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Fred's
Encountered Contractors
Izaac Laven
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Invaders
Contract 2:
Tales To Be Told
Contract 3:
Maikendo
Ware
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Invaders
Edith O'Hare
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Invaders
Mike Carson
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Tales To Be Told
Contract 3:
Maikendo
Contract 6:
Unbeatable
"btacdbra"
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Tales To Be Told
Jenny Thorndike
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Maikendo
Benedict Hollysmith
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Passing the Hours
Gaston Sarn
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Passing the Hours
Contract 8:
The Hand That Leads You
Fortuna Fama
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Passing the Hours
Contract 7:
Roses Overgrown, and Lilies
Summer Rayne
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Passing the Hours
Zeta IX
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Another man's trash
Nikola Luisawicz
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Another man's trash
Kayleigh Moss
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Another man's trash
Sora Tatsuya
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Unbeatable
Mel 'Marshal' Brooks
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Unbeatable
Hearne Morgan
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Roses Overgrown, and Lilies
Margaret Maddox
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Roses Overgrown, and Lilies
Lila Blackwood
Encountered on
Contract 8:
The Hand That Leads You
Contract 12:
Merica Legionnaires
Sally Doberkowski
Encountered on
Contract 8:
The Hand That Leads You
Theseus ‘Thesse’ Tropir
Encountered on
Contract 9:
The Winter Hunt
Adrannis
Encountered on
Contract 9:
The Winter Hunt
Stinky Pete
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Webless
Ricter Casenger
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Webless
Iktan
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Webless
Jack Frost
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Silent Water
David Vance
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Silent Water
Daisy Lag (Fiona Lepre)
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Silent Water
Harold Polk
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Merica Legionnaires
Kanni
Encountered on
Contract 13:
The Ring Gamble
Contract 14:
The Hourglass
Contract 15:
Sin Eater
Johnny Fontaine
Encountered on
Contract 13:
The Ring Gamble
Frank Russo
Encountered on
Contract 13:
The Ring Gamble
Contract 15:
Sin Eater
Henry Armitage
Encountered on
Contract 14:
The Hourglass
Zain Robinson
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Sin Eater