History Fridge / Dishonored2

* Emily still calls Corvo by his name instead of "father" or other patrilineal appellations, despite it being publicly acknowledged that Corvo sired her by the time ''Dishonored 2'' takes place. Why? She spent much of her earlier childhood not even knowing that Corvo actually ''was'' her birth-father. He was "Corvo", a father-like figure in her life. The habit persists into her adulthood. "Corvo" is the equivalent of "Daddy" to her.

* Playing as Emily occasionally has characters point out how she and Delilah are NotSoDifferent (Delilah most often). In the first game's beginning section, young Emily asked Corvo if he would marry her if he didn't marry her mother. Meanwhile, play as Corvo in ''2'', and Delilah will mockingly flirt with him after she petrifies Emily. Delilah also has relations with men and women, and Emily's lover Wyman is given no gender just for the purpose of making Emily's sexual orientation ambiguous.

** Another possibility is that Euhorn himself had been looking for an excuse to kick Delilah and her mother out of the Tower. Which would explain why he washed his hands of them both, by not vetoeing the punishment OR providing them financially after the fact.

** The statues are not wearing masks at all, and [[spoiler: they were members of a cult called the Eyeless, as is revealed in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. They're unrelated to the Abbey.]].

** The statues are not wearing masks at all, but [[spoiler:both groups were the same cult]].

** Also note the set-up of the encounter with Stilton. You find him in the back of his house, standing underneath a gazebo. Why is that familiar? Well, [[spoiler:it's identical to the setting where Empress Jessamine was assassinated. Her assassination was the PlotTriggeringDeath of the entire series, while Stilton's life is similarly pivotal, in that sparing him and preventing the incident that made him mad sets off the end of the series, namely the Outsider's death. She was in a garden gazebo when she was attacked by Void-powered assassins, just like Stilton is alone in a gazebo gathering his thoughts before visiting the Study]]. On High Chaos, Emily[=/=]Corvo finally BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, whereas in Low Chaos, they manage to rewrite history by preventing a similar fate from befalling the BigGood of Karnaca. Also on a class level, Jessamine was BlueBlood, while Stilton is a blue collar self-made man of the people.

** [[spoiler:This is confirmed in [[DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider Death of the Outsider]]. Although outwardly, everything seems fine, Breanna Ashworth notes that there has been cases where people saw shimmering lights and strange voices whispering into their ears. Stilton has even, discretely, paid for various 'mental exhaustion' healthcare sprouting among his workers. One servant fled her post, refusing to return, and one delivery man ended his service with the manor, abruptly, without offering a reason. And considering that Stilton is the definition of a BenevolentBoss, whatever spooked them is troubling, to say the least. Breanna continued to note that whatever they did to resurrect Delilah has caused the Void to crack and bleed into the manor, only time would tell just how much said crack would affect the world.]]

** [[spoiler:This is confirmed in TheDeathOfTheOutsider. Although outwardly, everything seems fine, Breanna Ashworth notes that there has been cases where people saw shimmering lights and strange voices whispering into their ears. Stilton has even, discretely, paid for various 'mental exhaustion' healthcare sprouting among his workers. One servant fled her post, refusing to return, and one delivery man ended his service with the manor, abruptly, without offering a reason. And considering that Stilton is the definition of a BenevolentBoss, whatever spooked them is troubling, to say the least. Breanna continued to note that whatever they did to resurrect Delilah has caused the Void to crack and bleed into the manor, only time would tell just how much said crack would affect the world.]]

* In this game you can choose this time to reject The Outsider's powers, opting to use your own natural skills to take down Delilah. However, The Outsider would be visibly angered by your decision to reject his gifts. Considering how he usually delights in decisions he could not predict, this is unusually OutOfCharacter of him, until you realised ''why''. Unlike the first game where your actions affect a small part of the world and only that part, this time your BigBad is someone who has the potential of usurping him as GodEmperor and turning the whole of existence into a hellish nightmare where everyone is forced into becoming her mindless worshipper. Since you're up against someone unbelievably powerful and not to forget smart and cunning, The Outsider wants you to have the best skills you can have; by rejecting his gifts the chances of you succeeding becomes smaller and he's rightfully worried that you might fail. Which makes winning the whole game depowered all the more sweet.
* Playing as Emily occasionally has characters point out how she and Delilah are NotSoDifferent (Delilah most often). In the first game's beginning section, young Emily asked Corvo if he would marry her if he didn't marry her mother. Meanwhile, play as Corvo in 2, and Delilah will mockingly flirt with him after she petrifies Emily. Delilah also has relations with men and women, and Emily's lover Wyman is given no gender just for the purpose of making Emily's sexual orientation ambiguous.
* Why are there suddenly a bunch of female guards in Dunwall and Serkonos? This is probably due to the influence of Empress Emily, who was trained by Callista. It was Callista's fondest wish to be a whaler despite the sexist society of 15 years ago. Emily could have exerted a lot of her influence to making the sexes more equal even if she didn't work much on ruling well. Let's not forget that the plague has decimated most of Dunwall's population. This echoes the RealLife feminist movement where WWI and WWII lost an entire generation of men, forcing the workforce to offer jobs to women which would have been impossible otherwise.
* [[spoiler: Saving Aramis Stilton has a lot of repercussions, not the least being that Meagan Foster regains her arm and loses her scars because she doesn't rush headlong into a mansion full of watchmen covering up what happened. However, it also makes sure Paolo and the Vice Overseer never actually get into a brutal gangwar because the region never becomes a shell of its former self. You can even hear the Duke being slightly less of an awful ruler because of Aramis' influence. Ironically, Low Chaos Emily Kaldwin does a pretty good job of reversing her neglect of her throne in this mission.]]
* Emily still calls Corvo by his name instead of "father" or other patrilineal appellations, despite it being publicly acknowledged that Corvo sired her by the time Dishonored 2 takes place. Why? She spent much of her earlier childhood not even knowing that Corvo actually ''was'' her birth-father. He was "Corvo", a father-like figure in her life. The habit persists into her adulthood. "Corvo" is the equivalent of "Daddy" to her.

