for identifying Terrance is her mentioning how he has more kills under his belt that 47 does (which is no mean feat, given 47's a prolific killer).
• Dress-Coded for Your Convenience: One of the few times where instead of the target being lost in a Needle in a Stack of Needles, his entire ensemble is actually helpful to the player this time around as no other NPC on the map dresses in a High Visibility Jacket.
• Evil Brit: Noticing a pattern here? He's very evil and very British just like the previous two elusive targets.
• Hypocrite: Upon seeing a man injured from a slip, Chesterfield immediately dismisses him as a lazy person committing insurance fraud. This coming from a man whose laziness has resulted in the deaths of countless people.
• Indirect Serial Killer: His shoddy safety inspections have caused a building complex to collapse and a natural gas explosion levelling an entire block, resulting in several deaths. According to Diana, he has a higher body count than 47.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: He would’ve gotten away with all his crimes if 47 hadn't put him to sleep permanently.
• Karmic Death: The map has a lot of death traps that can be used to kill him, including the tree, the lighting cubes, the disco ball, really almost any and every accidental hazard in the club can be used.
• Lack of Empathy: He couldn't give less of a fuck about the people he's killed due to his laziness.
• Lazy Bum: His own briefing notes that he’s so lazy that he refuses to wash his own socks, until the soles are black, and has spent a lot of money on boxsets of old and cancelled TV shows. His main concern in the level is finding somewhere to sit and be lazy, and at the Juice Bar to get a drink, and will somehow sleep at one of the bars in the club.
• Make It Look Like an Accident: Out of all the elusive targets in the franchise, he may be the one who has the most amount of accidental kills that can be used to kill him. Ironic, as many of these accident kills are only available due to his laziness.
• Meaningful Name: A chesterfield is a type of sofa, a fitting surname for Terrence.
• Nepotism: The reason he's a safety inspector in the first place, thanks to his parents.
• Never Hurt an Innocent: A stipulation in the contract is that 47 will get a bonus if Marion Keene, the daughter of the client, does not get killed. For players going for Silent Assassin, you'll have to find ways to split her and Terrence up.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Bears a strong resemblance to that of well-known English actor Toby Jones.
• No OSHA Compliance: Enforced. His method for saving money for the businesses he works for is by cutting corners in construction and inspections in every way imaginable. This lead into natural gas build-up and explosions, hiring negligent workers, and really any and every other accident one can expect of a lazy worker like him could be responsible for if he was in charge.
• NPC Scheduling: His routine was intentionally designed by the developers so that he walks past, into, and over, as many accidental hazards as possible in the level. This makes it possible to kill him via electrocution with a water puddle, drowned in the toilets if you emetically poison him beforehand, smash his head in with a disco ball, electrocute him on the bridge with the tree as the DJ, and many more. Because of his laziness, Chesterfield also takes a lot of breaks, temporarily becoming a Stationary Boss so you can kill him with a gas canister explosion. He also drinks from the juice bar as part of his routine, so he can easily be poisoned too with emetic or lethal poison.
  • If you're quick enough, you can kill him with a disco ball that hangs above his head on the large tree in the Juice Bar about 30 seconds into the level.
• Obliviously Evil: He doesn't purposely seek to cause hundreds of deaths from his incompetence, but he clearly doesn't care.
• Off on a Technicality: Managed to escape being charged for his poor building inspections by claiming the victims were attempting to commit insurance fraud and having a landlord's association pay for his Army of Lawyers.
• Pushover Parents: Chesterfield's parents used him to validate their own insecurities and praised him for doing the most bare minimum of effort, resulting in him becoming a Lazy Bum with no work ethic.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: He uses his wealth to hire brilliant lawyers who are able to get his many charges dropped. He's repeated this tactic many times.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Chesterfield represents Sloth, as his laziness and refusal to do his due diligence for his job have cost countless lives.
• The Slacker: He isn't called "Ten-Minute Terry" by the press for nothing. His "safety inspections" involve just walking around a building and then leaving the owners with as little paperwork as possible.

The Heartbreaker (Philo Newcombe)

Philo Newcombe

The Heartbreaker

"Damn it... It wasn't supposed to happen like this. She wasn't ready... She'll be mourning that woman for years."

