History WMG / Dishonored2

** The standalone SpinOff ''VideoGame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'' has Billie Lurk in the protagonist role and she does come into possession of the Twin-bladed Knife. However, the setting is still in Karnaca and the story has her actually reuniting with a much-older Daud, who has concocted one last assassination... and as the title suggests, the target is The Outsider himself.

** This seems to be Jossed since they said you start as Emily.
** After a brief cutscene, you choose who you want to play.

Emily wont know that she worked for Daud though. [[spoiler: Or that Daud asked Billie to watch over Emily, while Corvo's unavailable.]]
* Confirmed somewhat. [[spoiler:Meagan, the game's version of Samuel is Billie under a disguise]].

* Jossed: The character you don't choose is turned into a statue until the ending.

it has been confirmed that Daud's survival is canon. and it would be cool to see history repeat itself. both father and daughter were framed by the very same person
* Jossed... somewhat. Emily was framed for another's crimes, but the perpetrator was Delilah, the BigBad of the Daud {{DLC}}s.

* Probably Jossed. [[WordOfGod Harvey Smith]] stated on twitter that there's only one entity representing the Void at a time, and there doesn't seem to be any other source of supernatural magic in this world.

This comes into play because Corvo is to be voiced by Stephen Russell, the original voice of Garrett. After the events of the reboot, The Builder flooded The City, and over centuries his gave rise to the various cities up to Dunwall and the Empire of the Isles. The Abbey of the Everyman got their ideas from the long dead Hammerites and Mechanists, and the power that deposes Emily is the Trickster himself, reincarnated by some combination of the Outsider providing his mark and Delilah's magic art.

* [[spoiler: Jossed. Rejecting the Mark has no real effect on the plot.]]

** On Billie's mutilations and her clockwork cybernetics: It's revealed that she's tied to the "broken" nature of space-time at Stilton Manor, and due to Corvo's/Emily's (whichever is canon) interference pertaining to Stilton himself, Billie is paradoxically both mutilated and whole. This is also the source of her Void powers.

* As an aside, this would also neatly explain why the Outsider's clothing (not to mention the twin-bladed knife) looks so comparatively modern despite [[spoiler: his human form ostensibly being from the setting's equivalent to the bronze age... because ''he isn't''.]] The civilization of this world may very well have still been a post-apocalyptic Imperium by that point, [[spoiler: with the Envisioned being fully aware of what the Void used to be and trying to use him—and the Eye of the Dead God, itself likely a remnant of some Chaos god—to tap into it, either to gain power or escape the planet.]]

* As an aside, this would also neatly explain why the Outsider's clothing (not to mention the twin-bladed knife) looks so comparatively modern despite his human form ostensibly being from the setting's equivalent to the bronze age... because ''he isn't''. The civilization of this world may very well have still been a post-apocalyptic Imperium by that point, with the Envisioned being fully aware of what the Void used to be and trying to use him—and the Eye of the Dead God, itself likely a remnant of some Chaos god—to tap into it, either to gain power or escape the planet.

* Jossed: The character you don't choose is turned into a statue and put out of commission for the rest of the game. Once freed, he continues to support Emily even if she went High Chaos all the way.

* Jossed: The character you don't choose is turned into a statue and put out of commission for the rest of the game.

[[WMG: Wyman will be canonized in the story to be Male.]]
Consider the following:
* The majority of the human race is straight, or at least bisexual. It'd need to be so for the instinct for sexual reproduction to work for continuation of the species.
* There would be an expectation of Emily to produce an heir, and same-sex relationships apparently cannot be referred to openly. For all his faults, Duke Luka Abele exercised discretion when talking about the relationship that his father and predecessor Theodanis Abele had with Baron Aramis Stilton, and Theodanis formally married a woman and sired Luca as an heir.
* Emily and Wyman are very much in love with each other.
* In light of this propriety amongst the nobility (of which Emily is at the very top of as Empress) and the evident amorous affection Wyman and Emily have for each other, Emily's "[[WhatWouldXDo What Would Callista Do?]]" contemplation would be her old governess saying "Marry Wyman".
* Wyman already has an accidental slip as being referred to as male in secondary materials.
* There already has been a canonization of an strongly hinted ambiguous identity that was in a sequel in the series: Emily's birth-father, Corvo.

