Anathema

Anathema
In-Game Information
Target(s):	Giuseppe Guillani
VIP(s):	Emilio Vittorio
Location:	Villa Borghese, Sicily
Mission Order:
Preceded By:	The Gontranno Sanctuary
Succeeded By:	St. Petersburg Stakeout
Real-World Information:
Game:	Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
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Anathema is the second level in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. It is the first real mission of the game, where Agent 47 comes out of retirement to save his friend and mentor Father Emilio Vittorio.

Target(s):

• Giuseppe Guillani

Description

After the kidnapping of Agent 47's mentor Father Vittorio, he seeks help from the International Contract Agency.

After learning all he can about the kidnapper, Giuseppe Guillani, Agent 47 dons his signature weapons and Suit, and heads out of the shed to leave for the Villa Borghese.

When arriving, Agent 47 gets a clear sight of Giuseppe, and prepares to assassinate him, so he can acquire the basement key and rescue Father Vittorio from the Sicilian Mafia.

Mission Briefing

The following contain spoilers.

"47 — This is Diana from Agency. We're all happy you're back doing business for us.

This mutual arrangement we made to rescue your friend and mentor Father Vittorio means you will have to take care of a number of mafia members residing at the Villa Borghese, where he is kept hostage in the basement.

Prime target is Giuseppe Guillani. Security is not exactly lax — plenty of guards roaming the mansion compound. However, don't expect to free Vittorio just like that.

The Don is running a tight ship, and if alarmed he will probably kill the hostage and escape. They are used to people coming to pay respect, ransoms or bribes - but they are alerted by unusual activities, check out the map we have of the grounds.

Buena Fortuna, 47!

Diana Burnwood"

Objectives

1. Kill Giuseppe Guillani.
2. Take key to the basement cell from Guillani.
3. Rescue Vittorio in the basement.
4. Escape

Weapons

Firearms

• 9mm Pistol - Carried by most of the guards.
• Snub Nosed Revolver - Carried by Giuseppe Guillani.
• Desert Eagle - Carried by Guillani's brother, his son, and in the study on the first floor.
• Double-Barreled Shotgun - Carried by one of the guards at the front door, and by the lawyer on the second floor.
• R93 Sniper - Found in the garage.

Melee

• Kitchen Knife - Found in the kitchen on the first floor.
• Golf Club - Found in Giuseppe Guillani's bedroom on the second floor, and on the balcony.

Enemies

Giuseppe Guillani

Guards

Mama Guilliano

Two Henchmen

Others

Maid

Postman

Delivery Boy

Disguises

Your default suit does not allow entrance anywhere but you won't be shot at normally if you just approach guards outside the mansion wall

• Mafia Bodyguard - Found everywhere throughout the level. Can be useful as bodyguards will not be too suspicious at a distance. Otherwise, they can almost easily see through the disguise up close with 47, making roaming inside the mansion a risky task. The don, his brother and son will blow the disguise easily.
• Delivery Boy - The player can hold weapons inside the food crate. But can get recognized by the guards and very easily by the chef.
• Postman - Can be used to get inside the mansion, but will be frisked at the gate. Allowed no further inside the mansion beyond the entrance hall.

Gallery

Agent 47 making a prayer before the mission.

Agent 47 acquiring the target.

Agent 47 spots the delivery boy at the back entrance.

View of the villa at the beginning of the mission.

The Florist on his way to the main gate.

The Florist on his way,

Agent 47 subduing the Florist when he was pissing on a tree.

Remember to hide the Florist's body. There are patrols outside the villa.

One of the methods of entry: posing as the Florist.

Agent 47 needs to be frisked. Remember to drop your ballers beforehand.

Agent 47 being frisked by Italian mafiosos.

Agent 47 being authorized to proceed.

The frontage of Villa Borghese.

Guards posted around the entrance and next to the car parked nearby.

A maid awaits at the front hall in order to pick the flowers.

The maid leaves, followed by the guard, leaving 47 free to move inside the building.

Another entry method: the delivery boy.

47 can hide his ballers inside the food crate.

The kitchen.

The cook will always recognize 47.

The more straight forward method of entry: the guard.

Bring the guard inside. Remember to take his pistol in case he wakes up.

Walking around Villa Borghese as a guard.

Walking on the back yard of Villa Borghese.

The stairs to the roof and to the pool at the back.

The pool seen from over the roof.

Vito Anguillo, brother of Don Giuseppe, and Gucci Guilliani, the son of Don Giuseppe Giulliani.

The tree holding the hidden car keys. Walk backwards towards it.

The keys in the tree.

The basement with the holding cell.

The door of the holding cell.

The car shed.

The car and the R93 Sniper rifle.

Agent 47 using Giuseppe Guillani's car in order to escape.

Agent 47 breaking through the villa's gates.

Agent 47 drifting his getaway car.

Trivia

• "Anathema", when translated from Greek to English, means "Curse".
• This is also the only mission in the game where 47 has weapons automatically at the beginning.
• This is the first time it is possible for 47 to be frisked since the Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant incident.
• If 47 alerts the guards, Guillano will retreat to his office on the second floor along with his lawyer, two guards will exit the mansion and patrol outside the walls and a third one will run to the main entrance and guard it.
• This is the only mission in the game where the Double-Barreled Shotgun and the Golf Club appear.
• Once the objectives are accomplished, there are two different ways to escape, 47 can either go on foot to the exit point from where the postman arrived, or steal the car in the garage after taking its key from Guillano's brother, Vitto. If you get the time and opportunity to do so, you can take the car key quickly from the tree next to the ladder leading to the rooftop for make an easy escape. Taking it from Vitto is a bit difficult because his son or a guard may notice. Even using slide-run glitch, they will get you a close encounter.
• The beta name of this level was Revenge.^[1]
• This is technically the first mission in the series to feature the container.
• Even if the don's son, Gucci Guillano, can be killed, he is not supposed to die in the canon story, and is supposed to survive till September 6, 2010, which was ruled out as suicide, in which Agent 47 was probably involved.

Missions in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Prologue (Sicily)	The Gontranno Sanctuary - Anathema
Russia	St. Petersburg Stakeout - Kirov Park Meeting - Tubeway Torpedo - Invitation to a Party
Japan	Tracking Hayamoto - Hidden Valley - At the Gates - Shogun Showdown
Malaysia	Basement Killing - The Graveyard Shift - The Jacuzzi Job
Afghanistan	Murder at the Bazaar - The Motorcade Interception - Tunnel Rat
India	Temple City Ambush - The Death of Hannelore - Terminal Hospitality
Epilogue (Russia & Sicily)	St. Petersburg Revisited - Redemption at Gontranno