Voiced By: Lance Fuller

A wedding planner who sabotages the weddings he plans by murdering one of the fiancés and then seducing the other. The client, one of Newcombe's previous victims, has found out he’s currently helping a couple plan their wedding at Vinedo Yates.

You can view the briefing here. For tropes pertaining to Phoebe and Michelle, go to here (under "Others").

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• Ambiguously Bi: Interestingly, the wedding planner the client gives the ICA marks either the husband or the wife of the various victims separately as his former targets, suggesting he swings both ways when it comes to murdering for love. However, his profile specifically states that he fixates "on the brides" and the possibility of him killing his female targets for rejecting his initial advances is also quite in-character for him.
• The Cameo: The clients' wedding planner is filled with research into Philo, all shown during the briefing, and contains some very odd cameos:
  • Both Nila Torvik (2016's "The Pharmacist" Elusive Target) and Scott Sarno (a member of The Sarajevo Six) are one of the couples seen, the former dying in a plane crash.
  • Howard Moxon (2016's "The Broker" Elusive Target) is noted down as killed in a car "accident".
  • The married couple seen in Himmelstein appear here, the bride apparently drowned.
• Creepy Blue Eyes: Has icy blue eyes to go with his Slasher Smile, befitting of someone who murders their clients and steals their fiancées.
• Depraved Bisexual: Seduces both the brides and grooms he works for before doing away with their partner.
• Developer's Foresight: The exit in the vineyard now has a guard overlooking the gate. This was very likely done in response to players using it as a fairly easy level exit in "The Iconoclast" Elusive Target.
• Devil in Plain Sight: Besides having an unnerving smile and Creepy Blue Eyes, he makes several advances towards Michelle, suggests that the couple use purple and orange flowers (colors typically associated with Halloween) for their ceremony, and frequently comments about leaving his scrapbook in his van. While Phoebe points out his creepy behavior to Michelle, she dismisses it as him being unusually passionate about his work. The two can be shown his scrapbook, causing them to immediately run away.
• Freudian Excuse: Philo's mother died when he was young and he never got over his idealized image of her. Its implied that his killings come from a desire to have a relationship instead of having to plan weddings for others.
• I Just Want to Be Loved: Implied. If Michelle and Phoebe are scared off, Philo will complain in the theatre about having to plan others' weddings instead of planning his own.
• I Needa Freaking Drink: If you show Michelle and Phoebe his scrapbook and subsequently causing them to leave in a frightened hurry, Philo will go off and drink wine in an annoyed funk. This can be used to kill him by poisoning the glass ahead of time, potentially with his own poison vial from his van.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: It's possible to kill him with his own poison vial that he was intending to use to murder Phoebe.
• I Need to Go Iron My Dog: Philo makes very bad excuses to be alone from the couple when they talk in private, one of which is claiming his phone is ringing.
• It's All About Me: If either Phoebe or Michelle are killed, he’ll be more concerned that he won't be able to shack up with Michelle.
• Meaningful Name: Philo is the Greek prefix for "Love" and "Loving".
• Murder the Hypotenuse: Newcombe's modus operandi is by ingratiating himself with the couples he plans the weddings for, before murdering the half of the partnership he deems undesirable and taking their place. During the mission, its clear he plans on doing this to Phoebe.
• No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Newcombe heavily resembles serial killer Ted Bundy. Newcombe also comes from Vermont, Bundy's home state, and both are stated to have despised their step-parents.
• Reminiscing About Your Victims: He keeps a scrapbook containing pictures of the victims and their hair and clothing samples in his van, and mutters to himself about forgetting to bring it with him during the tour. Showing it to the couple will result in them seeing Newcombe's true colors and leaving.
• Serial Killer: Of the brides and grooms he caters for.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Newcombe represents Lust. He kills one of the people in a wedding, and then attempts to take their place.
• Slasher Smile: His resting face is this, coming off as very unnerving in his promo materials.
• The Sociopath: He’s impulsive, narcissistic, unable to understand the feelings of others, and superficially charming. He's one of the clearest examples in the entire series, a series that has such people as Strandberg and Nabazov.
• Sore Loser: If you steal his scrapbook and give it to Phoebe or Michelle, Philo throws a tantrum when they run away and goes off to sulk in the projection room.
• Would Hit a Girl: Several of his previous victims are women, and he’s planning on killing one of the two brides he is currently working for.
• Yandere: His entire schtick is that he arranges weddings, and kills one of the people in that partnership, in the hopes of taking their place.

