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Henry Avery's
Encountered Contractors
Norman Brown
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Ashes to ashes
Contract 2:
ANOINTED
Norman Badeaux
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Ashes to ashes
Contract 11:
Faithfully
Pamala Kaiser
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Ashes to ashes
Dr. Cheslav Dostoevsky
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Ashes to ashes
Runa Ōkami
Encountered on
Contract 2:
ANOINTED
Henry Callahan
Encountered on
Contract 2:
ANOINTED
Mag Samsa
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Mushroom Hunt
The Sparkman
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Mushroom Hunt
Ethan Saxe
Encountered on
Contract 4:
To hunt or be hunted
Riku Nakamura
Encountered on
Contract 4:
To hunt or be hunted
Bill Hawk
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Empress Ekaterina's Hunger
Contract 9:
Dead Drop
Contract 11:
Faithfully
Christopher blossom
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Empress Ekaterina's Hunger
Trussardi “Siren” Ducasse
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Empress Ekaterina's Hunger
"S0L"
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Crustacean Calamity
Contract 7:
The Hourglass
Carter Barden
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Crustacean Calamity
Liz
Encountered on
Contract 7:
The Hourglass
Maze
Encountered on
Contract 7:
The Hourglass
Jordan Daniels
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Contract 8:
Fill In The Blanks
Morgan Wells
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Contract 8:
Fill In The Blanks
Bruno Pegul
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Contract 8:
Fill In The Blanks
Edith O'Hare
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Dead Drop
Dr. Nicholas Lamech
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Ghost Riders
Dr Hector Grant
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Contract 10:
Ghost Riders
Freddy Newman
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Faithfully
Carpathia
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Faithfully