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Jeremy Wesley's
Encountered Contractors
Daniel headhunter
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Bernard Tox
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Contract 21:
Game on
Leo
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Derrick
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Milo
Encountered on
Contract 2:
An Out of Body Experience
Kody Creighton
Encountered on
Contract 2:
An Out of Body Experience
Contract 12:
Standard Deviation
Contract 14:
"I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it"
Contract 16:
The loyal, the mad, the crazy
Mary Alice
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Air Out Your Differences
Angel Cooper
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Air Out Your Differences
Contract 5:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Jules
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Air Out Your Differences
Contract 14:
"I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it"
Contract 15:
Collect the Bandits
Contract 16:
The loyal, the mad, the crazy
Contract 17:
Lemmings
Contract 18:
The White Ape
Contract 20:
The Hardest nights
Contract 21:
Game on
Contract 22:
Safe Space
Nightstalker
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Air Out Your Differences
Hank Lazarus
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Chamael
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Contract 10:
A fun little game
Contract 16:
The loyal, the mad, the crazy
Contract 17:
Lemmings
Contract 19:
March of Dimes
Simon chatmon
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Alexandra Lee
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Contract 5:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Grace Cyanide
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Contract 10:
A fun little game
Contract 11:
Auction of doom
Contract 21:
Game on
Gov. Tsu-Wang
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Lady Elizabeth Finnegan
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Bill Brenner
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Contract 14:
"I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it"
Contract 19:
March of Dimes
Tori McOlson
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Da Temple
Contract 9:
Magic Cupboard
Contract 13:
The Bookworm
Jacky
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Da Temple
Jeremy Soap
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
marco
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Oxob
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Sam Yukimura
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Serpent in Soho
Ayla Stella
Encountered on
Contract 8:
The boy who drew cats
Contract 18:
The White Ape
Contract 19:
March of Dimes
Contract 20:
The Hardest nights
Alex Grey
Encountered on
Contract 8:
The boy who drew cats
Contract 9:
Magic Cupboard
Sahir Haj
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Auction of doom
Contract 12:
Standard Deviation
Edward Grimm
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Standard Deviation
Contract 13:
The Bookworm
Edgar Stokes
Encountered on
Contract 14:
"I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it"
Contract 17:
Lemmings
Contract 21:
Game on
Contract 22:
Safe Space
Gulliver Archer
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Collect the Bandits
Alexander Felidae
Encountered on
Contract 18:
The White Ape
Preston Vincent Astor III
Encountered on
Contract 19:
March of Dimes
Contract 21:
Game on
Contract 24:
Revenge of the Brothers of Blood!
Nikki
Encountered on
Contract 19:
March of Dimes
Leon Vanderblight
Encountered on
Contract 23:
Beneath the Redeemer
Contract 25:
Veterans Day
Luci Alessi
Encountered on
Contract 23:
Beneath the Redeemer
Contract 25:
Veterans Day
Akira Han
Encountered on
Contract 24:
Revenge of the Brothers of Blood!
Theodore Jeong
Encountered on
Contract 24:
Revenge of the Brothers of Blood!
Bu Fang
Encountered on
Contract 24:
Revenge of the Brothers of Blood!
Contract 25:
Veterans Day
Jason Valent
Encountered on
Contract 24:
Revenge of the Brothers of Blood!
Iryna Vorobyova
Encountered on
Contract 24:
Revenge of the Brothers of Blood!