The Procurers (Jack Roe & Robert Burk)

Jack "Jakob Ro" Roe & Robert Burk

The Procurers

"Thank you for your contribution, Mr. Carlisle. In appreciation of your offering, I will make sure you look impeccable."

Voiced By: Derek Hagen (Jack), Richard Stemp (Robert)

A famous New Nordic cuisine chef and an embalmer respectively, Roe and Burk have set up a culinary business secretly using corpse material in their dishes. After learning the truth about their cooking practices, an anonymous celebrity hires 47 to eliminate the duo at Thornbridge Manor. Roe is currently trying to entice Gregory Carlisle, while Burk is embalming Zachary Carlisle's corpse.

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• Accidental Murder: How Roe ended up killing his ex when she tried to blackmail him.
• As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Jakob Ro is an alias of Jack Roe, and he chose the name specifically because it sounded Scandinavian. People ate the faux alias right up, so to speak.
• Bullying a Dragon: Unintentional on their part, but they're fortunate the Carlisle's didn't find out what they were being fed.
• Callback:
  • Several levels get featured in the briefing, although Bangkok is notably not featured here, despite having an arguably more chef-like kitchen and environment, and a similarly thematic Elusive Target (The Food Critic) based there, although said Elusive Target did rerun after this one:
    • Paris's kitchen, side rooms and top floor for the auction are used to demonstrate the cooking of human flesh, the puking of the client, and the showing off of the food respectively.
    • Hokkaido's morgue appears here where the two are arguing about something. The level had already previously established to have gotten organs illicitly via an organ harvesting ring ran by Dr. Ito at the facility.
    • The Sapienza backstreets, as well as outside the morgue are shown off here, where the two take a tour of the streets, and then visit a hearse and coffin outside the morgue.
  • Robert can be killed by releasing the gas on a balcony's patio heater and then replacing his smokes so he'll sit beside the heater. This is exactly the same as one method of killing Yuki Yamazaki in Hitman (2016).
• The Corrupter: Roe is stated to have groomed Burk into being his partner-in-crime.
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Murder and con-man aspects aside, Jack really is a very good chef, being inspired by his parents' own cooking when growing up to pursue being a chef with an apprenticeship in a London restaurant.
• Creepy Mortician: Burk uses his job as a way of sourcing the human body parts Roe uses in his meals.
• Dark Is Evil: Robert Burk, as a stark contrast to the Light Is Not Good Roe.
• Developer's Foresight: If you incapacitate and hide Gregory away in between tastings, you will get unique dialogue from Jack Roe mentioning how "rude" it was for him to leave and that he doesn't like food that goes to waste.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Roe has never considered actually killing people to procure meat (his murder of his ex-girlfriend was a heat-of-the-moment Death by Falling Over action), and instead procures flesh from the corpses of people who have died from other causes.
• Evil Brit: While Jack is American (even if he'd like you to believe he's Danish) Burk is British, like many an elusive target in this game.
• Evil Chef: Roe is a New Nordic chef and cannibal who uses corpse material in his cooking.
• Exact Words: During their meeting, Jack will refuse to give Robert his cigarettes by saying they're "going to kill" him. If Robert gets his cigarettes back, he'll smoke next to a patio heater that can be tampered with.
• Fauxreigner: Roe, an American, pretends to be a native Danish chef with the name "Jakob Ro".
• Foreign Culture Fetish: Originally from Brooklyn, Roe met a Danish waitress and moved to Denmark, where he developed an obsession for New Nordic cuisine and the culture. He then kicked off his career pretending to be a Danish chef called Jakob Ro.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Jack sports glasses, making him resemble Walter White with hair.
• Freudian Excuse: Ever since he was a child, Burk was ostracized and ignored due to his eccentricity and profession. Roe was the first person to ever treat him as a friend.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Burk went from a meek victim of bullying, to a talented embalmer, to a depraved cannibal who would acquire corpses to feed to unwitting customers. Roe started off as a con artist before ending up as a murderer and cannibal. It's clear that by the time that 47 catches up to them, they're far beyond any chance of redemption.
• Gonk: While Roe is rather attractive, Burk is rather ghoulish looking, with an almost skeletal face, a heavy overbite, and a perpetually empty facial expression.
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Burk is a heavy smoker, and an incredibly evil man.
