Mark Faba

Alice Bergstein (Henchwoman)

**Mark Stephen Faba** is the first elusive target of *Hitman 2*.

## Biography

*Mark Faba (a.k.a. "The Undying") is an explosives expert and freelance assassin with a penchant for violent, theatrical spectacles.*

*A disgraced MI5 agent, Faba developed a unique "shock and awe" methodology inspired in equal terms by terrorism and performance art. He goes to great lengths to eliminate his targets as loudly and viscerally as possible.*

*Present at the site of an IRA bombing in London, 10-year old Mark Faba experienced the power and spectacle of terrorism at close hand. Traumatised, the young boy withdrew from society, resorted to living in his parents' basement outside school hours and depply embedded himself in the world of hobby electronics and hacking.*

*At 18, he had become smitten with the flamboyance of the late 1980's hacker scene. But after a series of hacks against the government, Faba was arrested and given a non-choice. Hone his skills with the Secret Service and work for Queen and country or face years of incarceration.*

*At MI5, Faba became an ace marksman and demolitions expert. He learned infiltration techniques and worked for years on domestic surveillance projects aimed at journalists, politicians, corporate heads and members of the upper class. Eventually, the work peeled away every shred of decency and humanity and the boundaries between right and wrong dissolved.*

*While on a job to install surveillance equipment in the hotel suite of a visiting foreign diplomat, Faba's cover was blown. A struggle ensued and Faba ended up killing his intended surveillance target. He tried to cover his tracks but forensic experts at MI5 soon suspected foul play. As the evidence mounted, Faba felt the ground burn beneath him. In his desperation, he turned to his old hacker connections and with their aid, Mark Faba disappeared from the world. Soon after, he was presumed dead by his own hand.*

*Flash forward ten years. When an Mi6 agent was murdered under spectacular circumstances, the investigation revealed that Mark Faba was in fact alive and working as a freelance assassin in various conflict zones around the world.*

*An ICA contract was issued on Faba, requesting his immediate termination.*

*The agency dispatched one of its most seasoned agents, who successfully eliminated Faba in Somalia. Or so it seemed. A few years later, however, Faba reappeared in Kosovo alive and well, and so began one of the most enigmatic cases in ICA history. From that initial contract to the present day, ICA has confirmed the death of Faba no less than 25 times. Yet somehow, he keeps reappearing, growing bolder with every unsuccessful attempt – even having the audacity to send us clues to his whereabouts.*

*Faba - with the internal nickname "The Undying" - has proven to be an un-erasable embarrassment for the agency. And now, he has sent us another taunting invitation: "if you're not busy, come to Miami during the innovation race. It's sure to be a crowd pleaser."*
*The Board has decided that enough is enough. This time, they're sending their absolute best. if anyone can send Faba to an early – and not to mention permanent - grave, it is you 47.*

## Appearance

Faba wears a formal grey suit with a white shirt. He has brown hair and blue eyes, his physical appearance modelled after his actor's. In his second appearance, he has an eyepatch over his right eye.

## Trivia

* Players who successfully eliminate Faba will gain access to the Explosive Pen. Playing *The Undying* will complete the "Explosive Penmanship" Challenge and add the item to players' inventories. The Pen is also available in the mission if players opt to use it as part of Faba's elimination.
* Mark Faba is the only known Elusive Target to have unique dialog when held at gun point by Agent 47.
* Mark Faba is the only Elusive Target with a Mission Story
* Simillarly, players who took part in *The Undying Returns* contract will recieve Lil' Flashy, a remotely-detonated concealed flashbang explosive.
* Mark Faba is renowned for cheating death in various ways. This is a nod to Sean Bean's reputation for appearing in movies wherein his character dies.
* Completing both versions of the contract will count toward two completed targets for Challenges such as Elusive Targets V.
* Faba currently stands as having the longest activation window of any Elusive Target with players having had an entire month to attempt the reactivated contract.
* Faba shares his date of birth, as well as his birthplace of Yorkshire, with Sean Bean, the actor who portrays him.
* Mark Faba has an eyepatch on The Undying Returns, suggesting that the first time he was killed, he was killed with either the pen on the stand, PALLAS, a kitchen knife, or a firearm.
* In the end of the *HITMAN™ 2*'s 2019 Roadmap, a skull can be seen that turns into Mark Faba, hinting that Mark Faba is still alive.
* The name "Mark Faba" is in itself a reference to Sean Bean, the actor who portrays him, with "Faba" being the latin word for Bean, and "Mark" being Sean Bean's middle name.
* Mark Faba presents a number of references to the Bond Franchise. Sean Bean famously played Bond villain Alec Trevelyan in the 1995 movie GoldenEye, and his elimination earns you the Explosive Pen, an item which also appears in the same movie. In addition, Mark Faba shares his gift for cheating death with Bond villain Baron Samedi from the 1973 movie Live and Let Die. Baron Samedi also appears in a secret level in the 1997 game GoldenEye 007, where he is repeatedly killed, only to mysteriously reappear alive.
* Mark Faba's pistol, as shown in the video briefing, has the word "Hereford" with an anchor in front of it. This is a reference to the scene where Sean Bean's character (Spence) is exposed by the question "What's the color of the boathouse at Hereford?", in the movie Ronin (1998).
* During a phonecall to one of his colleagues about setting up a hit, Faba will respond with "they fell for the exploding Fire Extinguisher a few years ago". This is a reference to criticism that the fire extinguisher in *HITMAN™* is overpowered, due to it being extremely common and for counting as an Accidental Kill, which *HITMAN™ 2* addresses by making the fire extinguisher a non-lethal item.
* In a phonecall to another of his associates, Alice, Faba mentions Agent Davenport and Agent Swan, who failed to assassinate him in the past. It is now known that these two were ICA Agents who were later featured in HITMAN III as Targets in the mission Apex Predator, Berlin.
* After completing the Mission Story "Ready, set, GO!" and attending the meeting with Dave, Mark Faba asks 47 about ways he would hypothetically kill him, one of 47's responses has him explaining that he would create a distraction, lure Faba to the balcony and push him to his death, Mark responds stating that the bushes below would break his fall and leave him unharmed, if the player however is ever given the chance to throw him off said balcony he will ironically die from the fall.