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Kanni's
Encountered Contractors
Greg Pirshew
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Entombed
Norman Badeaux
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Entombed
Contract 6:
Tower of God
Artemis Kalliste
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Entombed
Morgan Wells
Encountered on
Contract 2:
We Have The Most Magical Place On Earth At Home
Contract 3:
Djinn Delivery
Contract 21:
Webless
Naaranbatar
Encountered on
Contract 2:
We Have The Most Magical Place On Earth At Home
Contract 11:
Monster Hunter: Island
Sam Bellamy
Encountered on
Contract 2:
We Have The Most Magical Place On Earth At Home
The Sparkman
Encountered on
Contract 2:
We Have The Most Magical Place On Earth At Home
Contract 4:
The Demon Cabinet of Mr Long
Carter Barden
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Djinn Delivery
Jessica Laolu
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The Demon Cabinet of Mr Long
Santiago
Encountered on
Contract 5:
F#%* this, and F#%* You, Tom!
Carver, Penelope
Encountered on
Contract 5:
F#%* this, and F#%* You, Tom!
Ibzan Diesirae
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Tower of God
Johnny Fontaine
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Third Cinema
Contract 9:
Breach and Clear
Contract 12:
The Ring Gamble
Contract 18:
A Moonlit Olive Grove
Contract 19:
friends on the other side
"Slender James" Davis
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Roses Overgrown, and Lilies
Jordan Scott
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Roses Overgrown, and Lilies
Lila Blackwood
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Breach and Clear
Contract 20:
Out of This World Experience
Contract 21:
Webless
Frank Russo
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Sinner in the Hands of an Angry Debt
Contract 12:
The Ring Gamble
Contract 13:
Hydrate or Diedrate
Contract 16:
The Winter Hunt
Contract 17:
Sin Eater
Contract 18:
A Moonlit Olive Grove
Contract 19:
friends on the other side
Contract 20:
Out of This World Experience
Wally
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Sinner in the Hands of an Angry Debt
Minghua Szeto, PhD
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Monster Hunter: Island
Fred
Encountered on
Contract 12:
The Ring Gamble
Contract 14:
The Hourglass
Contract 17:
Sin Eater
Henry Armitage
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Hydrate or Diedrate
Contract 14:
The Hourglass
Stinky Pete
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Hydrate or Diedrate
Contract 15:
Guests for Supper
Contract 16:
The Winter Hunt
Bryan Bosch
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Guests for Supper
Contract 22:
Demons and Power
Frankie Horrigan
Encountered on
Contract 15:
Guests for Supper
Zain Robinson
Encountered on
Contract 17:
Sin Eater
Neil Ashworth
Encountered on
Contract 19:
friends on the other side