theHearttriesa differenttactic.I sneakintotheCrone’s
Handviaanadjacentapartmentcondemneddue to
Bloodflyinfestation.Inside,I discovera coupleof
Nest-Keepers,humansturnedintothrallsbythe
Bloodflies.I don’tknowhowhumantheystillare, but I
focustheHeartonthemanyway.“They’vetakenover his
body,hismind,”theHeartsays.“Untilhedrawshis last
breath,theywillcontrolhim.”
OhGod.MustI pondera mercy-killingnow?
Dishonoredexcelsatmakingmefeelbadaboutnot-
murderingpeople.No,I havetothinkaboutthebigger
picture.I putbothKeepersdownwitha sleep-dart, and
entertheCrone’sHand.
I’mbeginningtothinkthisis goingtoendinanother
rampage.I’malreadyfindingit hardtostaymyblade, and
tomakemattersworseI’mnowinsidethedenof the
Howlers,oneofthe most
depravedfactionsin the
game.Yetasit turns out,
thingsaren’tsosimple
amongstthelocals of the
Crone’sHand.
“Hebringsflowers to
hergraveeveryday.”
Oh,that’snice.
“Nowineforthis one,
hiscoingoestobread
andclothforthat
motherandherbabe.”
That’sverynice.
“Hismothertaughthimtohidetrumpsinhissleeves
andothercardcheats.”
Right,herewego.
“Yetheplaysanhonestgame.”
OhHeart,youtease!
FindingdecentsoulsamongsttheHowlersboosts my
spirits,althoughsadlyit doesn’tlastlong.I manage to
sneaktoDurante’soffice,onlytodiscoverthedoor is
locked.TurnsoutDurantegotcapturedbytheOverseers,
andhiskeywentwithhim.Great,sonowI haveto cross
town,stealthekeyfromtheOverseers’HQ,andthen
comeback.Thisnot-killingpeoplelarkis a rightfaff.PEOPLEINNARROWALLEYS...
TheOverseerHQis a crumblingmulti-storeytenement
shoredupwithelaboratewooden-scaffolding.The key I
needis intheVice-Overseer’soffice,rightatthetop. As I
carefullysneakthroughthebuilding,I settheHeart on
anyOverseersI pass.Nothingtooegregiouscomes up, not
thatit wouldhavematteredmuch.THERULES
1
Judge the actions of
every NPC in
Dishonored II using
clues from the
environment and
game mechanics.
2
Only kill NPCs with
clear evidence of
wrongdoing. “Innocent”
lives must be spared.
Killnobody.3
High Chaos must
be avoided if
possible AT ALL COSTS.I’M GOINGTO FOCUS
ONCLEANING UP
THE STREETS A
DIFFERENT WAY
T
oday we’re visiting mining mogul Aramis
Stilton, who resides in his manor on the
outskirts of the Dust District. Stilton
knows the secret to the usurper Delilah’s
invulnerability, and I need to retrieve it
from him one way or another. To get there, I must also
crack the riddle of the Jindosh lock, a huge mechanical
door commissioned by Duke of Serkonos that separates
Stilton’s manor from the rest of the district.Yet as I prepare for the mission, my concern rests entirely
with the mess I made while judging the citizens of
Karnaca last time. I’m only supposed to kill people who
the Heart tells me are guilty of wrongdoing, but a series of
calamities en-route to the Clockwork Mansion resulted in
multiple accidental deaths. I then stupidly took my
frustration out on the
Witches who brought
merciless slaughter to the
Royal Conservatory.
There’s little doubt they
deserved this, but my
gratuitous actions have
also sent my Chaos rating
skyrocketing.
I left the Conservatory
ready to let Karnaca burn,
as finding a good person in
Serkonos is harder than finding a Malteaser in a cow pat.
But I’ve since had a change of heart. If I end the game on
High Chaos, then all my efforts to rid Karnaca of its most
evil inhabitants will be rendered pointless. I need to start
reducing my Chaos level, and fast. Trouble is, I said this
last time and ended up killing more people than I did
previously. So as Anton Sokolov ferries me to the Dust
District, I make a decision. I’m not killing anyone today.
I’ll still use the Heart to judge those I come across, but my
blade is staying sheathed, no matter what they’ve done.A DIFFERENT WAY
Instead, I’m going to focus on cleaning up the streets a
different way. The Dust District is ground zero for a war
between the Overseers and the Howlers. The Howlers are
led by a man called Paolo, while the boss of the Overseers
in this area is Vice Overseer Byrne. Either man will help
me crack the Jindosh lock provided I eliminate the other
and show them the corpse. But there’s a third way to get
the code, one that also lets me neutralise both men
without killing them.
Pulling this off is tricky. First I must retrieve a key to
the nearby Silvergraph studio from
the office of a Howler named
Durante. The Howlers are based
out of a pub called the Crone’s
Hand Saloon, so that’s my first
stop. As I make my way there,
the Heart decides to test my
murder-abstinence by offering a
few choice chumps. “He was
afraid she’d tell the Overseers
about his hobbies” the Heart
whispers of one civilian sat on a
bench. “He dragged her to a bloodfly
nest.” A little further on, I discover a
man who blinded a cobbler with her
own hobnails. Delightful.
It’s tempting, very tempting. But I
stick to my guns and move on. As if
sensing my reluctance to get stabby,EXTRA LIFE
NOW PLAYING I MOD SPOTLIGHT I HOW TO I DIARY (^) I REINSTALL I WHY I LOVE I M U S T P L A Y
The Duke of Serkonos has stripped the Dust District of
resources, leaving its exhausted miners starving.