Characters appearing in Hitman: Absolution.
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International Contract Agency (ICA)
47
47
See his page.
Diana Burnwood
Diana Penelope Burnwood
See here.
Allies
Victoria
Victoria
See here.
Birdie
Birdie
See here.
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Cosmo Faulkner
Cosmo Faulkner
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Chicago Police Department
Voiced By: Jonathan Adams
A Chicago police officer, who attempts to hunt down Agent 47 after he seemingly killed an innocent maid and burned down a hotel.
- Cool Old Guy: Has a coffee cup with the words "World's greatest Granddad".
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Not evil, but seemingly has grandkids.
- Hero Antagonist: He truly wishes to bring a murderer to justice. Unfortunately, 47 was framed by Dexter and no evidence of that has been uncovered yet.
- Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Not associated with Travis or Dexter and isn't a Dirty Cop either. However, his determination to catch 47 still brings them into conflict.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Not even mentioned outside Absolution. Especially notable since he has knowledge of Agent 47.
Targets
King
The self-proclaimed "King of Chinatown". He's a violent drug addict and a talented information broker.
Dominic Osmond
A sadistic pimp who rapes, tortures, and murders women in his strip club. He's good friends with Dexter and Wade.
- Disposable Sex Worker: He's more than willing to throw his stripper to wade and let him murder them for fun.
Edward Wade's goons
Bill Dole, Larry Clay, and Frank Owens
Three men working for Edward Wade. They are assassinated by 47 during the Chinese New Year.- Too Dumb to Live: Bill can be killed without ever touching him if you steal Birdie's file from the Dirty Cop. When it's not there, Bill assumes it's a setup and pulls a gun... again, on a cop. The cop ices him before he can even fully clear his holster.
Edward Wade
Edward Wade
See here.
Leonardo "Lenny" Isaac Dexter
Leonardo Isaac Dexter
"Can I get out of this hole now?"
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Blake Dexter, Dexter Industries, Hope Cougars, Edward Wade
Voiced By: Shane Stevens
Lenny Dexter, son of arms magnate Blake Dexter, is a low-ranking (almost subterranean) gangster in Hope. He is, however, much more amicable and as 47 notes in his log, ripe for interrogation. He tries his hand at being leader of the Hope Cougars and later a hired gun for Wade, but fails miserably at each: his whole gang revolts and Lenny accidentally kills one of Mr. 47's close friends, leading to his execution in the desert.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: "End of the Road". Not only does he spend the entire time begging, but he'll passive-aggressively insult you depending on which weapon you're carrying, then offer to give 47 "a real good reach-around" if you spare him.
- All Psychology Is Freudian/Little Useless Gun: As an inside joke, Lenny Dexter's only means of defense in Absolution is a Derringer.
- Big "WHAT?!": Lenny discovers there is no phone reception in the desert."You can put a man on the moon, but you can't give me one lousy signal! AAAUGH!"
- Bring My Brown Pants: Lenny wets his pants during his burial.
- Bullying a Dragon: Once Wade is killed, Lenny escapes with Victoria by holding her hostage with a grenade. 47 later finds him, drives out to the desert and leaves him to die.
- The Chew Toy: Every single Hope for Lenny in his final moments:
- First, he finds some cover behind the stagecoach and opens fire with a derringer, all the while gloating that you're nowhere near as brave as him. Not only do all his shots miss, but you can easily just walk up and take the gun off him, changing his tune.
- If you chase him around long enough, he'll actually manage to limp over to 47's car... only to find that the door is locked and the keys are not in the ignition. D'oh.
- He finds a tomahawk embedded in a tree just a few yards away, but it's embedded too deeply for him to retrieve even after several minutes of straining; hilariously, you can retrieve the tomahawk yourself very easily.
- You can shoot the vultures instead of him, resulting in a killer ice-cream van running him down.
- And finally, you can just get in the car and drive away. Cue panic attack as Lenny realizes that he's just been abandoned in the middle of the desert, without food, water, a shirt, or a signal to his phone.
- Cruel Mercy: "End of the Road" has a variety of methods to take out Lenny and the humorous touches — like Lenny attempting to use mind hacks to make you choose a less-lethal weapon — encourages replays. The easiest and perhaps cruelest way is to simply drive away and leave him in the middle of the desert, letting the heat and the vultures do his job for you.
Side note: Even if you leave Lenny to his fate, it is quite unlikely that he survives the long walk home. In addition, guard dialogue in the Penthouse of Blackwater Park confirms that Lenny never returned from the desert. - Dangerously Close Shave: "Shaving Lenny".
