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Felix Law's
Encountered Contractors
Tam Starling
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Blood on the Snow
George Makhragov
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Blood on the Snow
Lt. Renzo Corsetti
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Blood on the Snow
Harold Polk
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Blood on the Snow
Philip Montegue (AKA Bumble the Clown)
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Sugar & Spice
Contract 4:
You Cannot Say This Contracts Name
Harald Seine
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Sugar & Spice
Guston Guarder III of the Guardor House
Encountered on
Contract 3:
To Russia With Love
Contract 4:
You Cannot Say This Contracts Name
Orlando Mikael
Encountered on
Contract 4:
You Cannot Say This Contracts Name
Contract 5:
Monster Hunter: Island
Clint Miller
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Monster Hunter: Island
MOLL(ⲩ)
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Monster Hunter: Island
Brother Lazarus Antioch
Encountered on
Contract 6:
The Drill Bit
Jordan Daniels
Encountered on
Contract 6:
The Drill Bit
Guy Webber
Encountered on
Contract 7:
The Gunshow
Luke Griffin
Encountered on
Contract 7:
The Gunshow
Tatiana "Ana" Rozhenko
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Fire In The Sky
Neil Ashworth
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Fire In The Sky
Contract 9:
High Noon
BETH☠️METAL
Encountered on
Contract 9:
High Noon
Frankie Horrigan
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Sinner In The Hands of an Angry Debt
Crane Albright
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Sinner In The Hands of an Angry Debt
Freddy Newman
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Zeke (ZMan) Mandela
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Norman Badeaux
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Knock Yourself Out
Bill Hawk
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Knock Yourself Out
Benjamin Williams
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Smoke and Mirrors
Liv
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Smoke and Mirrors
Ted Westwood
Encountered on
Contract 14:
One Great Leap
Vel
Encountered on
Contract 14:
One Great Leap