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Alexandra Lee's
Encountered Contractors
Grace Cyanide
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Scenario for 99 ways to die
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Contract 6:
Scenario for The Bone Dealers
Gov. Tsu-Wang
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Scenario for 99 ways to die
Contract 8:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Percival of Roringdale
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Scenario for 99 ways to die
Edgar Stokes
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Scenario for 99 ways to die
Contract 6:
Scenario for The Bone Dealers
Simon chatmon
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Scenario for A Fairly Good Party
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Johan Edingburgh
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Contract 2:
Scenario for A Fairly Good Party
Wade Slilson
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Contract 3:
Scenario for The Village 2
Erik Emphereal
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Scenario for The Village 2
Aria Feist
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Scenario for The Village 2
Bernard Tox
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Scenario for The Village 2
Jeremy Wesley
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Contract 8:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Hank Lazarus
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Chamael
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The White Ronin
Alpha
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Contract 5:
Scenario for Enter the Underbelly
Wilfred Jameson
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Contract 5:
Scenario for Enter the Underbelly
Tori McOlson
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Contract 5:
Scenario for Enter the Underbelly
Tartaglia
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Contract 5:
Scenario for Enter the Underbelly
Jules
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Contract 6:
Scenario for The Bone Dealers
Contract 9:
Mall Rats
Contract 11:
Traitor!
Contract 12:
The Outsiders
John Wulf
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Scenario for The Bone Dealers
Contract 7:
Wire Mothers
Mitchel Gosben
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Contract 7:
Wire Mothers
John
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Contract 7:
Wire Mothers
Angel Cooper
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Contract 8:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Lady Elizabeth Finnegan
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Contract 8:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Bill Brenner
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Scenario for The Finger Biters
Contract 12:
The Outsiders
Oxob
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Contract 9:
Mall Rats
Rupert Montgomery
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Contract 9:
Mall Rats
Alexander Felidae
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Contract 9:
Mall Rats
Barry Terry
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Mall Rats
Janus the Marked
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Deathrace 3000
Lucifer Inkz
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Contract 10:
Deathrace 3000
Sulla Coleman
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Deathrace 3000
Contract 11:
Traitor!
Cylia Ambrose
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Traitor!
Conner Metal
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Traitor!