- Death by Gluttony: The Hope Cougars are enjoying some Chicago-style pizza in celebration of their first big score. "Limp-Dick" Lenny Dexter plans to move north with his old man and take over the city with his alkie friends. Watch out, folks, it's the next Al Capone. You can safety neutralize him by adding sleeping pills to the pizza.
- Didn't Think This Through: Getting in the car and leaving Lenny to his fate. For extra fun, remember that he'd been begging 47 to drive away prior to this point.
- Dig Your Own Grave: Exploited by Mr. 47 in "End of the Road". Lenny can't talk if he's dead, so 47 forces him to dig a hole in the desert until he spills Victoria's location.
- Gang of Hats: Lenny's gang. "The Cougars" consists of some washed-up former football players (the Cougars are a local team) who have turned to crime. They each wear a blue bowling shirt or varsity jacket with the Cougar insignia stitched on it.
- Goldfish Poop Gang: Lenny and his "Cougars" are detested by most people in Hope. They even work day jobs, since their "gang" activity is limited to small-time schemes and irritating the hell out of Hope's store-owners.
- Greaser Delinquents: The Cougars are stereotypical girl-chasing, social misfits from 50's Americana (see: Rebel Without a Cause.)
- Harmless Villain: Lenny Dexter is a two-bit, Podunk gang leader from Podunk with delusions of grandeur. Now that he's had a taste of the big city, he confides to his barber (Mr. 47) that he plans to expand his outfit to Chicago. "I could RUN that town!"
- I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: At the end of "Rosewood", Wade goads Lenny Dexter into shooting Sister Mary to prove what a HARD MAN man he is. As Lenny is yelling at Wade that he's tough (with his back turned to the nun and his gun pointed at her), he accidentally discharges the gun, executing her.
- Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy:
- In the leaderboard of MacGarmond's Gun Shop, you can see his Lenny's on the contest scoreboard. He apparently uses a Swiss Derringer (which you can find on his corpse in "End of the Road") and scored 129, significantly lower than the other contestants.
- In "End of the Road" he can take cover behind the old stagecoach and unload his Derringer at 47. He never hits, even if you walk right up to him in a straight line.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: He's so pitiful and incompetent that it's hard not to feel at least a little bad for him. Unfortunately, he's up against Agent 47, who's not exactly known for being merciful.
- Inelegant Blubbering: "Go away, vultures! I ain't dead yet! *sob* I ain't dead! (I am so dead.)"
- Ironic Name: His real first name, Leonardo, means "brave as a lion".
- Look Both Ways: In "End of the Road", after 47 is done interrogating Lenny, he orders him to start walking. 47 then has three options: he can kill him, or simply drive away and leave him in the middle of the desert, or trigger an easter egg that ends up with Lenny being run over by a speeding ice cream truck that comes out of nowhere.
- Manchild: In Blackwater Park, Lenny's bedroom contains half-eaten Pop Tarts, a guide titled Get the Girls You Want, a bong and a sniper rifle with a nearby tally of how many pigeons he's shot.
- Miles Gloriosus:
- When he gets back from Chicago, he tells all sorts of tall tales about how badass he was. Needless to say, they're all lies.
- If you somehow manage to kill yourself in "End of the Road"—a mission with no hostile enemies—by shooting the dynamite while standing near it, it will show a small cutscene of Lenny claiming that he killed the Hitman (which really rubs in what an idiot you are for doing that).
- The Millstone:
- This is how 47 retraces Wade's employer back to Hope, South Dakota. The only reason Wade had a matchbox on him in the first place was because Blake asked Lenny to give him a light in a previous scene and he just grabbed a nearby matchbook and handed it to Wade. Not the last time Lenny was a detriment to the cause.47: Lenny Dexter...Of all my enemies, he is the weakest link. Making him talk will not be a problem.
- Even in death, Lenny practically serves up Layla on a platter for the player to murder. In Lenny's room, there is a silenced rifle near a window. Through the window you can see a part of the balcony. If she is Layla is over the railing and off of the roof and the guards aren't looking, it will be a clean and silenced kill.
- This is how 47 retraces Wade's employer back to Hope, South Dakota. The only reason Wade had a matchbox on him in the first place was because Blake asked Lenny to give him a light in a previous scene and he just grabbed a nearby matchbook and handed it to Wade. Not the last time Lenny was a detriment to the cause.
- My Car Hates Me: If you dawdle for too long in "End of the Road", Lenny will hobble over to 47's car in an attempt to drive away. If he makes it, however, the car doors are locked.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he shoots Sister Mary, he's immediately upset and remorseful. His dialogue in later missions shows that he's still wracked with guilt over it and he fears a karmic reprisal.
