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ET: The Fiance
Target(s): Natalie Copeland
VIP(s): Brooks Northcott
Client: The Northcott Family
Location: Miami, Florida
Preceded By: The Undying
Succeeded By: The Revolutionary
Objectives
Briefing
Good afternoon 47. Your target is Natalie Copeland, a former model, supposed former con artist and bride to be of Brooks Northcott.
Miss Copeland is known for her vivacious personality, dazzling good looks, and the pattern of ill fated lovers she has left in her wake. Authorities believe she is behind the recent deaths of Arthur Copperfield, CEO of Copperfield Suit Emporium, who presumably took his own life after an intimate tape was leaked, and Gina Lugosi, a world famous supermodel who was presumably assassinated by the Moroccan military after a tape of her with the now deceased General Zaydan was leaked to GNN. However, it was never proven, even though all their funds were drained into offshore banks accounts presumably controlled by Miss Copeland.
Our clients, the Northcott family, believe their son is being blackmailed into marrying her in order to keep his secrets safe, dooming him to the same fate as her previous victims, and want her eliminated so he can marry the man he truly loves. Itās time to put an end to this modelās lethal charade. Good luck, 47.
Physical Appearance and Personality
Natalie is a beautiful woman, who appears about twenty eight years of age. She has fair skin, green eyes, and blonde hair styled in a low bun. She wears a black dress of a similar style to Brigitte Cabotās, as well as black heels.
On the outside, Natalie is kind, charming, and sensible. However, in private, she is shown to be verbally abusive, greedy for both money and power, as well as highly vindictive to those who will not follow her bidding promptly.
Route
Natalie starts in the VIP lounge, roaming the facility and drinking from a glass of wine at the bar, which can be poisoned. If the race is not yet finished, she will leave the lounge in search of Brooks, who is in the regular stands, and drag him outside to berate him. She will then head to the security room and call her assistant for an update on the uploading of Brooksā blackmail, growing upset to find progress has stalled. She will gloat on the phone that once the upload completes, āheāll be finishedā, and reference her previous victims, before returning to her route.
If she finds the safe open and the tape gone, she will panic and call her assistant, demanding they ensure the upload finishes or else she will ruin their life.
If the race completes, she will approach either Moses Lee or Sierra Knox, depending on who won, and congratulate them on their win, offering them a drink ācourtesy of her future husbandā before repeating her loop as normal when they decline.
Once the race ends, Brooks will move from the stands to the bench near the dolphin statue. If you give him the tape then, he will call Natalie and confront her, ending with her being thrown into the sea. If you give this tape to him at any other point, he will thank you and exit the level, ensuring the contract cannot be failed upon his death.
If Natalie finds out that her husband has left during the race, she will become agitated and go to smoke (presumably near a gas tank), allowing for another accident kill.
Intel
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The Blackmail Tape - It appears Miss Copeland has hidden the tape somewhere in the security room. Perhaps if you find it and hand it over to Mr Northcott, heāll be able to finally escape her clutches.
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Mr Northcott - 47, that man over there is your VIP, Brooks Northcott. If you can find a way to get him away from the main stands, perhaps we can ensure his safety to his father and find some way to deal with Miss Copeland.
Trivia
- The Fiance is the second elusive target to be set in Miami, the second female elusive target in Hitman 2, and the sixth female elusive target overall.
- She is one of two targets whose future victim can be dissuaded of her, the other being Philo Newcombe in Hitman 3 (Brooks with the DVD and Michelle and Phoebe with the scrapbook).
- She is the only elusive target so far that can be directly confronted by one of her victims, and, if set up properly, killed by them in an accident.
- This mission is one of the few elusive targets to have a VIP, the others being The Twin, The Wildcard, The Fixer, and The Guru.
- The Blackmail Tape replaces the explosive that is in the safe in the security office in this version of Miami.
Meta Comment
Hi there! This is my first elusive target and honestly, super difficult! I honestly didnāt think I would finish it, but here we are! Natalie is an amalgamation of multiple different targets throughout the trilogy, and I loved making her. I also sort of took the āLocksley is Giles Northcottā theory and ran with it the whole time, even if it was only undertones. Anyway, thank you so much for reading, I hope you have a good day/afternoon/evening!
