The Saints

"It's time to send in the Saints."

―Benjamin Travis

The Saints (also known as XFG1, The Nuns, I424 Group, Initiative 424/Angels of Death within the ICA) were an elite group of female assassins, who were ordered by Benjamin Travis to eliminate Agent 47 after his arrival at the Waikiki Inn.

Diana's Contract[]

In 2013, The Saints are contracted to find and terminate Agent 47. As the trailers have proven, the mission is a complete failure, resulting in the deaths of all the agents at 47's hands. However, Dixon is seen at the end of The Saints' ICA File trailer in a hospital, recovering from her wounds in a deep coma, though the events in the trailers differ from the ones in the game.

In Absolution, the Saints are first seen interrogating a man in Panama when Dixon gets a phone call from Travis. She then kills their target and the group packs up and leaves. In Attack of the Saints, 47 checks into the Waikiki Inn to stay for the night. The Saints, along with a full crew of Agency mercenaries, are on to him and attack the motel, killing many people in the area and intending to cover up the deaths as an unfortunate gas leak explosion by blowing up the place. 47 kills all of them and escapes and, in the Cornfield segment, finds a ringing cell phone to which Travis is calling. He tells him "mission failed" and escapes.

Background[]

The Saints approaching Waikiki Inn disguised as nuns — The Saints approaching Waikiki Inn, where 47 resides in the guise of nuns.

The Saints began as an experimental wetworks unit. Proposal for the formation of the hit squad came directly from Benjamin Travis. The official name for the campaign was ICA Initiative 424, with the squad codenamed The Saints. The initiative involved "the recruitment, training and deployment of female agents to conduct field operations under cover of spiritual persons".

LaSandra Dixon was assigned field captain. She was responsible for scouting for potential candidates. Mentioned by an ICA tactical unit member, majority of the recruits are war orphans, domestic dispute victims and probationary convicts, with a history of violence. After recruitment was finalized and approved on May 2, 2007, The Saints began their training in weapons handling and marksmanship, interrogation and torture techniques, hand-to-hand combat, demolition, biochemistry and electronic communications. The agents were also taught the language and deportment of nuns. They broke agency timing record in the open ground scenarios ("Hidden Valley Blitz") and were good in eliciting infromation without physical contacts, though they should repeat an exercise after they were warned that sexual contacts are physical too and thus are prohibited. The Saints trained to elicite information from female subjects as well and they learned how to extract information. In ICA files there is a note "Concerned possibility of pleasure taken in extraction techniques... But result speak for themselves."

Having excelled in their training beyond Agency expectations, The Saints were finally greenlit for field operations in July 2007. They are responsible for numerous high profile assassinations around the globe, proving themselves from contract to contract. They have participated in operations in Madrid, Prague, Los Angeles and even a botched meeting to kill Castro in Cuba. Their notoriety has earned them the name "Angels of Death". In light of recurring successes by The Saints, their scope was broadened to include a second company of 7 Field Operatives and one Field Captain, who should report directly to LaSandra Dixon. Recruitment was authorized with immediate effect the ICA internal memoranda "Change of scope authorization".

During a mission in Spain, one of the Saints, Boo, was killed in action. ICA replaced her with Marie Garnier.

Appearance[]

The Saints work undercover dressed as Nuns. Underneath their robes however, they don fetish latex outfits and seductive thigh high boots. Some of the Saints are shown to have tattoos of the ICA logo on their shoulders.

They use different weapon, rather than Agency issued assault rifles, they use Agency issued PDWs, and they are the only enemies in game use RPGs.

Some of the bigwigs in ICA are skeptical of the Saints' appearances. At least one co-worker of Benjamin Travis believes that the sexual nature of their outfits completely nullifies the point of them dressing as nuns.

In the game, their outfit was a bit changed and though they still wear latex costumes, they are not so revealing anymore. The only exception being Heather McCarthy, who wears more revealing clothes than in promotional materials.

Known Members[]

Other Members[]

Contract Pages[]

Cameo(s)[]

In "Hunter and Hunted" during the two segments "Vixen Club" & "Dressing Rooms" inside the building are various nun outfits/mannequins inside the establishment. This is an obvious cameo/foreshadowing easter egg to the Saints that the player has to engage with later in the game. The outfits also could be in reference to Boo as she was formerly a stripper before becoming a Saint.

Behind the Scenes[]

The Saints were concept used and started back in the original scrapped story line "The Angry Man". The location and setting remained however the two saints remained unknown. In Full Disclosure, one of the many unreleased posters of HITMAN: Burning Hope features an unidentified caucasian Saint wearing LaSandra Dixon's old attire.

Trivia[]

In the ICA Trailer for The Saints, there is a frame that shows a letter to Travis by an unknown ICA board member who voices his concerns about the hit squad. He questions their religious attire and the fetish costumes underneath, a possible reference to fan criticisms towards the 'Attack of the Saints' CG Trailer. Travis underlines the sentence "Also, what's with the fetish costumes?" and humorously replies in blue ink "I will ask them."
The Saints are divided into companies with 7 Field Operatives and 1 Field Captain. In the trailer "Attack of the Saints" there are 8 Saints, but in the game, there are only seven of them, though in the objectives screen, the mission image depicts an eighth Saint.
Their ICA file trailer mentions that the Saints created and used their own interrogation tactic known as "Alexanders Twist", this could be a reference to Benjamin Travis' middle name "Alexander".
Though in the trailer "Attack of the Saints" and in the game, LaSandra Dixon undoubtedly dies by 47's hands, in the "Hitman Absolution - Saints ICA File trailer she's shown in the hospital."
Despite appearing in both the Saints ICA File Trailer & Attack of the Saints Teaser Trailer, Marie Garnier does not appear in Absolution, nor is she mentioned. Thus meaning she is considered a scrapped character making it heavily unknown why she was cut before the games' release.
Nothing is known about the second company of the Saints other than they are temporarily assigned with them.
In the game, the Saints divided into three teams.
- Saints Team One. Jennifer Anne Paxton and Heather McCarthy, the youngest and the oldest members of the group. The heels and laces of their boots are of red colour, which is unigue amongst the other saints.
- Saints Team Two. Agnija Radoncic and Dijana Radoncic, fraternal twins, who always stays together.
- Saints Team Three. Louisa Cain, Jaqueline Moorhead and LaSandra Dixon.