- Nepotism: With the enthusiasm of a cat bringing home a dead bird, Lenny hems and haws until Dexter caves and lets him accompany Wade to Chicago. Wade is open in his lack of regard for "Limpdick Lenny" and protests having to babysit him.
- Not Worth Killing: 47 says there's "no honor" in killing a defenseless worm like Lenny (note that 47 has no problem killing people on their operating table, Lenny is somehow more vulnerable). 47 driving off and leaving him alive will earn you an achievement/trophy titled "Not Worth It".
- Overlord Jr.: Leonardo Dexter harbors delusions of becoming a big-time Chicago mobster. He is also Blake's sole heir; he badgers and whines until Daddy agrees to partner him up with Wade (who has major reservations about letting him tag along).
- Overly Narrow Superlative: "I won't kill anymore nuns, I swear!"
- Pornstache: Lenny is sporting some bum fluff.
- Punk in the Trunk: Unlike most of his targets 47 needs to capture Lenny alive (for the moment at least) so he knocks him out, sticks him in the trunk of his car and drives out into the middle of nowhere to interrogate him.
- Reverse Psychology: In "End of the Road", Lenny has insults prepared for various weapons you brandish at him, including a silenced pistol.
- Shame If Something Happened: In "Shaving Lenny", a police officer can be overheard threatening Earl, the auto mechanic, into dropping charges on Lenny.
- Simpleton Voice: Lenny and Skurkey both have a speech impediment, causing them to slur words. In Lenny's case, the lisp was caused by his old man beating him up as a child.
- Stinger: If the player decides to leave Lenny alive, he will continue to plod along in the desert while talking to himself, which can be overheard in the 'Lost and Found' menu. He states that he was once a cub scout, along with miscellaneous dialogue (none of which bodes well for him).
- Stupid Crooks:Wade: I need to bring my boys. That means double my fee.
Dexter: Take Lenny with you.
Wade: Triple my fee. Sorry, kid's a dip-shit. - Tattooed Crook: In contrast to Wade, Lenny has much more ostentatious arm tattoos.
- Thirsty Desert: "End of the Road". Desert walking without supplies always ends badly.
- Too Dumb to Live:
- His every decision in the game qualifies as this—not the least being taking Victoria as a hostage. Amusing since it was actually the only thing he did right as far as his father's plan go.
- Despite having come face to face with 47 once earlier, he will not recognize him if he is in a barber disguise with his face visible. He will even reminiscence about what happened at Rosewood Orphanage while watching 47 through the mirror.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Sparing his life in "End of the Road" has the bonus of listening to more funny dialogue from Lenny."All I have to do is find the North Star... [realization hits] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAYTIME!"
Gavin Le Blond
Landon Metcalf
Tyler Colvin
Luke Wheeley
Mason Mc Cready
Dr. Marcus Green
A doctor with a deep-rooted hatred for pigs.
Dr. Raymond Valentine
A bald doctor trying to regrow his hair.
Dr. Warren Ashford
The lead scientist of "Death factory" who performs experiments on children to turn them into weapons. His death allows 47 to obtain Victoria's whereabouts.
Sanchez
Sanchez
Citizenship: Mexican
Affiliation(s): Blake Dexter, Dexter Industries, Dr. Warren Ashford
Voiced By: Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
Blake Dexter's personal bodyguard, an enormous Mexican wrestler who is the product of a failed Super-Soldier project similar to the ones that produced 47 and Victoria.
- Awesome, but Impractical: His gigantism makes him useless as a Super-Soldier; He's a huge target and sticks out like a sore thumb. He's only really of any use as a bodyguard.
- Big Eater: Implied, since he's banned from an all-you-can-eat buffet.
- The Big Guy: Possibly the largest person in the series.
- The Brute: At 7'6", he's utterly huge. The largest member of Dexter's organization. His main roles are as Dexter's bodyguard and as a wrestler.
- Defiant to the End: Smiles when 47 says he is gonna finish him and lunges for a final attack.
- Gone Horribly Right: He was a test subject for an experimental Super-Soldier serum. He got stronger, but gained some deformities from it, such as his gigantic size.
- Neck Snap: A potential way to end him. Takes the form of a QTE wrestling match.
- No-Sell: He is the only person to have survived 47's garrote. 47's (first) attempt on him results in 47 being knocked unconscious.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Can toss 47 around like nothing and is simply too strong to be garroted. Turns out the hitman was just too overconfident and the rematch can end with 47 wiping the floor with the giant in a hand to hand fight as Sanchez is too slow and bulky to land a hit on the trained hitman.
- Villainous Valour: Even after 47 beats him into submission and informs him that he won't leave alive, Sanchez smiles and attempts one last stand against the assassin.
