Dishonored is an amazing game, and these two DLCs that put you in the shoes of the one that killed the Empress, is also pretty good. Now, two things. You need to play the full game and complete it as there’s spoilers, and if you really want to understand the story of the DLCs, you gotta play both of them.
Reason I played them, achievement-hunting, of course. To get the ‘Cleaner Hands’ and ‘Cleanest Hands’ achievements, and not being seen are pretty challenging achievements, but doable if you watch your surroundings, such as enemy walking patterns and when to use Blink at the right moment.
Also, having a good video walkthrough with commentary, of someone saying “Ok, jump up here”, is quite helpful.
Now I’m going to hope, people that read this have already played the full game. If not, do so. Again, spoilers.
The first DLC puts you into the shoes of the Master Assassin, Daud, who murdered the Empress. He can’t stop thinking about it, and wishes he could just run away from it, especially when he helped to kidnap Emily. He knows Corvo is coming for his head.
The Outsider knows this too, and has warned Daud that his time is running up. But he mentions something that could help him; “Delilah”. What, or who is this “Delilah”, you wonder. This is where The Knife of Dunwall plays in. You eventually find who she is, but where she is, is in the next DLC. Let’s say, she’s a crazy ass painter.
Almost reminds me of that guy in Bioshock who wanted you to get pictures of corpses.
In The Brigmore Witches, you soon find out Delilah’s plans to take over Emily’s body and become the Empress, which would send the Empire into chaos.
Now is your time to help him in the path of redemption, by eventually saving Emily’s life from Delilah. Though, however, the grief of killing an Empress will never leave you.
Or, will you just fuck that and go back to being an assassin, and having no regrets? No remorse? That is your decision. Like in Dishonored, The Outsider has given you the tools. How you use them, is up to you.
How you do in these two DLCs, depends if your life is spared by Corvo or not. It has nothing to do with your actions as Corvo, at all. Because Corvo doesn’t know what Daud did, only that he murdered the Empress and its time for revenge. As in twice, I spared Daud’s life. Second time with high chaos.