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It's set in the present day of the Dishonored universe
The devs confirmed the previous game, Deathloop is in the same universe. Considering the state of the world involves a vampire apocalypse, someone messed around badly with the Outsider's powers and now the world is paying for it. Post-release WMGS
One of the 2 DLC characters will be Justine Temple, the bow-using lead park ranger at Bladewell Campgrounds.
There's a lockpick door at Bladewell Compound which is the office of the head ranger, Justine Temple. This room has no notable loot other than a journal entry from said ranger and some archery trophies, but the player character has unique dialogue noting that the person the room belongs to must be a real badass, and Layla even refers to them as a potential vampire hunter. This emphasis on a character who doesn't even appear in the game seems incredibly incongruitous, and only really makes sense if they're intended to be a future player character.This is assuming Microsoft/Bethesda/Arkane don't cut their losses and decide to let the lawyers handle it instead of actually releasing the two contractually obligated DLC characters.