The Saints
The Saints
Citizenship: American (LaSandra Dixon, Heather McCarthy, Jaqueline Moorhead, Jennifer Anne Paxton, Marie Garnier, Louisa Cain, "Boo"), Montenegrin (Agnija and Dijana Radoncic)
Affiliation(s): ICA, Benjamin Travis, Oakland Police Department (LaSandra Dixon), Olympic Skeet Shooting Team (Jaqueline Moorhead), Unnamed Guerrilla Group, Unnamed Underground Vendetta Group (Agnija and Dijana Radoncic), Phoenix Police Department (Louisa Cain)
Voiced By: Vivica Fox (LaSandra Dixon), Unknown (Heather McCarthy, Jaqueline Moorhead, Agnija Radoncic, Dijana Radoncic, Jennifer Anne Paxton, Marie Garnier, Louisa Cain), N/A ("Boo")
A notorious all-female assassination squad that acts as elite killers for the Agency, created by and under the personal command of Benjamin Travis.
- Amazon Brigade: They're an all-female squad of elite killers.
- Assassin Outclassin': Travis sends them to eliminate 47 once it becomes clear he's gone rogue and is protecting Victoria. 47 turns the table and wipes them out.
- Bad Habits: They wear S&M-themed black latex outfits modeled on nuns' habits. In the trailer they can be seen wearing actual nun habits over their outfits to blend in, which they whip off for combat.
- Combat Stilettos: In keeping with their S&M themed outfits.
- Eyepatch of Power: Heather McCarthy (the Saint with the latex collar and red laces on her thigh-high boots) wears an eyepatch in the game (though not in the trailer or her profile image) and is notably the only Saint in the "Attack of the Saints" trailer who manages to give 47 significant trouble, deflecting multiple attacks from him with melee strikes.
- Hand Cannon: LaSandra Dixon carries a unique custom .44 magnum revolver, the Absolver.
- Informed Ability: Despite their status as Elite Mooks, when you actually face them in-game they're not noticeably much different from regular enemies in terms of tactics and abilities. They do double damage, are able to survive 1 bullet to the torso more than a regular Mook and can deflect a barehanded melee attack, all of which is barely noticeable. In sharp contrast the Praetorians, the game's Final Boss encounter, actually are noticeably much more dangerous than regular enemies both in and out of combat.
- Kung Fu-Proof Mook: Like the game's other Elite Mooks, they can deflect a barehanded melee attack, though a second follow up attack will still take them out.
- Mascot Mook: Much of the advertising around Absolution centers around them, most likely due to their Ms. Fanservice status.
- Advertised Extra: They only appear in a single mission, in which 47 wipes out all 7 of them.
- Mook Lieutenant: They act as this in the mission in which you face them, acting as officers commanding a few dozen Agency mooks.
- Not Quite Dead: The "Meet the Saints" trailer for the game suggests that their captain, LaSandra Dixon, was merely crippled and put into a coma instead of killed outright during their confrontation with 47, but this plot point has never been picked up on.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Saints are a motley collection of ex-cons, domestic abuse victims, refugees and bent cops. Naturally they favour explosions over stealth and are callous with civilian lives.ICA trooper: Gotta hand it to that Travis: he's nothing if not inventive.
- Stripperiffic: Their uniform consists of black latex fetish gear modeled after nun habits. Amusingly, a collectible note indicates that the uniforms were the Saints' idea and Travis just decided not to question it.
Sheriff Clive Skurky
Sheriff Clive Skurky
"The prisoner had a, uh, unfortunate accident in his cell this morning."
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Blake Dexter, Dexter Industries, Hope County Sheriff Department, Mrs. Cooper
Voiced By: Jon Gries
Clive Skurky, oozing visible slime, is the corrupt Sheriff of Hope County. He is also on Blake Dexter's payroll, serving as the public face of the company. He attracts the wrath of 47 after Victoria is smuggled into his jail.
- Accidental Misnaming: "That's Skurky! Not Jerky!"
- Bilingual Bonus: "Skurk" in the Scandinavian languages means crook or villain.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: At the start of "Operation Sledgehammer", Skurky takes a piss break after interrogating 47, leaving him completely alone. This gives 47 ample opportunity to untie himself. C'mon, Clive, you were doing so well up until that point.
- Bondage Is Bad: Don't go looking for the Sheriff at the police station. Skurky's... "office" is located in the courthouse basement, where he and assistant "Mrs. Cooper" pass the time with bondage games and spanking. He seems to spend as much time (if not more) in the pokey than actual prisoners do, a fact which Dexter chews him out on. At other points in the game, various Dexter Inc. mooks are seen watching bondage porn—which is actually footage of the Sheriff himself!