• He Knows Too Much: Roe killed his ex-girlfriend after she threatened to expose his Danish identity as a fraud unless he gave her a cut of his profits.
• I'm a Humanitarian: Jack uses human meat in his dishes, while Robert procures said meat to use in his dishes. Somehow, nobody who eats the dishes notices.
• Karmic Death: Roe can be killed by his own dish.
• Lack of Empathy: Jack doesn't seem too concerned if Burk is killed, caring more about how it'll affect his "business."
• Lean and Mean: Burk looks like the corpses he works on.
• Light Is Not Good: Roe, in a direct contrast to the Dark Is Evil Robert Burk.
• Manipulative Bastard: Roe is an excellent Con Man who has betrayed the trust of and deceived almost everyone he's met, using them as tools to fulfil his own ends. Everything about him is an act, a smokescreen to hide his true intentions and personality.
• Meaningful Name: Is it a coincidence Burk's last name is one letter off from legendary graverobber William Burke?
• Must Have Nicotine: Robert is a chain-smoker, although Jack has confiscated his cigarettes. His cigarette pack can be obtained by taking them from Jack's body, causing him to go outside to smoke near a patio heater and potentially blow him up.
• Never Found the Body: Jack Roe turned the body of the girlfriend he murdered into food.
• New Work, Recycled Graphics: The client for the contract is represented by Hans Lucht in Dubai. Whether or not it's really him is unknown, as the client is anonymous.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Jack bears some resemblance to Bryan Cranston. Fittingly, Cranston has played a criminal meth cook.
• No Social Skills: Burk is incredibly stiff in his mannerisms, coming across as awkward and creepy in almost all his interactions, in contrast to the charismatic Roe.
• Odd Friendship: The two of them formed more than a professional bond when they became partners in crime but while it’s clear that Burk admires Jack, it's likely Roe is manipulating the weak-willed Burk for his connections.
• Oh, Crap!: Robert freaks out if Jack is killed in front of him, fearing he'll be caught. Fortunately for him, he never has to worried about going to jail, as he's the next one to go.
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Jack speaks in a faux-Scandinavian accent around Gregory Carlisle, but drops it in private. He briefly attempts to keep up the façade when meeting Robert, only to be asked to drop it.
• Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo: The plate Jack serves Gregory will always be taken out to the staff room after he's done, where Jack himself will eat it since he doesn't want it going to waste. With precise timing it can be poisoned as he eats it.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Both Roe and Burk complain about having to work with the other during the mission, likely because of Roe confiscating Burk's cigarettes.
• The Secret of Long Pork Pies: Roe's dishes contain human flesh and body parts, which he uses Burk to obtain. Roe's bio even notes that he disposed of his ex-girlfriend this way.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Jack represent Gluttony. He makes food to unwitting audiences that contain human meat. Similarly, Gregory Carlisle can be seen in the dinner hall eating up dish after dish, unaware of what he's actually eating. In a twist on the general idea of Gluttony meaning to overindulge to the point of waste, Jack's primary goal in using human corpses in his dish is to not waste any materials.
• Shout-Out:
  • Robert Burk's last name may be a reference to William Burk, one half of a criminal duo who supplied a doctor with corpses to examine by robbing graves and then eventually murdering people for money.
  • Burk may also be one for the Tall Man from the Phantasm franchise, due to his similar appearance and overall creepy nature.
• Start of Darkness: Jack used to simply be a fraud hiding behind a fake persona, only becoming the dangerous criminal he is now after accidentally killing his girlfriend. Desperate not to be caught, he turned her body into meat, giving him an idea on what to do with his life.
• Stereotype Flip: Both of them are quite different to stereotypical personifications of Gluttony. Jack's gluttony is shown by his cannibalism and how he hates food waste so much he eats Gregory's meal during his break, while Burk is both a chain-smoker and an alcoholic. In addition, while Gluttony is usually depicted with overweight characters, both are thin in appearance.
• Villainous Breakdown: If Robert sees Jack die, he’ll retreat to the office and panic about being exposed and going to prison. If Jack sees Robert die, he’ll worry about losing his supply of ingredients and would lean against his truck outside, commenting that he can't leave as it'll be too suspicious but it'll be "safe out here".
• Villainous Cheekbones: Burk has gaunt cheekbones and has an overbite, befitting his disturbing nature.

