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Dalia Margolis, also known as 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.

Background[]


The right face at the right time, Dalia Margolis became one of the most iconic fashion models of the previous decade. Then, at the peak of her career, she wisely chose to retire and launch her own model agency. But the unofficial story is even more glamorous.

During her heyday, Dalia, the daughter of a hawkish Israeli army general, was in fact a spy for Mossad, who understood how beauty and fame could open doors that guns and bombs could not. It was her intel that led to the Mongoose's arrest and the drone strike that killed Red Sabre in Lebanon. Of course, we now know that Margolis used her training to build something much more sinister, the IAGO spy ring.


Dalia Margolis is not only beautiful; she is charming, sophisticated and extremely intelligent. Novikov might be the money man, but we suspect that Dalia is the brains behind IAGO.
― Target Intel

Personality[]

Dalia Margolis is the real brains behind IAGO. Using her intelligence, beauty, and charm, she effortlessly manipulates and exploits people to get what she wants. She's very indulgent, secretly planning her global espionage while hiding behind her role as a retired supermodel. She sees others as pawns in her plans and removes them as soon as they are no longer useful, like plotting an assassination when her boyfriend becomes too unstable.

She's also ruthless, ordering the killing of anyone she thinks comes close to hindering her, such as her assistant, an undercover spy for Daria's rival. Compared to her insight, she is also very ruthless, even if some people don't have any threats to her, she wants to tie up anything loose.

Unlike Viktor, who truly loves her, Dalia sees him as a meal ticket and uses him to gain power and wealth. She doesn't speak highly of him and scoffs at most of her subordinates. Despite her aloof and aloof personality, she is sharp and maintains a sense of humor, often making flippant remarks in response to Victor's pretentiousness. She is also driven by anger to use her global espionage circle to take revenge on her father, a Mossad officer.

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Trivia[]

  • 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.
  • During one of the conversations Dalia has with Hailey, they claim to have found information relating to a plot to overthrow the Moroccan government, foreshadowing the events of A Gilded Cage.
  • 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.
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