- Broken Masquerade: 47 kicks in the church door when he comes for the Sheriff. This causes a panic in the pews, until they grasp that Skurky is the one to worry about.
- Co-Dragons: With Edward Wade. He is a permanent unlike Wade who is a Psycho for Hire, providing police protection for Blake.
- Combat Pragmatist: In "Skurky's Law", 47 infiltrates the Hope County Courthouse to retrieve Victoria. When he is near, Skurky knocks him out with an electrified pool of water, then for good measure, "cooks" him with a stungun. Even Sanchez respects the Sheriff's cunning."You don't want trouble with him, though. He don't fight clean like me."
- The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: One of the citizens suing Dexter Industries misses his court date by a hair. Sheriff Skurky explains the witness got tied up downstairs after an accident involving his deputies. "He, uh, he hit his head pretty hard."
- Defiant to the End: Subverted. When 47 demands him to reveal Blake's location, Skurky tells 47 to go fuck himself. However, when when 47 stomps on his bullet wound, he immediately submits and blurts out Blake's location.
- Dies Wide Shut: Skurky dies in mid-scream, having submitted to 47's torture.
- Dirty Cop: In Absolution, pretty much the entire sheriff's department of Hope, South Dakota, including the sheriff, Clive Skurky, is on the take from Blake Dexter.
- Dirty Coward: Skurky enters the Hope Church trying to escape from the Agency and 47. When the officiating priest tries to help, Clive takes him hostage.
- The Dreaded: If a muscle-bound cage fighter warns Agent 47 about Skurky then he must be a real threat, which is slightly true since he is one of Blake's main enforcers and that he manages to capture Agent 47 without a problem.
- Faux Affably Evil: While speaking to Judge Strickland about a prisoner that had an 'accident', he comes across as soft-spoken, despite the fact that he's lying through his teeth.
- Hellhole Prison: The example to beat is "Skurky's Law", a real life medieval dungeon which lies underneath the Hope courthouse. Here prisoners are routinely beaten and suffer concussions shortly before giving a trial testimony.Layla: [to 47] Look, man, just tell him what he wants to know. 'Accidents' happen in this jail all the time.
- The Immodest Orgasm: Skurky's pained expression when he dies. It sort of suggests he's climaxing during sex—which fits his S&M fetish. Sheriff Skurky's campaign slogan ('YES! YES! YES!') is another thing again.
- Implausible Deniability: One of the newspaper clippings in the jail shows an image of Skurky next to, "CORRUPTION, ME?"
- Kangaroo Court: Despite having a reputation for being "fair", Judge Strickland is totally aware of Sheriff Skurky's corruption, yet shows no objection to it.
- Karmic Death: Not only does Skurky actively torture the Hope courthouse's prisoners, he also plays bondage games with Mrs. Cooper on his free time. At the end of 'Operation Sledgehammer', Skurky meets his end when, after being fatally shot, 47 stomps on his bullet wound to make him talk, and he immediately submits.
- Look Both Ways: After being interrogated by Sheriff Skurky, 47 escapes captivity just in time for ICA's private army to invade. The Sheriff tries to escape, but gets struck by an SUV and then chased down the street by a helicopter carrying the maniacal Travis.
- Mythology Gag: Skurky hides within a local church and uses the priest as a shield, just as Sergei does in H2.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Skurky, of all people, manages to get the drop on 47."No problemo. Ehh, just some bald fuck. Told ya, I'm a professional."
- Pixellation:
- In "Shaving Lenny", a porno is playing on the TV in the Cougars' headquarters. The footage is of the town sheriff with his face pixillated and his dominatrix. This footage is lifted directly from the cutscene following the mission.
- Even earlier, if 47 starts the movie projector in order to distract the guards in the Terminus Hotel, the same footage plays.
- Pornstache: His first scene, not coincidentally, shows him being interrupted mid-coitus by Dexter's phone call.
- Profane Last Words: Subverted. He attempts to make "Go fuck yourself" the last thing he tells 47, but when 47 stomps on his bullet wound, he blurts out Blakes location and dies mid-scream.
- Revolvers Are Just Better: Skurky's weapon is a Mustang Snub revolver with the badge of the Sheriff of Hope on the handle.
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: The other officers resent taking orders from Skurky's side-piece, but they allow the Sheriff to do what he wants.
- Shrine to Self: The prison block is wallpapered with Skurky campaign posters and newspaper clippings of his (farcical) electoral victories.
- Sinister Shades: Which he always wears, even while having sex in a dark underground cell.
