Deceit was a member of Calvin McManus's secret Hunter Program, tasked with eliminating Rogue Division Agents: Marley "Shade" Yarrow, Sueko "Wraith" Tanagi, Linette "Dusk" Edwards and Skyler "Belfry" Williams, as well as BTSU Leader Bardon Schaeffer, should he interfere with the operation, as per Black Tusk CEO Natalya Sokolova's request.
History[]
The member of the Hunters that would be commonly referred to as "Deceit" was a mysterious operative of unknown origins. All that is known about him is that he joined Calvin McManus's Hunter Program (presumably) sometime before the events of Warlords of New York.
During the events of Concealed Agenda, Deceit was tasked by Calvin McManus with the mission to observe and stalk Faye Lau's operation to recruit more Rogue Agents into the BTSU, as well as to assess whether or not it was worth investing resources into it, leading him to eventually attempt to assassinate these agents, only for his actions to be intervened by Second Wave Division Agents who would end up taking down the targets themselves.
After the death of Hyenas Rogue Agent Sueko "Wraith" Tanagi, Bardon Schaeffer called Faye Lau to inform her on her death, explaining that Sokolova had sent him some "off-the-books" backup (Deceit himself) to help with the situation regarding his Rogue Agents.
After Linette "Dusk" Edwards, Rogue Division Agent and True Sons operative, was taken down by Division agents with the indirect help of Deceit, who was also present on-site with the very same purpose, Bardon Schaeffer was called by Lieutenant Mackenzie Chang of the True Sons, who blamed Schaeffer for Dusk's death. Though Schaeffer argued during the call that 'someone' was hunting Dusk. Later, General Anderson would end his alliance with the Black Tusk and start an operation in Washington, D.C. to investigate said murder.
Deceit, having failed to properly take down his 4 targets (as The Division managed to do that on their own), was sent to Coney Island Amusement Park to help with Schaeffer's security, as he was to meet with Lau (this was secretly a setup between the two for Schaeffer to be purposefully apprehended by Division agents to brief them on the situation with the Hunters and McManus). There, Deceit would place several explosive traps around the park and constantly taunt the agents, until he was eventually called by Schaeffer and ordered to kill the agents, to which he simply obeyed without question and went on to face the agents in a deadly fight, leading him to his demise.
Abilities[]
Deceit was armed with a Black Market AK-M, Police T821, SHD Firestarter Chem-Launcher, SHD Jammer Pulse and White Phosphorus Grenades. Like other Hunters, he can also hack the player's skills.
Trivia[]
- Deceit is the first Hunter in the Tom Clancy's The Division franchise to have voice lines, even if they are just distorted growls and screams.
- Deceit seems to either suffer from some kind of mental illness (aside from his obvious psychopathy) or show symptoms of forced mental conditioning, probably as part of the Hunter Program.
- Deceit is the first Hunter in the franchise to be (actively) part of a main story mission.
- While the "Abilities" tab describes the Hunter's weapons and skills used during his boss fight on Coney Island, it should be noted that, as with other Hunters, his appearances as a random enemy in Countdown and The Summit feature randomized weapons and skills, often times different from his main canonical appearance.
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