Mission 8 (Grand Palace) question (spoilers)

[Neto]

How do I make a stealth approach, wihtout killing the Duke of Serkonos?

I found his double, the journal said I should find and talk to him... well, he was terrified when I found him, so he didn't talk to me, but I stole from him his chest key, and the non-lethal objective was marked on screen...

Then I had already found and knocked out the real duke, but found no way of making a non-lethal approach on him, so I just killed him.

What did I do wrong? Is there a bug if the double doesn't talk to me? Or should I've carried him somewhere else and do something?

Thanks in advance.

[Neto]

I believe the problem was that I freaked out the double (he was inside the Duke's Office, where was a clockwork soldier and more two guards - I didn't fight them, but triggered them behind me, hid and eliminated them - except the clockwork soldier, who went out wandering looking for me), and he wouldn't come back to normal... I waited a lot, but he stayed there, terrified, so I wasn't aware of what he would say to me... so I had no other option than to kill the duke.

Too bad, I was trying to kill any main targets... would kill them on my second playthrough, with Corvo.

But that's fine. Thanks a lot!

[SebastianWolf]

The fake duke does talk to you, provided you did not "scare him" if that makes sense. He acts like a civilian when you attack his guards in plain sight.
I used the bolt that makes people flee and forget things. Used them on the dog and the 2 guards and then spoke to him. As long as he is not running away or huddling in fear he is not triggered.

So don't joke the guards in plain sight. I shot one with a sleeping dart and the fake duke saw it, and he just bolted away.

He should agree to help you and you get a new waypoint called " dukes bed" or something. Lay the real duke in the bed. Its the bed that is in the same room occupied by the real duke so no need to go far

Only thing i am unclear about myself is the "medallion" i was supposed to get for the fake duke.
I must have looted it by accident at some point since the cut scene just triggerd when i layed down the real duke in the bed.

Hope i have helped a little bit and it made sense for you. Non english speaker here ;D

[Neto]

Thanks a lot, will try this on my second playthrough. Now off to the last mission of this amazing game.

Oh, and SebastianWolf, your english is awesome... I am also a non english speaker haha (Brazilian).

[pxlbltz]

Originally posted by SebastianWolf:

I used the bolt that makes people flee and forget things. Used them on the dog and the 2 guards and then spoke to him. As long as he is not running away or huddling in fear he is not triggered.

Thanks!! I had the same problem and this worked.

[loofychan]

I had the same issue - managed to scare the Duke and he wouldn't talk to me. I got around it by Mesmirizing him (summoning a void thingy) - he forgets what's happening and you have a moment where you can talk to him again.