- Torture Technician: Skurky enjoys torture so much, he even chains himself up down here and allows a dominatrix to whip him. The tables are turned when 47 guns him down in church, then stomps on his bullet wound to make him talk.
Layla Stockton
Layla Stockton
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Blake Dexter, Dexter Industries
Voiced By: Traci Lords
Blake Dexter's lithe personal assistant. Comes across as the only member of Dexter's inner circle who's not a depraved psychopath, but is still amoral enough to be working for him.
- Black Bra and Panties: As revealed during her Honey Trap strip tease.
- Death from Above: One method of killing her is to drop a whale skeleton hanging in Dexter's office on top of her head.
- Duel Boss: If you confront her inside the panic room, after trying to distract 47 with a strip-tease in a cutscene, Layla will quickly draw a pistol on you and you've got a second to cap her with your silverballers before she shoots you in the head and brutally stomps on your groin as you lay on your back bleeding out.
- Executive Suite Fight: You hunt Layla within Dexter's penthouse suite atop Blackwater Park, just before your Rooftop Confrontation with Dexter himself.
- Honey Trap: If 47 follows her into Dexter's panic room, she'll attempt to seduce him by doing a strip-tease, then shoot him with a concealed pistol she's carrying behind her back. Unfortunately for her, 47 is famously asexual and Not Distracted by the Sexy and already has his silverballers at the ready. She only gets as far as she does because 47 is hoping to get some information out of her.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: You can take her out by shooting her with a harpoon gun that's conveniently pointed at Dexter's desk. Alternatively, you can sneak up on her dressed as a samurai, in which case you'll stab her through the back of the head with your katana.
- Mushroom Samba: One method of assassinating her is to poison her sushi with U'wa tribe toxin; the toxin will melt her brain and cause her to trip balls and she'll end up jumping off the building trying to chase imaginary ladybugs before the toxin can kill her directly.
- This comes with an Easter Egg: If you turn on Instinct while she's hallucinating, you can see them too.
- Only Sane Woman: She's the only member of Dexter's inner circle who's not a depraved psychopath and chews him out for doing insane shit like murdering a maid in cold blood to frame the Hitman. Though she's still amoral enough to work for Dexter and seems to genuinely like him despite her occasional protests whenever he does something crazy and depraved.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Despite her objections to some of Dexter's more deranged actions, she still willingly works for him.
- Underestimating Badassery: She seems to believe she has what it takes to take on 47 and come out on top. She's pretty fast with a pistol, but is nonetheless gravely mistaken.
- Victoria's Secret Compartment: Was somehow able to conceal a handgun behind her back while wearing nothing except a bra and panties. She likely taped it to her back John McClane-style.
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: There are over a half dozen different unique methods to assassinate her, the most of any target in the game. This makes Layla the most "normal" Hitman assassination target, whereas most of the game's other major villains are dealt with in some form of flashy scripted cinematic showdown (you can get into a flashy scripted cinematic showdown with her, but it's just one of many different ways to kill her).
Blake Cornwallis Dexter
Blake Cornwallis Dexter
See here.
Jade Nguyen
Jade Nguyen
Citizenship: Unknown
Affiliation(s): ICA, Benjamin Travis, Herself
Voiced By: Shannyn Sossamon
Benjamin Travis' right-hand woman, who comes across as far more level-headed and competent compared to her boss.
- Death from Above: The two special methods of assassinating her involve dropping heavy objects on her. You can either sabotage the crane and drop a heavy marble slab on her, or collapse a tunnel on her and drop several dozen tons of rock on her.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Comes across as far more sensible, level-headed and competent than Travis.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Really, the only reason she does what Travis says is because he's her boss.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She seems to respect her subordinates and if you approach her disguised as an Agency trooper she'll compliment you for your hard work.
- She Knows Too Much: 47 notes that Jade would likely be all too willing to betray Travis and under different circumstances would make a useful ally. Unfortunately for her, the fact she knows about Victoria means she knows too much to be allowed to live.
- The Starscream: 47 notes that Jade is likely bidding her time for Travis to self-destruct so she can step in and take his job. Unfortunately, She Knows Too Much and 47 intends to eliminate her as well.
The Praetorians
The Praetorians
Citizenship: English and Israeli (Supposedly)
Affiliation(s): ICA, Benjamin Travis
Voiced By: Jeffrey Johnson (Jack Aegis), Gavin Hammon (John Hoplon), Steve Blum (Carey Scutum)
A trio of elite mercenaries who serve as Benjamin Travis' personal bodyguards in the final level, serving as the game's Final Boss encounter.
