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Viper's
Encountered Contractors
Arthur Annuler
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Sanctuary
Harry Davis
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Sanctuary
Contract 6:
The Tournament
Mildred
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Sanctuary
Contract 2:
Smell no Evil
Contract 3:
A Date to Remember
Contract 8:
Aurora order: Infiltrate and retrieve
Jesse Goldstine
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Sanctuary
Margaret Maddox
Encountered on
Contract 3:
A Date to Remember
Thaddeus Thunder
Encountered on
Contract 3:
A Date to Remember
Gulliver Archer
Encountered on
Contract 4:
children of the eyeless
Keith Nightly
Encountered on
Contract 4:
children of the eyeless
Contract 9:
Hounds of Yore
Yu
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The armed thief of Proxelam
Barry Terry
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The armed thief of Proxelam
Byron
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The armed thief of Proxelam
Jake Irons
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The armed thief of Proxelam
Ayla Stella
Encountered on
Contract 6:
The Tournament
Conner Metal
Encountered on
Contract 6:
The Tournament
Aurora
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Passing the Hours
Kurt Falls
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Aurora order: Infiltrate and retrieve
Contract 9:
Hounds of Yore
Mako
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Hounds of Yore
Mary Alice
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Hounds of Yore
Jules
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Hounds of Yore
Solomon
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Turkey Hunt
Elliot Broussard
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Turkey Hunt
Barry "The Butcher" DeMagio
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Turkey Hunt
Hawthorne Davis (UA-553)
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Turkey Hunt
Little Timmy
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Bombing Run
Contract 12:
Get Tink
Grace Cyanide
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Bombing Run
Contract 12:
Get Tink
Aki Shizuko
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Bombing Run
Contract 12:
Get Tink
Jeremy Soap
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Bombing Run
Contract 12:
Get Tink
Alexander Felidae
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Suffer The Children
Preston Vincent Astor III
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Suffer The Children
Edgar Stokes
Encountered on
Contract 13:
Suffer The Children
Chamael
Encountered on
Contract 14:
The Whisperer
Gideon Lockhart
Encountered on
Contract 14:
The Whisperer
Luci Alessi
Encountered on
Contract 14:
The Whisperer