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Hope is a small town located in the fictional Hope County somewhere in South Dakota, USA and is a featured location in the game Hitman: Absolution.

The licenses plates on cars in Hope County suggest Hope is really Rapid City, SD (South Dakota plates that start with 2 indicate Pennington County).

It is eventually destroyed by the ICA in a desperate attempt to kill Agent 47, but ultimately failed, with the deaths of several of its inhabitants as well as Skurky at the hands of 47.

Inhabitants[]

Throughout the game, Agent 47 encounters several of the county and town's inhabitants. These include:

  • Sheriff Clive Skurky, the town's abusive and corrupt Sheriff.
  • Judge Dennis Strickland, a criminal judge at the Hope County Court.
  • Jessica Holly/Joana Collins two civilians found walking around the small town of Hope.
  • Jolene W. Greene, a bailiff that works at the Hope County Court.
  • Lauren S. Sims, a woman found within the courthouse roaming around looking at various old objects in glass cases.
  • Tammy Haggard/Cora Bly, two call center girls that work at the Dexter Industries explosive factory.
  • Patrick Basham, a supervisor for the Gentle Giant Supermarket.
  • Kyle J. Brown/Nathan M. Lundquist, two civilians wrongfully arrested and beaten inside the Hope County Jail.
  • Kenneth Jenkins, an auto mechanic that works at Bennet's Garage.
  • Kristin J. Horton, a stenographer/bailiff at the Hope County Court.
  • Lauren Blair, a woman who is going to court for a ridiculous crime she commited.
  • Lilly Dukes, the daughter/granddaughter of the owner of Hope's gun shop and the finest shot in the town.
  • Mark B. Pon, a manager that works at Robert Dukes' Gun shop.
  • John Turner, a public lawyer employed by the state as part of a legal aid program.
  • Robert S. Dukes, the owner of the Hope's gun shop
  • Christie Murray, a popular/expensive Vixen Club stripper.
  • Cloe Skillman, the Hope Police dispatcher.
  • James S. Giguere, a corrupt Hope police officer.
  • Jason Storm, one of Blake Dexter's hired guards/henchmen.
  • William K. Vicini, an employee at the McGarmond's Gun Shop.
  • Ma, an elderly woman disliked by many in Hope.
  • Todd, the local barber in Hope and close friend of Blake Dexter/Hope Cougars.
  • Merle Ginsberg, a drunk civilian who causes ruckus at every Hope Fair event.
  • Nancy Christiansen, an employee at the Cherry Donuts location.
  • Joe the Plumber, a 63 year old plumber who tragically fell and died while fixing a toilet.
  • Kevin Zimmerman, a man found trespassing Dexter Industries and was beaten heavily by Sheriff Skurky.
  • Hailey, a Hope City Council Member
  • Brad Pointer, a fellow lawyer charged with providing legal aid.
  • Harold Nut, a 52 year old auto-mechanic driver who crashed into Fred Clark who was killed in the collision.
  • Morton Headgrens, a criminal charged with car theft.
  • Timothy Hawke, the town eccentric and conspiracy theorist.
  • Officer Monroe, a police officer mentioned in the town newspaper. He allegedly ran over a shovel.
  • John Wiggins, a 49-year-old auto mechanic crushed by a car lift in the mission The Streets of Hope. His name is mentioned in a newspaper article.
  • Lucy Hough, a convenience store owner who is the girlfriend of Tyler Colvin and works for her own little store that has gone bankrupt due to the small town being bankrupt.

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Targets and Plot[]

In the mission Shaving Lenny, Agent 47 arrives in town to eliminate some members of the Hope Cougars, a gang of which Lenny Dexter is a key member. The targets, all of whom are involved in the plot to kidnap Victoria, are:

47 is also tasked with abducting Lenny alive and interrogating for information about the kidnapping.

It is known that Blake Dexter is praised as a great benefactor to the town of Hope and, according to Hope News Times, intends to make it a tourist resort. Though locals welcome his contributions, they are apparently not very helpful; in the preview of "Streets of Hope", newspapers with the headline "City is Bankrupt" can be seen in Tyler Colvin's office. and in a hidden dialogue from Shaving Lenny mission(two Hope police officers who are talking about Football match and underground illegal fighting matches at the Donut shop. in Professional difficulties, after they end their conversation at the Donut shop, they move into the entrance to the Bennet's Garage and start dialogue about Hope Fair that sponsored by the Dexter Industries), one Hope police officer saying, "Well, there ain't much goin on, especially after all the layoffs at Dexter's. And as usual, they are sponsoring the whole thing." the other officer cynically responded with "Yeah, there'll probably only be one stall... selling old guns! And explosives."

Appearances[]

In Hitman: Absolution Hope is one of the 3 main locations in the game. Missions from part two take place here, namely:

Trivia[]

  • Hope is indirectly mentioned alongside Blake Dexter in the HITMAN™ mission Patient Zero. A patient complaining about Amos Dexter being allowed smoke jokingly suggests changing his name to Dexter, citing "the one from South Dakota".
  • In Blake Dexter's ICA file trailer, the file initially mistakenly states that Hope is in North Dakota. The second time the file is shown, the error is fixed.

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