The Ascensionist (Allison Moretta)

Allison Moretta

The Ascensionist

"I'll be mortified if he mentions me. Would you mind if we just went somewhere to continue our chat?"

Voiced By: Shea Hall

A murderous socialite climbing the social ladder who not only killed the client, but also wants to acquire art from the Burj Al-Ghazali. She is currently touring the building with her next mark, art collector Charles "Chuck" Ogilvy, with the hope of acquiring pieces for her own art gallery.

You can view the briefing here.

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• A Form You Are Comfortable With: She assumes the identity of a person that she believes her target will be most vulnerable to, effortlessly switching between personas when she needs to. She goes as far as to change her accent and mannerisms depending on the person.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Allison acts as a kindred spirit towards her marks before killing them. She convinces Charles to update his will as she makes veiled remarks about him dying.
• Brief Accent Imitation: Briefly pulls off a Southern accent when one of her other clients spots her.
• Con Man: Allison creates personas and ingratiates herself with more successful people before stealing their assets, murdering them, and vanishing. Though she cares less about the money and more about using whatever means she can to open her own art gallery.
• Consummate Liar: She's an excellent liar, being able to effortlessly assume a persona to catch her victims off guard and lead them to their demise without them being any the wiser until it's too late. This is from a mix of her perception and ability to improvise on a whim.
• Contractual Boss Immunity: Allison sees through all of 47's outfits, can't be served poisoned food, and will run away if Chuck is subdued. The only time she can be poisoned is when she briefly drinks from a tea cup in the atrium's private bar.
• Crazy-Prepared: Her previous mark caught onto the possibility of Allison killing him and set up a Dead Man's Switch that would prepare a contract against her.
• Dark Is Evil: She wears black clothes and is a ruthless murderer.
• Dead Man's Switch: After being conned and killed by Allison, the client for this contract triggered a dead mans switch, as he hadn't checked in, and thus the contract was published.
• Faux Affably Evil: While she's genuine about her work, she's also a ruthless murderer who lulls her victims into a false sense of security before draining them of their assets and tossing them out like garbage. Scarily, she's far better at coming across as pleasant than other con artists in the series, showing just how dangerous of a person she really is.
• Foil: To Claus Hugo Strandberg. Claus is a sociopathic man with almost no redeeming qualities, he tries to be friendly with people but gets nowhere, and he makes no bones about being a con artist, all the while he stole billions of earnings from the Moroccan people. Meanwhile, Allison is much more covert, and takes on smaller-scale cons, such as impersonation and swindling money out of people on an individual basis. She's also far less detestable, and at least tries to be convincing art appraiser. On the other hand, Strandberg never directly killed anyone, while Allison has personally murdered at least a handful of people she conned.
• I Have Many Names: Due to her con artist nature, she has many former aliases; Camille Wick, Rositta Daw, Francesca Lo, Louisa Jenkins, and Loretta Man.
• Manipulative Bastard: Her trade. She charms wealthy and gullible patrons, then slowly drains their assets before eliminating them. Like Roe, her charisma is impeccable, and she's able to pull the wool on her victim's eyes before they even get to notice the knife she's stabbed in their back.
• Master of Disguise: She's very good at altering her entire identity at the drop of a hat for her cons. This makes life harder for 47, as someone as good as Allison at disguises can easily pick up when someone else (i.e. him) is in disguise.
• Military Brat: Her parents were in the Navy and frequently moved, which led to her making different identities wherever she went.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Allison may be inspired by Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, a Russian-born con artist who swindled money under the pretense of setting up an art foundation.
• No-Sell: Diana notes that she's a master of faces and she can see through all of 47's disguises, including his starting suit.
• Non-Indicative Difficulty: There are now frisk zones right at the start of the level, meaning you cannot take a gun into the atrium without unlocking the side door shortcut in the main level.
• Not on the List: She's initially unable to enter the penthouse because her name isn't on the schedule, as her assistant wrote her name onto the wrong list.
• Oh, Crap!: Meets a former mark of hers; Victoria. Seems to have been posing as a lawyer and swindled her out of some money. Her reaction is to quickly excuse herself to use the bathroom while muttering about coming back to her later.
• Properly Paranoid: Given her numerous aliases, Allison is highly cautious. She acts as an enforcer for all of 47's disguises, and if Charles disappears, she will flee.
• Recurring Boss Template: To Oybek Nabazov. Both are con artists, kill people to get what they want, and are even associated with art to some extent. Nabazov's death was also tied to a Dead Man's Switch that activated sleeper agents in other locales, while the client for this contract set off a similar protocol when he died at Allisons' hand.
• Serial Killer: It's clear that several people have already died during her conquest for wealth and status.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Envy. Allison really wants to be a status symbol, a Social Climber by any means necessary, and cons her way to the top. She also kills those after not needing them anymore, making her a very unpleasant character to say the least.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: If Charles is subdued or killed without her noticing, Allison deduces that her cover has been blown and attempts to flee.
• Social Climber: Her main priority is to open a gallery and become a renowned art dealer.
• Two-Timer Date: A non-romantic, accidental example. After going to the bathroom. on the way she meets Victoria, whom she'd previously conned. In the bathroom, she mutters to herself that she may have to invoke this trope to keep them from meeting, but ultimately leaves her at the bar.
• Wicked Cultured: Her desire to open an art gallery isn't just for show. While touring the penthouse, she gives detailed descriptions of the paintings and themes to Charles.