- Elites Are More Glamorous: According to dialogue between Agency mooks in the final level, the Praetorians are former members of SAS and Mossad. Given the high probability they're Class II clones, that's likely a cover story, though they certainly have the skills to match it.
- Final Boss: They're the final obstacle standing between Agent 47 and Travis.
- Foil: While 47 is the ultimate assassin, these guys are the ultimate bodyguards, as befitting their name.
- Interesting Situation Duel: Besides their enhanced senses, very high health and significantly enhanced damage output, you also face them inside a maze of laser tripmines between the tombstones of a cemetery.
- Kung Fu-Proof Mook: Like the game's other Elite Mooks, they can deflect a barehanded melee attack, though a second follow up attack will still take them out.
- Made of Iron: They're the most durable enemies in the game, each one requiring over 20 assault rifle shots or 12 silverballer shots to bring down. They can even survive a silverballer pistol headshot at long range.
- No-Sell: Disguises won't work on them as they've been instructed to shoot anyone they see approaching Travis' hidey hole. They'll also spot you considerably faster than regular enemies, even from long range.
- Praetorian Guard: It's even in their name. They're the most elite of Elite Mooks, being the most durable enemies in the game as well as dealing significantly enhanced damage (a single shot from them takes off 30% of your health on Normal difficulty and 50% of your health on Hard or higher, compared to just 4% of your health for regular assault-rifle wielding enemies). They can also partially resist barehanded melee attacks and also have much sharper senses and reaction times compared to regular Mooks and are constantly scanning left and right while patrolling instead of merely looking straight ahead like regular enemies do.
- Super-Soldier: Their almost identical appearance and the fact that all three of them are albinos subtly implies they're Class II clones, which would account for their enhanced abilities compared to regular enemies.
- Theme Naming: They are elite bodyguards whose names are Jack Aegis, John Hoplon and Carey Scutum, which are all different types of shields.
Benjamin Travis
Benjamin Travis
See here.
Minor characters
Cliffside
Prostate Cancer guy
A guard working for Diana Burnwood most well known for leaning out a window while on a call with his doctor. Despite his good spirits hes used as a tutorial on disposing of people from ledges right as he discovers he doesn't have prostate cancer.
- Tempting Fate: Excitedly declares, on learning he doesn't have prostate cancer, that nothing can ruin his day. If you follow the tutorial you immediately yank him out of a window to fall to his death.
Mansion ground floor
Chef
An arrogant chef cooking for Diana Burnwood.
Head of security
A man who takes his job very seriously. His keycard is needed to continue the mission.
Chinatown
Mickey "Snowman" Caps
A drug dealer who supplies cocaine for King.
Terminus Hotel
Dexter's goons
The stupid, brutish, and obnoxious security hired by Dexter. They have made themselves at home in the hotel.
Evicted tennant
A man who has been kicked out of his room due to Dexter's goons taking over. He's being pushed around by a lot of the staff.
Angry woman
A woman who can be found in her room, harrassing an unnamed person over the phone.
Upper floors
Shoe Salesman
A shoe salesman whose hotel room is cluttered with his unsold merchandise. He can be seen flirting with a maid and trying to sell his products over the phone.
Music-loving tennant
A noisy musician who has made himself at home in the hotel.
Run For Your Life
Chicago police
The rough, tough, and slightly corrupt police officers inhabiting Chicago.
The library
Anthony Fizano
A recently hired police officer who gained fame for the unusually high amount of people that targeted him in cotracts mode.
Sergeant Myers
An overweight and angry police officer leading the investigation in the library.
Shangri-La
Hippies
A group of hippies who are currently being raided by the police. Their weed farm can provide cover for 47 while escaping the police.
Anti-hippie police officers
A group of police officers raiding the hippie's drug den. They seem to like disco music
Train station
Track controller
A bewildered controller trying to cope with the fact the trains have been delayed. He is encounted by 47 when the latter breaks into his quarters to get the trains to run again.
Hunter and Hunted
Courtyard
Homeless man
A drunken hobo who seems to have some knowledge about what is really going on inside the Vixen club.
Vixen Club
Barbie Deep
The scantily-clad receptionist of the Vixen club. She seems to have a soft spot for the police.
Catherine Farmer
One of the strippers currently performing.
June Drake
A stripper who works at the Vixen club. She can commonly be found on the phone while her sister is one of the dancers.
Tiffany Drake
One of the strippers who is currently performing. Her sister is in the dressing room nearby, taking with some other strippers.
Shindy Shrubs
A new stripper who is being forced to perform for Dominic Osmond, despite being inexperienced with private dances. She can be found talking to June and dancing on the stage.
Dressing Room
Tara Mc Gowan
A stripper discussing the disappearance of Amber with one of the bouncers.
