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Lilith (Lily) Weider's
Encountered Contractors
Solomon
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Brigwain
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Contract 2:
The High Cost of Living
Cornelius Valentine
Encountered on
Contract 2:
The High Cost of Living
Harry Davis
Encountered on
Contract 2:
The High Cost of Living
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Contract 10:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Contract 11:
Blackwood Mystery
Margaret Maddox
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Mayfest
Lorenzo
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Mayfest
Nerissa
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Mayfest
Eugene “Doc” Roe
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Smell no Evil
Walter
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Smell no Evil
Mansquito
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The White Ronin
Elvis
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The White Ronin
Contract 9:
Exit Interview
Yu
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The White Ronin
Nickolai Borisovich Tarasov
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The White Ronin
Contract 8:
Sub-Standard
Charles Landwick (Sherlock)
Encountered on
Contract 6:
black dog
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Leonardo
Encountered on
Contract 6:
black dog
Aiden Ra
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Mark Collins
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Sub-Standard
Timothy Humbug
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Sub-Standard
Terry Buckworth
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Exit Interview
Contract 16:
One Great Leap
Ace Tarjetas
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Zane
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Iryna Vorobyova
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Blackwood Mystery
Archie Finnegan
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Blackwood Mystery
Jason Valent
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Blackwood Mystery
Grace Cyanide
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Veterans Day
Sara Gause Viper
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Veterans Day
Edgar Stokes
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Veterans Day
Bill Fisher
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Veterans Day
Minerva McAlaster
Encountered on
Contract 13:
13
Father Jarrod
Encountered on
Contract 13:
13
Ted Westwood
Encountered on
Contract 13:
13
Aria Feist
Encountered on
Contract 13:
13
Issac Norton II
Encountered on
Contract 14:
Safe House
Contract 16:
One Great Leap
Cleatus Abernathy
Encountered on
Contract 14:
Safe House
Amarjeet Inderpal
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Aces High
River
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Aces High
Henry Armitage
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Aces High
Harold Polk
Encountered on
Contract 16:
One Great Leap
Nathan Hong
Encountered on
Contract 17:
The Tomb of Cagliostro
Gustav Tischbein
Encountered on
Contract 17:
The Tomb of Cagliostro