* During the end of one mission, you are treated to a cutscene which has Emily or Corvo falling through the void, only to be caught by The Outsider, who proceeds to show them the secret [[spoiler: behind his creation]]. You can still look around and even move, and there are creepy statues of cultists standing before a sacrificial altar, and one holding the blade that would lead to [[spoiler: The Outsider's creation]]. Take a look at that blade, a real good look. Anyone familiar with Dishonored would recognize the hilt and part of it as similar to an Overseer's saber. Now take a look at all the statues, they all have the same face. The Overseers are required to wear masks 'Of the Everyman'. What if the Overseers aren't just a cult dedicated to loathing the Outsider, [[spoiler: but a cult spawned from the remnants of the cult that MADE the Outsider]]? It puts the existence of Overseers in another twisted light.

* Stilton's Mansion [[spoiler: is still suffering from the Void leak due to the seance. Depending on your choice, it's possible for the mansion to be populated with people. Considering just how detrimental the Void could be to those unmarked, there's a great possibility of people being driven to madness the longer they stayed there.]]
** [[spoiler:This is confirmed in TheDeathOfTheOutsider. Although outwardly, everything seems fine, Breanna Ashworth notes that there has been cases where people saw shimmering lights and strange voices whispering into their ears. Stilton has even, discretely, paid for various 'mental exhaustion' healthcare sprouting among his workers. One servant fled her post, refusing to return and one delivery man ended his service with the manor, abruptly, without offering a reason. And considering that Stilton is the definition of a BenevolentBoss, whatever spooked them is troubling to say the least. Breanna continued to note that whatever they did to resurrect Delilah has caused the Void to crack and bleed into the manor, only time would tell just how much said crack would affect the world.]]

* Emily still calls Corvo by his name instead of "father" or other patrilineal appellations, despite it being publicly acknowledged that Corvo sired her by the time Dishonored 2 takes place. Why? She spent much of her earlier childhood not even knowing that Corvo actually ''was'' her birth-father. He was "Corvo", a father-like figure in her life. The habit persists into her adulthood.

** [[spoiler:This is confirmed in TheDeathOfTheOutsider. Although outwardly, everything seems fine, Breanna Ashworth notes that there has been cases where people saw shimmering lights and strange voices whispering into their ears. Stilton has even, discretely, paid for various 'mental exhaustion' healthcare sprouting among his workers. One servant fled her post, refusing to return and one delivery man ended his service with the manor, abruptly, without offering a reason. And considering that Stilton is the definition of a BenevolentBoss, these incidents are troubling. Breanna continued to note that whatever they did to resurrect Delilah has caused the Void to crack and bleed into the manor, only time would tell just how much said crack would affect the world.]]

** [[spoiler:This is confirmed in TheDeathOfTheOutsider. Although a majority of the staff seem stable and balanced, there were reports of Stilton's former staff who encountered incidents that led them to quit or refusing to step into the mansion, some even ended up being sent to an asylum to recuperate. Reports were made by Breanna about the mansion's state in relations to the Void.]]

** [[spoiler:This is confirmed in TheDeathOfTheOutsider. Although a majority of the staff seem stable and balanced, there were reports of Stilton's former staff who encountered incidents that led them to quit or refusing to step into the mansion, some even ended up being sent to a mental hospital to recuperate. Reports were made by Breanna about the mansion's state in relations to the Void. Its state is reminiscence to the state of the Shindaery Mining Camp, also a time-displaced area, which does not bode well for those who stay there in the long run.]]

** The statues are not wearing masks at all, but [[spoiler:both groups were the same cult]].

** This is unlikely, as the masks the Overseers use are modeled after a specific, named character (as noted in a book found in the Overseers' outpost in the Dust District). Also, considering the time spans involved, it wouldn't make much sense for the Abbey to have existed that long ago.