Lydia Montiel
A stripper being forced to perform for Dominic Osmond, being aware what he's capable of. She's being calmed down by her co-workers.
Deane Ruby
A stripper reassuring Lydia about her upcoming show she'll have to give Osmond.
Derelict building
Amber
A stripper that angered Osmond and was subsequently "sent to Hawaii." Her dead body can be found amidst the rubble of the building.
Chinese New Year
Chinese cook
A cook who has angered one of Wade's goons and is almost thrown into a giant pit before 47 (optionally) intervenes.
Corrupt cop
A corrupt cop buying information off one of Wade's goons.
Rosewood
Orphanage halls
Wade's goons
Edward Wade's psychotic henchmen, who are currently trashing the orphanage after murdering all the nuns.
Jim Joyner
An orphanage security guard being held captive and tortured by Wade's goons.
Welcome to Hope
Great Balls of Fire
Great Balls of Fire Bartender
The bartender who has information about the whereabouts of Lenny Dexter. 47 has to get him to talk to complete the mission.
Birdie's Gift
Gun shop
James Seth Lynch
A psychotic mercenary from Kane and Lynch who is at the shooting range in a cameo appearance.For tropes related to his home series, click here.
Robert S. Dukes
The owner of the gun shop and the father of Lilly S. Dukes. He can't speak normally so he has to use an artificial voice box.
Lilly S. Dukes
Robert's daughter, who is known to be an incredibly good shot. She'll challenge 47 to a shooting contest.
Shaving Lenny
Streets of Hope
Darian
A former hope cougar who was killed by Blake Dexter for betraying him. He's never seen, but frequently talked about by his friends.
Hope police
A group of police officer's on Blake Dexter's payroll. They've been advised to ignore the antics of the Hope Cougars, even if they still hate the lot of them.
Lucy Houle
Tyler's girlfriend and a store clerk.
Dexter Industries
Dead End
Dexter Industries grunts
The majority of the people who work for Blake Dexter. They're well armed and grateful to their boss, despite their substandard working conditions.
Factory compound
Dexter Industries truckers
The men who haul goods for Blake Dexter. They have better working conditions than the grunts, though they still aren't treated the best.
Death Factory
Test facility
Dexter Industries scientists
The brains of the business. They experiment on people and help Dexter create dangerous weapons.
Floyd
A hazmat scientist who is being tortured by his former co-workers. He is accused of spying on his boss.
Decontamination
Carl Dean
A birthday boy who is having a surprise birthday thrown for him by his co-workers.
Christie Murray
A stripper hired for the birthday. She is inside the cake, waiting to do her job.
Fight Night
Patriot's hangar
Patriot's entourage
The trainers, supporters, and security for the patriot, helping him prepare for his fight against Sanchez.
The Patriot
An all American wrestler, going up against Sanchez, a giant Mexican wrestler pumped full of steroids.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Even Contracts mode just refers to him as "The Patriot".
Attack of the Saints
ICA soldiers
A group of soldiers assisting the saints in finding and killing 47. They are currently laying siege to the entire motel.
Motel Owner
A cheesy man who runs a cheesy hotel, who is unfortunate enough to have attracted the wrath of the Saints due to inadvertently offering a legendary assassin a place to stay.
Unfortunate guest
A man about to be executed by the ICA. It's up to 47 whether he saves him or not.
Skurky's Law
Courthouse
Dennis Strickland
A judge overseeing the case of Timothy Hawke, who destroyed some garden gnomes for an inane reason.
John Turner
The prosecutor for the Timothy Hawke case.
Timothy Hawke
An insane conspiracy theorist who destroyed several garden gnomes due to thinking they were government surveillance weapons.
Holding cells
Adam "Kane" Marcus
A mercenary who is currently on death row for his actions in the Kane and Lynch games.For tropes related to his home series, click here.
Prison
Prison guards
A group of sadistic prison guards who torture prisoners and force them to fight to the death.
Fighting prisoners
Two prisoners fighting in a pit for the entertainment of the guards.
Hapless prisoner
Some prisoner who is getting the tar beaten out of him by some guards.
One of a Kind
Tailor shop
Tommy Clemenza
A blind tailor who makes suits for agent 47.
Blackwater Park
Mia Michaelson
The head of security on the ground floor. She is known for being incredibly strict.
Penthouse
Brianna P. Ford
Layla's most trusted guard. She patrols the penthouse.
Penthouse guards
Layla's guards. They are far more dangerous than the average enemy due to their heavy armor and firepower.
Sushi guy
Some unlucky guy bringing sushi to the penthouse. He's accidentally killed by the penthouse guards.