The Rage (Sully "The Crusher" Bowden)

Sully Bowden

The Rage

"Don't ever let me see you stop again! I want you to fight with all your rage. Got that?!"

Voiced By: Nathan Osgood

A former middleweight boxer with anger issues currently on the run from the authorities. Bowden is currently setting up an illegal betting ring in Chongqing. The clients are the family of a fighter Bowden killed in the ring.

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• Addled Addict: Bowden believes that his cocaine is weak and threatens his dealer over it. She's quick to point out that his amplified rage means its clearly working.
• Ax-Crazy: He's a vicious boxer who tells his fighters to cripple their opponents if necessary, regularly threatens to beat up people for their inconveniences, and is addicted to coke.
• Bald of Evil: He has no hair on his head or good in his heart.
• Beard of Evil: He has a goatee and is a temperamental boxer who has killed former competitors, while also hosting illegal deathmatches.
• Black Boxer Stereotype: Aside from physically resembling Mike Tyson, Bowden is a short-tempered boxer with an ego who treats his fighters harshly, is on the run for killing his opponents, and is the only target who will fight 47 back.
• Blood Knight: Bowden has a disturbing fondness of fighting people with very little reason. He's also one of the few targets in the trilogy that will fight 47 if provoked, though he isn't armed.
• Casualty in the Ring: The client for Bowden's contract is the family of a fighter he beat to death during a fight.
• The Dreaded: Even drug dealers are terrified of him, due to his strength mixed with his Hair-Trigger Temper. Few people are willing to even risk setting him off, as they know exactly what he's capable of when angry.
• Easy Level Trick: The level being set in the rain means it's fairly easy to electrocute him with water puddles, which isn't exactly intended by the developers, but it's unavoidable.
• Evil Mentor: He's training other fighters with his own tactics, meaning that it's likely a wave of brutality and bloodshed will continue even after his death.
• Expy: The fighting motif brings to mind Sanchez the wrestler from Hitman: Absolution. Too bad Bowden lacks the honor that the ripper Mexican had.
• Fighting Irish: He'll tell one of his fighters that he's one-eight Irish and the only song he likes is "Danny Boy".
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Microtransactions, cocaine not strong enough, people not being brutal enough in their fighting, any music that isn't "Danny Boy," prepare to face Bowden's wrath.
• Hate Sink: He's devoid of even superficial charm and such a ruthless and cruel person that it's almost impossible not to cheer when he finally meets his maker.
• It's Personal: The family of one of Bowden's victims places the contract on him.
• Karmic Death: Even Bowden is no match for 47's fighting skills, and can be beaten to unconsciousness during a fistfight, leaving him vulnerable to a killing blow.
• Lack of Empathy: He's not exactly the most empathetic of people, being completely unfazed with the path of destruction that he leaves in his trail.
• Mugging the Monster: He threatens to murder his dealer for giving him coke weaker than he likes. Having a powerful boss, she laughs it off, telling him that he has no idea what he's getting into.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: "The Crusher", "The Rage", take your pick.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed:
  • He's clearly based on Mike Tyson, both champion boxers with anger issues and drug addictions. Bowden has a scar on his right eyebrow that’s in an identical placement to Tyson's own.
  • He might joke about being one-eighth Irish, likely alluding to Conor McGregor.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:
  • At one point Bowden will give up on an exhausted fighter and proceed to curb-stomp him.
  • You can get into a fistfight with Sully, making him the only Elusive Target in the Trilogy to fight back.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Sully represents Wrath. Not only is he called called "The Rage" in his briefing and codename, but also having established anger issues.
• The Sociopath: A low functioning example. He only cares about himself, unfeeling for the harm he causes his opponents. He has no qualms about breaking both people and the law, and is impulsive and hedonistic.
• Tattooed Crook: He's got tattoos that can be seen under his shirt, and is setting up an illegal betting ring.
• Villainous Valor: Unlike most targets, Bowden will fight back if 47 engages in a fistfight with him.
• Would Hit a Girl: Threatens to beat up his drug dealer for giving him weak product. She scoffs at his remark and warns him about her boss.

