Penelope Graves is one of Agent 47's targets in the HITMAN™ mission Freedom Fighters.
Background[]
After graduating from Cambridge she became a criminal profiler with the Metropolitan Police Service and later transferred to Interpol where she rose to become one of their most prolific anti-terror analysts. Here she briefly led the international manhunt against Sean Rose, the terrorist whose network she inexplicably now appears to have joined.
Our sources at Interpol deny that Graves should be involved in any sort of sting operation. However, according to rumors, Graves recently discovered evidence about systematic corruption and power abuse at the highest levels of the UN, only to be shut down by her superiors. Graves was allegedly disillusioned by the incident. A highly analytical thinker, she cares deeply about order and can't tolerate a broken system. This may very well be when she switched sides. But how she got in contact with Rose, or what shared cause or agenda might justify her betrayal, is as of yet unknown.
According to Graves' own psychological profile, she is not only exceptionally intelligent but also deeply empathetic. She nevertheless shows a distinct moral fluidity, making her able to make choices in the service of the greater good that normal people would shy away from. When confronted with the classic trolley problem, Graves would push the fat man onto the tracks without hesitation.
Graves could have been a formidable asset to the ICA. Alas, she has joined a ruthless terrorist organization, and a contract is a contract.Description and Behavior[]
Penelope is found in the northeastern area of the farm, almost always accompanied by two Militia Elite bodyguards.
Penelope first visits the farmhouse, where she analyzes the plans of Lucas Grey. She then checks in with a technician south of the farmhouse before heading to the water cooler, where she will ask her bodyguards for privacy. As she wanders around the outdoor kitchen, she will ask soldiers information about Sean Rose, before heading to the greenhouse. When inside the greenhouse for the first time, she has a phone call with Grey, otherwise she records herself profiling Rose. She will converse with both Rose and Ezra Berg if she sees them.
Penelope appears to be rather sympathetic towards Rose, despite his distaste for her. In her profile recordings, she suspects his lack of bond with the militia is a result of his upbringing, and expresses respect for his work ethic despite disliking his methods. If the two encounter each other inside the farmhouse, Sean himself will believe that she deliberately refused to catch him while working for Interpol. In her conversation with Berg, Penelope suggests that Grey hired Rose for his methods, stating "The boss [Grey] is not a monster, and right now, well, he needs one". In a phone call with Alma Reynard, Rose will state that she has potential and expresses a desire for her to get past her "pedestrian sense of morality".
Rose has decided to test Penelope's loyalty by having a technician pretend to be an Interpol agent asking her to betray the militia. 47 can take the badge off the technician and confront her at the slurry pit. She will then dismiss her bodyguards and go over how she burned her tracks heading to Colorado, providing an opportunity to push her into the pit. She will then decline the offer, before realizing that Rose set her up. 47 can tell Rose she fell for it, which will lead to a heated conversation at the slurry pit.
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Trivia[]
- Penelope Graves' character may be based on Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds. Both share the same first name and initials, work as analysts for a government agency (Interpol for Graves, the FBI for Garcia) and both are empathetic to their agencies.
- Several female bank customers in Golden Handshake wear the same jacket as Penelope. Internally, the jacket's filename is named in reference to her.