Dalia Margolis, also known as "Little Miss Cupid" or "the Mastermind", is a minor antagonist in HITMAN™, a retired supermodel, socialite, former Mossad operative, and ringleader of IAGO alongside Viktor Novikov. She appears as a target in the HITMAN™ mission The Showstopper.
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Manipulative, intelligent and charming, Dalia Margolis is the real brains behind IAGO, operating a private global espionage network while hiding behind her role as a retired supermodel. She sees others as pawns in her plans and has no qualms about eliminating them them as soon as they are no longer useful or become a liability, for example, by plotting the assassination of her boyfriend when he appears to become mentally unstable.
Dalia is cold-blooded and will casually order the death of anybody who might cause her trouble, such as her assistant Martha, an undercover spy for Dalia's rival. Not liking to leave loose ends, she will even order the death of people who are not direct threats.
Unlike Viktor, who truly loves her, Dalia sees him as a means to an end, using his wealth and public position to cover her operations. She doesn't speak highly of him and scoffs at most of her subordinates. Despite her aloof personality, she is sharp-witted and maintains a sense of humor, often making flippant remarks in response to Victor's pretentiousness. She is vengeful and has used her global espionage circle to take revenge on her father, a Mossad officer.
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- Dalia's first name was originally spelled as Dahlia, as seen in the alpha version of the game.
- Dalia does not notice 47 disguising as Helmut Kruger or Sheikh Al-Ghazali. This is notable for the fact she knows both men, worked as a professional spy, and is an information broker, alongside the fact Novikov does notice.
- Dalia is aware that her secretary, Hailey, is a spy for Valerie St. Clair and intends to kill her after the auction is finished. Dalia is also aware that Jared, the guard outside her office window, is in love with Hailey.
- Several conversations Dalia has with Hailey about IAGO intelligence foreshadow or make reference to future missions, including:
- Files about the Ether Biotech Corporation developing a new top secret bioweapon, foreshadowing the events of World of Tomorrow as tipped off by Lucas Grey.
- Captured audio about a plot to overthrow the Moroccan government, foreshadowing the events of A Gilded Cage as tipped off by Lucas Grey.
- An internal memo about Thomas Cross' news network, GNN, a potential reference to Club 27.
- Live footage of an illegal liver transplant from a clinic in Japan, a reference to Situs Inversus.
- If Dalia discovers that the auction's server has crashed, she may state that she knows computers, only for her to take a while to reboot it. This is likely a reference to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn being the English voice actor of Major Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, who is known for being a skilled hacker.
- Dalia appears to believe that Viktor's criminal past poses a threat to IAGO and is planning on having him eliminated. She is aware of Viktor striking a deal with an assassin for a copy of the full IAGO dossier, despite not being told beforehand. If Dalia is informed of Viktor's death, she is far more concerned about the auction being exposed than her lover's death, in contrast to Viktor's shock.
- Dalia is interested in using one of her models, Camille, to ingratiate herself with famous actor Julian Wakefield in an attempt to infiltrate the Church of Ascendants, a wealthy and powerful, likely religious, organization that many of her clients would pay top dollars to gain further information.
- While socializing on the auction level's patio with other guests, Dalia is told by Delgado cartel representative Andrea Martinez that Rico Delgado wants to marry her (despite already being married to Catalina Delgado), to which she positively replies "I'll think about it".
- After Agent 47 greets Dalia as Tobias Rieper, she'll make multiple phone calls to ask for a background check on 47. The person on the other side of the phone is named by Margolis as "Ezra", which refers to Ezra Berg, considering Dalia and Ezra Berg were both former Mossad agents.
- If held at gunpoint, Dalia will attempt to bribe 47 and make his enemies disappear, or call him a "coward".
- Dalia's voice is different in her conversations with Nila Torvik during The Pharmacist. This makes her one of two targets to have two different voice actors, the other being Andrea Martínez.
- In HITMAN™ III, a radio report heard in the mission Death in the Family mentions a fashion event in Paris being held by the Margolis Foundation, a charity for war orphans.