The Drop (Alexios Laskaridis)

Alexios Laskaridis

The Drop

"I remember being the one in the booth. All those eyes, that sea of writhing bodies, sweat turning to steam in the air. Sometimes I miss it. And sometimes I think... they didn't fucking deserve me."

Voiced By: Dimitri Vegas

A former DJ turned underground drug kingpin.

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• Actor Allusion: He is voiced and played by Dimitri Vegas, a real-life Belgian DJ, though that's where the similarities stop. The rest of his colorful backstory was fabricated for the game.
• Ambiguous Time Period: Diana alludes to the club as "feeling familiar" in the briefing for "The Drop", clearly in reference to 47's time in "Apex Predator", suggesting this mission takes place some time after the events of the main campaign. Not only that, but the entire club is rebranded as "Club BOOM", not Club Hölle. It's also noteworthy to mention that Diana calls 47 "Agent" (without the "47" moniker) in one of her voice lines, something she almost never did previously in the trilogy, suggesting that this is done as a freelance contract during his time in Freelancer, and after the main campaign.
• And Your Reward Is Clothes: Playing his contract unlocks "The Greek Fire Suit", the outfit Alexios wears in the mission.
• Ax-Crazy: He's noted to have an appetite for violence in his briefing, his methods being enough to horrify Diana. If 47 meets with him while disguised as Hirschmuller, Alexios casually threatens to deglove him if his offer to buy the club is rejected.
• Death by Irony:
  • He's a former DJ who can be electrocuted by dropping the beat as one of the mixers in the booth, eliciting unique dialog from Diana:
  "At least you sent Laskaridis out on a high note. Now, 47, I believe it's time to find the exit."
  • Killing him by dumping his body in the shaft will also elicit unique dialog from Diana:
  "Target eliminated. Shame he'll never be able to appreciate your sense of humor."
• Foreshadowing: This mission, while already formerly announced at the real-life Tomorrowland concert (in which Vegas guest starred as one of the acts), it was also foreshadowed in the Berlin level, with several posters being replaced◊.
• High-Voltage Death: He can get electrocuted by the lighting rig after dropping the beat as the DJ mixer.
• My Way or the Highway: Meeting Alexios while disguised as Rolf has him demand that he is given the club or else he'll murder Rolf.
• New Work, Recycled Graphics: The "Makeshift" and "Street Style" DLC's furniture and graffiti usually seen in the Freelancer safehouse are used in several places here. Makes sense, given the club is based in an old concrete nuclear power plant building. Averted for the music, which was specifically created for the mission, and there's also unique music for dropping the beat and hyping up the audience (also created by Dimitri Vegas).
• Running Gag: This is the third celebrity-endorsed contract in the World of Assassination Trilogy, after 2016's "The Wildcard" (featuring Gary Busey and Gary Cole) and Hitman 2's "The Undying/ Returns" (featuring Sean Bean playing the role of Mark Faba). This contract has Dimitri Vegas playing Alexios Laskaridis, an exaggerated and fictitious version of himself.
• Scenery Porn: This mission features Club Hölle being partially reworked; the top floor overlooking the mosh pit is now legal to enter regardless of disguise, and has been redesigned fairly heavily to make it look like an active part of the club, with fluorescent cube lights being used as archways, graffiti being plastered everywhere, new chairs and tables being added, new patrons and floor decor, as well as a new VIP area.