* '''Dishonored 4''': Set many years after the previous game, players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. The Overseers have consolidated their power, creating a world similar to Arkane's canceled project ''The Crossing''. A much older Billie, having developed the Apprentice ability, grants the player powers of their own in order to fight back. However, as Billie grows weaker with age, the dead god whose eye she possesses begins taking increasing control, forming a new avatar of the Void known as the Lurker.

'''Dishonored 3''': Following the events of ''Videogame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'', Billie Lurk journeys to Dabovka, capitol of Tyvia, to reunite with her old friend Sokolov. However, when word gets out that Billie possesses the Twin-bladed Knife--an artifact that can literally create a god--she finds herself targeted by everyone from the Presidium and their Operators to the exiled Princes who once ruled Tyvia. Billie sets out to find a way to destroy the artifact, resulting in two possible outcomes:
* Using an amplified version of the Overseers' music boxes, Billie is able to strip the Knife of its powers at the cost of her own. This paves the way for the Overseers to expand their influence, resulting in a world similar to Arkane's canceled project ''The Crossing''.
* If the Knife falls into the wrong hands (either the High Judges or the exiled Princes), they perform the ritual and make themselves into new Outsiders, using their power to literally expand the influence of Tyvia by covering the world in a dark, endless winter.
'''Dishonored 4''': Players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. Set in the world created when Billie destroys the Knife, players come across the Outsider's Timepiece from ''Videogame/Dishonored2'', which now allows the user to travel between their current reality and the other mentioned above. Unfortunately, this act catches the Outsiders' attention, who subsequently seek to install themselves as the gods of both realities. The Billie of this reality recruits the player and, having developed the Apprentice ability, grants them powers of their own. In the end, they go back in time to convinces Billie to take a third option and use the Knife on herself. This unifies the time stream, creating a better world watched over by a new avatar of the Void--the Lurker, whose symbol is a glowing red eye.

'''Dishonored 3''': Following the events of ''Videogame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'', Billie Lurk journeys to Dabovka, capitol of Tyvia, to reunite with her old friend Sokolov. However, when word gets out that Billie possesses the Twin-bladed Knife--an artifact that can literally create a god--she finds herself targeted by everyone from the High Judges and their Operators to the exiled Princes who once ruled Tyvia. Billie sets out to find a way to destroy the artifact, and in the end is presented with two choices:
* Destroy the Knife--Using an amplified version of the Overseers' music boxes, Billie is able to strip the Knife of its powers but at the cost of her own. This paves the way for the Abbey of the Everyman to expand their influence, resulting in a world similar to Arkane's canceled project ''The Crossing''.
* Choose a Successor--Billie can hand the Knife over to either the High Judges or the exiled Princes. Regardless of who she chooses, they perform the ritual and make themselves into new Outsiders, using their power to literally expand the influence of Tyvia by covering the world in a dark, endless winter.
'''Dishonored 4''': Players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. Set in the world created when Billie destroys the Knife, players come across the Outsider's Timepiece from ''Videogame/Dishonored2'', which now allows the user to travel between their current reality and the other mentioned above. Unfortunately, this act catches the Outsiders' attention, who subsequently seek to install themselves as gods of both realities. Players then meet the Billie of this reality who recruits them and, having developed the Apprentice ability, grants them powers of their own. In the end, the player goes back in time and convinces Billie to take a third option and use the Knife on herself. This unifies the time stream, creating a better world watched over by a new avatar of the Void--the Lurker, whose symbol is a glowing red eye.

'''Dishonored 4''': Players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. Set in the world created when Billie destroys the Knife, players come across the Outsider's Timepiece from ''Videogame/Dishonored2'', which now allows the user to travel between their current reality and the other mentioned above. Unfortunately, this act catches the Outsiders' attention, who subsequently seek to install themselves as gods of both realities. Players then meet the Billie of this reality who, having developed the Apprentice ability, grants them powers of their own and tasks them with finding a way to save their worlds. In the end, the player goes back in time and convinces Billie to take a third option and use the Knife on herself. This unifies the time stream, creating a better world watched over by a new avatar of the Void--the Lurker, whose symbol is a glowing red eye.

