Hernando Ferreyra

Sister Lei (Target)

Derek McInnis (Target)

Emma Carlisle (Target)

Maxwell Rutter (Target)

Karan Dhar (Target)

Helen West (Target)

**Hernando Ferreyra**, also known as The Rival, is a recurring character-turned target in all the three levels of The Envy Contention 7 Deadly Sins Escalation in *HITMAN™ III*.

## Background

Throughout the mission, The Rival should be kept alive and conscious, in order not to fail the said objective.

In addition, he should also not be eliminated or pacified during the mission, or else the player will fail. The player must also be able to eliminate all targets as early as possible before he gets to score points. Every time the Rival eliminates a target, he gets a point first.

## Trivia

* In this escalation, whoever gets the most number of points at the end of the mission wins the round.
* He has a striking resemblance with Agent 47, as well as Helmut Kruger and Jason Portman in Hokkaido.
* The Rival within every start of the mission is marked blue in color when on instinct mode. He will only turn red in color if all three targets in Level 3 are already dead.
* He tends to scratch his head whenever he loses a point, despite him being bald.
* He is one of the unique NPCs in the game that will not suspect the player from carrying visible illegal items, just like picking up The Cat's Claw and concealing the Jaeger 7 Green Eye inside a briefcase, but can compromise the player when doing illegal actions during the gameplay.
* He also does not suspect when the player changes disguises. Hence, this is the only Escalation Level where the No Disguise Change Complication is removed.
* Whenever the player commits an illegal action in front of NPCs, they get spotted. Ironically, whenever the Rival does illegal actions such as poisoning drinks and sabotaging lamps by pressing and tampering with it, he does not get caught for those illegal actions.
* Guards will not also arrest or escort the Rival out whenever he is stepping on a trespassing zone. Not to mention, he can also go in a restricted area without wearing any or the appropriate disguise.
* At level 3, he kills all of his targets by only using his Sieger 300 Tactical located at the Silo.
* His name is revealed at the map when the game is paused after killing the three targets in level 3.
* He does not follow the kill conditions that are originally supposed to be followed by 47. An example would be Sister Lei, and she has to be eliminated in the Grape Crusher. Instead, he just simply kills her by tampering the freezer's door, and kill her by hypothermia. Surprisingly, he does not get penalized for killing his targets the wrong way.
* Also, when eliminating Derek McInnis, he will just kill him directly with the Grape Presser without eliminating him with a Knife.
* This is also the only Escalation Level in The 7 Deadly Sins Collection where the player does not officially wear the themed suit of the Sin being represented. The Rival is the character who wears The Odium Suit instead of Agent 47.
* The map will say "Not Available" every time the player goes near the Rival.
* In contrast of being a top-tier assassin, he will also beg and cower just like any other NPC that has been programmed in the game.
* If the player gets to eliminate all targets, then The Rival scratches his head and gets dismayed. However, if he gets to kill all the targets in all three levels, he will win and the mission will fail the objectives completed part of the silent assassin rating from doing its kill conditions, saying that the player got defeated by him.