You have just returned from a journey of several months, visiting the other nations in the Empire to ask for aid in dealing with the Rat Plague. You must deliver their diplomatic response to the Empress, whom you serve as Lord Protector.
(Optional) Meet Emily under the stone bridge
(Optional) Playing hide and seek with Emily
(Optional) Use the environment to hide from Emily
Protect the Empress and Emily
Go to the Empress
Meet the Empress in the gazebo
Corvo, if only there was someone else I trusted to send, so that you could remain near. But there is no one else, and the Spymaster was right to insist that I send you. The plague has taken so many and we must find a cure. When you are near, my heart is at peace. Emily and I will count the days until you return. Hurry home and bring good news.
As the capital city, Dunwall is home to the Empress and the royal court.
Use your right hand to attack or block with a sword.
Use your left hand for powers, ranged weapons and gadgets.
Blocking during sword combat protects you and can put enemies off-balance.
Timed right, blocking a sword attack will throw your attacker off-balance.
The Overseers are a militant religious faction spread across the Empire.
Attack an off-balance or downed enemy to deliver a fatal strike.
Sprint to evade enemies or build speed for jumps.
High Overseer Campbell is the current leader of the Abbey of the Everyman.
The city owes much to this great mind. Let him drink and find company where he can.
Anton Sokolov. He knew me once. And did much to set me on my path.
Yes, Sokolov's a foreigner - with the looks and manner of a Tyvian Swineherd. But he is also a great genius.
What the aristocracy will pay for a portrait painted by Anton Sokolov! If only they knew how much he detests them!
Not all his knowledge was gleaned from Academy books, some is gained from the maid-servants he beds.
When Daud commands them, they obey.
Such power. If only it could be harnessed for something other than death.
Daud's men. Secrets so well kept - even I cannot discern the truth.
They are sick with treachery. From within - and from without.
He has taken a life - but I can't be sure of anything else.
Some mystery fuels their steps.
They are assassins, that much I know.
They are like puppets. They do not act of their own will.
He is loyal to Daud, yes, but there is something else. Something - no, I cannot see.
One of Daud's assassins. They are everywhere, and nowhere.
There is something about this one. A memory? From before?
Death. I feel only death from this one.
It is as if there is a cloak around him, and I cannot see through it.
I do feel something, but it's distant, like a memory.
It is the same with all of Daud's men. They exist in the place of fog.
A haze surrounds them - I cannot see through it.
Why have you brought me here? Am I meant to forgive this man for what he did?
No! There is no turning back from the path he has chosen!
Paid assassin. Daud. The last thing the… Empress felt was his blade.
His hands do violence. But there is a different dream in his heart.
In the schoolyard, the other children would marvel at his quick hands. One day, a man came for young Daud, and led him away.
His grandfather came from Serkonos. They never let him forget it.
His first lover was a soldier from Tyvia. He killed to keep the secret.
Curnow's loyalty to the Lord Regent is feigned. It is a dangerous game he plays.
He is swept up in events too large for him to comprehend.
The Guard Captain is Curnow. There was once a large family. Now it is only him - and a niece, Callista.
He uses his position of power for personal gain and the pursuit of pleasure.
Campbell breaks all Seven Strictures each day. It's his own little joke.
He angers easily, and takes revenge without mercy.
The High Overseer - Thaddeus Campbell.
Don't let the talk of faith fool you. Campbell is vain, lustful, decadent - and completely corrupt.
She was bribed with sweet biscuits and ox milk, calmed with stories of magic and seafaring. All to keep her sane in a time of turmoil.
She clings to her childhood things, but they bring her only brief comfort.
Poor Emily! Her childhood is lost! She has become a pawn in the games of men!
She hides her fears. She seeks someone to trust.
She sees more than she is telling. Young Lady Emily.
The house help is treated poorly. But there are worse ways to earn a coin.
There is not a day that goes by she does not consider taking her own life.
For all the hard work, there is little reward for her.
Do not pity the servant. There is pride in the job well done.
Work is never done for the lowly servant.
The pain in her back is constant. Nothing helps.
Her servant wages will not be enough to fix her father's debts.
If she lives until tomorrow, her day off, she will be mauled by Weepers and left for dead.
The other servants don't like her.
Disease and death and murder, that is what Hiram Burrows - the Lord Regent - has brought us.
How I misplaced my trust! Now that I see so well, I know how truly blind I was.
He is driven by obsession, like a madness. Order, he must have all things, in order.
It was he who brought the rats, the rats brought the plague. There is no man more accursed.
This is him, the Lord Regent. Before that the Royal Spymaster. And before that still, Hiram Burrows. What secrets he knows!
If they find out what he's done, he'll be executed.
These are the sons of rich and powerful families.
Discipline, pride, and courage. A dangerous combination.
They act quickly, harshly. And without mercy.
Careful. The Officers of the City Watch are well trained.
They've been known to mock their victims before striking.
An Officer of the City Watch.
He will follow his orders to the end.
See how proudly the Officers hold themselves.
They are loyal to the Lord Regent.
Careful. This is no dim-witted Sergeant of the Watch!
Few can best their swordsmanship.
He has a pistol and has used it on children before!
They are the Lord Regent's most trusted men.
They are chosen for their advanced skills.
His entire family was taken by the plague. It is just him now.
He murdered a nobleman, then framed a friend for the deed.
Madness runs in his family. And he is the worst of them all.
When his cousin refused his advances, he sent a Watch patrol to beat her to death.
He has ambitions well past the City Watch.
Not once has he lost a sword fight.
He received a letter from his sister. He can never go home, the plague is there.
No one ever mentioned the missing boys. He feels confident he's gotten away with it.
Twice today he has coughed up blood. He's told no one.
He is worried. It's been four days since he's had word from her.
What he ate last night isn't settling well with his stomach.
He is only two merits away from another medal. He hopes to earn them today.
His visits his father in the asylum, though the man no longer remembers him.
He thinks exercise and discipline will keep the plague away.
Arrogant. Corrupt. And fiercely loyal to the Lord Regent.
He is tired.
It is in the common man that the Abbey finds its most faithful.
Some men can still find work along the waterfront.
A man is only as common as his dreams.
He spies on his neighbors and reports to the Overseers.
He always eats very well, even as his wife and child grow thin.
He steals from his business partner. A little every day.
He didn't tend to that cut, and now it festers.
All that he had was lost in the flood.
He used to admire the Overseers. Now he fears them.
That work was the best he could do. And still they weren't satisfied.
Only after a long day of work will he return to his home and family.