'''Dishonored 3''': Following the events of ''Videogame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'', Billie Lurk journeys to Dabovka, capitol of Tyvia, to reunite with her old friend Sokolov. However, when word gets out that Billie possesses the Twin-bladed Knife--an artifact that can literally create a god--she finds herself targeted by everyone from the High Judges and their Operators to the exiled Princes who once ruled Tyvia. Billie sets out to find a way to destroy the artifact, and in the end is presented with three choices:

* Choose a Successor--Billie can hand the Knife over to the High Judges or the exiled Princes. Either way, they end up performing the ritual and making themselves into new Outsiders, using their power to literally expand the influence of Tyvia by covering the world in a dark, endless winter.
* Become the Outsider--To prevent the Knife from falling into the wrong hands, Billie can use it on herself to become a new avatar of the Void. Known as the Lurker, her symbol is that of a glowing red eye.
'''Dishonored 4''': Players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. Set in the world created when Billie destroys the Knife, players come across the Outsider's Timepiece from ''Videogame/Dishonored2'', which now allows the user to travel between their current reality and the other two mentioned above. They learn that the Lurker and the Outsiders are at war, the latter seeking to install themselves as the gods of the other realities as well. To stop them, the Lurker grants the player character powers and tasks them with finding a way to save the world(s).

** Destroy the Knife--Using an amplified version of the Overseers' music boxes, Billie is able to strip the Knife of its powers but at the cost of her own. This paves the way for the Abbey of the Everyman to expand their influence, resulting in a world similar to Arkane's canceled project ''The Crossing''.
** Choose a Successor--Billie can hand the Knife over to the High Judges or the exiled Princes. Either way, they end up performing the ritual and making themselves into new Outsiders, using their power to literally expand the influence of Tyvia by covering the world in a dark, endless winter.
** Become the Outsider--To prevent the Knife from falling into the wrong hands, Billie can use it on herself to become a new avatar of the Void. Known as the Lurker, her symbol is that of a glowing red eye.
* '''Dishonored 4''': Players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. Set in the world created when Billie destroys the Knife, players come across the Outsider's Timepiece from ''Videogame/Dishonored2'', which now allows the user to travel between their current reality and the other two mentioned above. They learn that the Lurker and the Outsiders are at war, the latter seeking to install themselves as the gods of the other realities as well. To stop them, the Lurker grants the player character powers and tasks them with finding a way to save the world(s).

* '''Dishonored 3''': Following the events of ''Videogame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'', Billie Lurk journeys to Dabovka, capitol of Tyvia, to reunite with her old friend Sokolov. However, when word gets out that Billie possesses the Twin-bladed Knife--an artifact that can literally create a god--she finds herself targeted by everyone from the High Judges and their Operators to the exiled Princes who once ruled Tyvia. Billie sets out to find a way to destroy the artifact, and in the end is presented with three choices:

* '''Dishonored 4''': Players control a new character living on the Isle of Morley. Set in the world created when Billie destroys the Knife, players come across the Outsider's Timepiece from ''Videogame/Dishonored2'', which now allows the user to travel between their current reality and the other two mentioned above. They learn that the Lurker and the Outsiders are at war, each seeking to unify the time stream and establish their own as the one, true reality. To this end, the Lurker grants the player character powers and tasks them with finding a way to save the world.

* How they met each other is never explained but presumably Sokolov had to interact with Daud and likely the Whalers at some point to know his face for the portrait he painted of him.

* There already has been a canonization of an strongly hinted ambiguous identity that was in a sequel in the series: Emily's birth-father, Corvo.

* Jossed. The bow is functionally the same for both characters.

[[WMG: Wyman will be retconned to be Male.]]

** On Billie's mutilations and her clockwork cybernetics: It's revealed that she's tied to the "broken" nature of space-time at Stilton Manor, and due to Corvo's/Emily's (whichever is canon) interference pertaining to Stilton himself, Billie is paradoxically both mutilated and whole. This is also the source of her Void powers.

** On Billie's mutilations and her clockwork cybernetics: It's revealed that she's tied to the "broken" nature of space-time at Stilton Manor, and due to Corvo's/Emily's (whichever is canon) interference pertaining to Stilton himself, Billie is paradoxically both mutilated and whole.

** On Billie's mutilations and her clocokwork cybernetics: It's revealed that she's tied to the "broken" nature of space-time at Stilton Manor, and due to Corvo's/Emily's (whichever is canon) interference pertaining to Stilton himself, Billie is paradoxically both mutilated and whole.

* CONFIRMED. Albeit no word if Daud will be playable. He will be a major supporting-character at any rate.

** That would be very in keeping with how so far they've shown a distinct preference for making the Low Chaos aligned options canon, and that's a mission that the Low Chaos option would already be preferred given the lack of an AssholeVictim.