#And if the hitman manages to escape suspicion they keep the money and can do whatever they want

[elians-terrarium]

Murder Mystery.

Oh hell yes

First thing you see after you zoom in is how you die

How you dying 👀

[subjectsix]

Hitman 3 theories

OKAY so disclaimer that this will largely be my rambling thoughts, and I don’t personally put a lot of stock in all of these theories NOR do I think we have enough information currently to reach a complete conclusion, but they are fun to think about! 

So the burning question is: is there a double agent in the main Hitman four? (47, Diana, Lucas, Olivia) Possible answers I’ve considered (read more cause I went on forever)

There is no double agent, and The Constant/Arthur Edwards is trying to seed doubt in everyone’s minds to drive them apart and keep them from working as a coherent team. (kip rating of likelihood as of now: pretty high! there could even be secrets being kept among the team from each other which might make the rifts even worse, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re still on the same team and Eds is trying to ruin it-- he’s a cunning dude) Lucas is the double agent, because - He’s not thinking clearly and blinded by his own goals and quest for revenge, and has decided that working with Edwards to end up as part of the “new providence” would be the best path (kip rating of likelihood as of now: not very high) - The Constant is holding him hostage in a way, using some sort of pressure point to make Lucas do his bidding, as eluded to by the cutscene after Sapienza when Lucas obtains the second Providence key (kip rating of likelihood as of now: a little more probable, but still not very high?) - When Lucas escaped the institute back in the day, Edwards found him and helped him but pressures him to do his bidding (kip rating of likelihood as of now: intriguing, but very flawed-- why go through all the trouble to meet with 47 and eliminate Janus? unless its an even grander plan than we know, and lucas is trying to break away from The Constant’s control somehow? but still, intriguing but not likely imo with the info we have, tho a fic about this would be fun) - He doesn’t want 47 to be distracted by the fact that Edwards is missing and instead focus on destroying the partners (kip rating of likelihood as of now: possible, but flawed-- unless Lucas is really that blindly driven to destroy the partners, he should know that Edwards has somehow stripped them of their money and identities, and would want to focus on taking him down instead, in theory)

Diana is the double agent, because - She’s on the rocks with the choices 47 is making, and we know she’s not afraid to make choices for him when she knows he won’t do it (see: the ending of blood money)-- maybe she saw him deciding to work with Lucas as a poor choice and after talking with Edwards on the boat, felt swayed enough for some reason to let him go and frame Lucas? (kip rating of likelihood as of now: intriguing but not likely-- I’m not sure Diana would make this brash a decision, and we don’t have enough information to clearly see motives she would even have to do this. I think she’s rather loyal to 47 as well, though her loyalty to him could be cause for a motivation to be a double agent, if she can manage to wrap her logic a certain way. But still, hard to picture as of now with the lore we have.)

Bonus evidence about character motivations I just think is neat: - I’ve talked about this before, but Lucas institutes a ‘no unnecessary deaths’ rule in the militia-- one that goes so far that the Delgados go to insane lengths to release a man they got info from, which Lucas checks up on (you can hear this conversation by eavesdropping in the Delgado office-- Lucas has voiced lines on a phone call with him), and one Alma openly complains about. She calls him ‘squeamish about collateral damage’. However, Lucas also admits to Diana he’s willing to work with shady people and criminals to reach his higher goal. He also talks about the weight things have on his conscience, and seems genuinely taken aback/grieved when he realizes he and 47 had a hand in killing Diana’s parents. Unless this is all an elaborate act, I feel like this is evidence that Lucas is trying to justify and atone for his actions to take down Providence-- and he’s willing to reach that goal however he can, which makes the idea of him working with Edwards shakey right now, with the lore we currently have. This could quickly change! akjhdkjahdf

- Edwards seems genuinely baffled by Lucas’ actions! Unless this is a ruse, of course. Spies and all that. You can overhear these conversations on Sgail in his private area

- On that note, there are reoccurring characters via phone convos! We never hear them, but other characters talk to them. The only ones I’m certain of at the moment is that Yuki and Edwards both call the same Providence contact. I would not be surprised to see them later. - I think this is mostly known, but Olivia met Lucas when she was 7! It was in Sierra Leonne-- where Edwards mentions Lucas did mercenary work. Chances are high that they met during Civil War there-- where it’s very possible, but in no way confirmed, that Olivia could have been a child soldier. The canon aspects of this are that they were both there, and Olivia was 7. The rest is conjecture based upon the fact that child soldiers were unfortunately frequent, to my understanding, Olivia is the only militia member to have direct, frequent, and face to face contact with Lucas, as well as KNOWING HIS NAME, which no other militia member knows-- she’s the only member of the militia to remain after it disbands, she has no fear whatsoever talking back to Lucas, and he seems to talk to her in a fatherly/parental way at times. Conclusion: Olivia is his daughter figure :’) Second conclusion: this has a high probability of breaking my heart  - I have a sneaking suspicion we might have to shoot Lucas. If this happens I will cry that’s all! I’ll add more thoughts™ if I think of them later