What's the canon ending of Dishonored?

[Oven]

In a lot of the pictures and drawings, they depict Corvo as a bloodthirsty assassin that's trying to avenge the empress and kill the people that framed him. im really confused why they make the low chaos ending the story line though, since low chaos requires a small amount of people dead, even though Corvo is expected to murder everyone (which leads into high chaos, and that ending isn't good). Is Corvo a hero or basically a vigilante? and is Dishonored 2 supposed to be in low chaos or high chaos? (ive heard it was low chaos but idk at this point since Emily basically kills everyone in the trailer)

[Cursed Hawkins]

Dishonored 2 takes place in another city so the canon ending to Dishonored 1 is Low Chaos given that the beginning of what was shown at E3 was in Dunwall

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by Misooki:

In a lot of the pictures and drawings, they depict Corvo as a bloodthirsty assassin that's trying to avenge the empress and kill the people that framed him. im really confused why they make the low chaos ending the story line though, since low chaos requires a small amount of people dead, even though Corvo is expected to murder everyone (which leads into high chaos, and that ending isn't good). Is Corvo a hero or basically a vigilante? and is Dishonored 2 supposed to be in low chaos or high chaos? (ive heard it was low chaos but idk at this point since Emily basically kills everyone in the trailer)

The canon ending is that you murdered everyone. Literally everyone. Even Emily. The girl in the trailor isn't real. This is all a projection of your mind. How could you. You monster.

Though why do you say he's "expected to murder everyone"? Who's expecting this? Corvo is certainly a vigilante, but whether or not he's a hero depends on what you made him do and, additionally, whether you think those actions were heroic. Even if you're not killing people, the non-lethal endings for some of the characters are pretty horrific.

Also, if you're going by trailers, non-lethal playthroughs wouldn't make for a very interesting or exciting trailer and trailers are meant to build up hype. Non-lethal stealth games can be tense and exciting to play, but they're almost never interesting to watch, especially not as a highlight reel.

[aqvarivs]

There is no canon ending of dishonored. The battle continues in Dishonored2. It's not dependent on the previous games chaos one way or the other. The plague exists, the evil exists, Corvo has aged and Emily is about to come into her own as a playable character, defender/vigilante of, and the rightful heir to the throne of the Isles. Or you can play as Corvo.

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by aqvarivs:

There is no canon ending of dishonored.

That's not entirely true. Smith said there is a canon ending based on the developer's choices. They just haven't said what all of the canon choices are. Though it is confirmed canon that Daud is spared and Emily survives, for example.

[aqvarivs]

D2 was developed specifically to introduce Emily as the protagonist. To say in D2 Emily's survival is 'canon' is redundant. And an abuse of language. D2 starts and ends in Dunwall so I expect some of that Dunwall experience generally will carry over.

One video has Delilah appear in a scene with Corvo. Apparently that was confirmed. No mention of Daud and he's not on the D2 character list. Though, neither is Delilah, so...maybe they are given brief cameos?

[Jarbler]

I agree with kitties before titties, expect I would personaly like titties before kitties.

[cyberwiz97]

Canon? What canon? There was no canon in the ending of Dishonored. But, there was that beeahtch of a watch tower, though! :D

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by aqvarivs:

D2 was developed specifically to introduce Emily as the protagonist. To say in D2 Emily's survival is 'canon' is redundant. And an abuse of language. D2 starts and ends in Dunwall so I expect some of that Dunwall experience generally will carry over.

I will be the first to admit I was not there when the developers were deciding to make Dishonored 2, so I can't say why it was made. However, I didn't say her survival in Dishonored 2 is canon. I haven't played Dishonored 2 so I don't know what happens there. I said it's canon that she survives in Dishonored. The fact that she's in Dishonored 2 is evidence of that fact, which was an example of the larger point that there is a canon ending and a set of choices that the developers view as canon in Dishonored.

Originally posted by aqvarivs:

One video has Delilah appear in a scene with Corvo. Apparently that was confirmed. No mention of Daud and he's not on the D2 character list. Though, neither is Delilah, so...maybe they are given brief cameos?

Just because Daud survived Dishonored doesn't necessarily mean he'll show up in the sequel.

Originally posted by Default:

I agree with kitties before titties, expect I would personaly like titties before kitties.

Hey, whatever works for you, man.

Originally posted by cyberwiz97:

Canon? What canon? There was no canon in the ending of Dishonored. But, there was that beeahtch of a watch tower, though! :D

Do you mean that there's no cannon?

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Kitties Before Titties:

Originally posted by aqvarivs:

D2 was developed specifically to introduce Emily as the protagonist. To say in D2 Emily's survival is 'canon' is redundant. And an abuse of language. D2 starts and ends in Dunwall so I expect some of that Dunwall experience generally will carry over.

I will be the first to admit I was not there when the developers were deciding to make Dishonored 2, so I can't say why it was made. However, I didn't say her survival in Dishonored 2 is canon. I haven't played Dishonored 2 so I don't know what happens there. I said it's canon that she survives in Dishonored. The fact that she's in Dishonored 2 is evidence of that fact, which was an example of the larger point that there is a canon ending and a set of choices that the developers view as canon in Dishonored.

yeah emily survives both endings both Low and High Chaos but the question was which of those two is the canon ending people are going with Low Chaos because of Piero and Sokolov finding a cure for whatever the plague was

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

yeah emily survives both endings both Low and High Chaos but the question was which of those two is the canon ending people are going with Low Chaos because of Piero and Sokolov finding a cure for whatever the plague was

There's a high-chaos ending where Emily dies.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Kitties Before Titties:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

yeah emily survives both endings both Low and High Chaos but the question was which of those two is the canon ending people are going with Low Chaos because of Piero and Sokolov finding a cure for whatever the plague was

There's a high-chaos ending where Emily dies.

it's not canon though so that's thrown out the window

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

it's not canon though so that's thrown out the window

Exactly!

[aqvarivs]

Go watch the 2016 E3 Dishonored2 video interview. To say Emily's survival is canon, is redundant, period. It's her story. The entire game is about Emily. Emily is Canon. The blue sky is blue. LOL

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by aqvarivs:

Go watch the 2016 E3 Dishonored2 video interview. To say Emily's survival is canon, is redundant, period. It's her story. The entire game is about Emily. Emily is Canon. The blue sky is blue. LOL

Well, I've not had the special experience like you have to play all of Dishonored 2 already, so I can't say what the entire game is about, but yes. Her survival is canon. I'm glad you've figured it out and we can agree. It's so lovely to be on the same page with you, Daddy.

[Oven]

Originally posted by cyberwiz97:

Canon? What canon? There was no canon in the ending of Dishonored. But, there was that beeahtch of a watch tower, though! :D

do you even know what the word canon means?