#The peeress and the price

[fakeshibe]

i got one of the dishonored comics today, The Peeress and the Price (still waiting for the art book to ship), and it was a really cool short comic run!! i’ve got a couple of mixed feelings on certain parts of it though :/

So, spoilers mini-essay with absolutely no spell checking or proofreading to explain my thoughts and critiques :D

— Spoilers for Dishonored: the Peeress and the Price —

the art was incredible, loved it, such a sick style the really harsh lighting had such a sick effect. really cool use of colours too. For some reason on the version i got Emily’s headshot on the cover was like, super low resolution and visibly png compressed? there were a couple of page spreads of D2 location art on the inside too which were slightly compressed looking with a weird sharpness, no idea what’s going on there lol. it was an official print so, i guess maybe it didn’t get proofed properly before it went to print or there was a tight deadline? the actual comic art looks incredible, it’s just the cover and the art spreads, which makes sense cause they’re pieces i’ve seen other places being re-used for this. bit odd though.

It started out super great, diving straight into Emily being confronted with the demand for democracy from a group of Dunwall citizens, and I love that!! it’s a genuinely good question for Emily to be asked, if she’s always looking to do the best thing for Dunwall, would that include abolishing the monarchy? but then the rest of the comic just feels too short to properly explore that and it concludes in such an unsatisfying way. It feels like it was maybe meant to be a 3 issue thing treat had to be shortened to 2? or maybe it was always 2 issues, and really should’ve been 2. idk.

The action is really great, I really love it!! it’s so cool to see how Corvo and Emily fight side by side, and to get it clarified that Corvo’s mark doesn’t get returned post-Delilah in D2. And the antagonist, Price? the way she’s drawn and framed is so cool and I love it, she’s allowed to be so brutal and i love that. but does she really have a motivation? Unless i missed a panel i couldn’t really tell one other than she just wants to watch the world burn. She kinda fits the description of characters from Morely, so in my mind i’m assuming she’s for the fall of Dunwall and the empire because of how Morely has been constantly revolting against the empire in the background of the games, because that actually is a really cool motivation that brings the wider empire into the story and furthered the question of how much good Emily’s position as empress does when balanced against the damage inherent of it being an empire.

But yeah, the ‘im into chaos because, fuckin idk it’s fun to watch the world burn’ methodology of Price kinda doesn’t work for me. I know Price explains her motivation in more detail while she’s attempting to convince Wainwright to use his position to turn peaceful protest into a violent rebellion, but it still just doesn’t convince me without the mention of Morely or a wider motivation.

Also, the part about the ending being unsatisfying? Emily kills like 10 of the rat gang henchmen without a second though, not in self defence either, she usually starts it. So her sparing the leader of the gang and telling the public ‘it’s not my position to decide who lives or dies’… actual what the fuck are you on about 😭😭 since when?? unless that’s meant to be her separating Empress Emily and assassin Emily, and declaring that publicly she’ll limit her powers, but behind the scenes she’ll still control Dunwall??

Also the people were like having a revolution 10 mins ago, but now that Emily has spared one person from capital punishment they’re all royalists again? idk, i loved the art in the comic and the characters but i think some of the writing just wasn’t for me lol

I’ve still to read the actual books and ik they’re a lot longer than a 36 page comic, so i’m hoping they delve into things a bit deeper.

All in all, I think by nature a short run comic is gonna struggle to go very in depth on any topic, i think it did it pretty well for the format and i’d have loved to see the authors and artists given a longer run to explore the ideas they had further :) I think it’s a nice little follow up to show how things work in Dunwall post-D2, and how Emily and Corvo work together and everything. It’s nice to see that there’s been a thought for the continuation of the series and more spin-off media, even if i have critiques of it i’ll always be glad for more Dishonored related media lmao

[threewaywithdelusion]

I really want someone to write a Black Sails fanfiction where Silver unmakes Flint. Except instead of having a showdown on Skeleton Island, Silver is thrown into the past.

I have three ideas:

1. Silver’s physical body is thrown into the past. He shows up at Lord Hamilton’s doorstep, looking like a raggedy, one-legged pirate and says he has to speak to him urgently. Perhaps this is before James McGraw has left for his first voyage to Nassau and Silver’s warning will give the three lovers plenty of time to be more discreet. Perhaps it’s the day before their lives fall apart and all Silver can give them is a few more hours to run. But for any of that to happen, Silver must first convince a lord, a lady, and a man who is not yet Captain Flint that they are in danger and that he is someone they can trust.

2. Silver gets thrown into the body of his past self and must pull a long con to get himself close to the Hamiltons and Lieutenant McGraw so that he can warn them. Perhaps he convinces some lady that he is a foreign lord or a merchant or whatever makes a man sufficiently marriageable to a peeress at that time and ingratiates himself into high society. Perhaps he joins Thomas’s salons. Perhaps he watches from a distance as Flint falls in love, first with Miranda and then with Thomas, and wonders what price he would pay to let Flint keep this. Does he just warn them to be more careful? Or does he murder Peter Ashe and Thomas’s father and do anything possible to ensure their safety?

3. Silver gets thrown into the past in body of his younger self. He decides that the problem all started when Flint fell in love. So he changes the story. He presents himself to the Hamiltons (marries a lady, impersonates a lieutenant, pretends to be a merchant with knowledge of Nassau, whatever) and he works with them on their pardons (or maybe he and Miranda manage to talk Thomas out of it). There is no need for Thomas to consult with James and so they never meet. James will be safe, far away from the Hamiltons, rising through the ranks of the navy. Maybe he will never even realise he likes men, if he hasn’t already (and God, doesn’t Silver wish he’d gotten to know him better). By the time Silver realizes he’s falling in love with Miranda’s sly tongue and Thomas’s stubborn implacability, it is too late. He is too entwined in their story and he has sealed his fate. A few years later, a pirate called Flint rises as captain out of the bloody shores of Nassau, cunning and ruthless, dark curls gleaming in the sunlight.

[icedjuiceboxes]

Please consider a clean hands only possible ending in dishonored 2 where you have the option to strip Delilah of her magic and have her arrested and tried for treason

Like how there's the second non-lethal option in death to the Empress but it was never implemented and how you can get [X] the black ending if you go ultra-high chaos I think there's should be an secret for sparing everyone.

I was also not a big fan of just letting Delilah live in the void in delusion since it doesn't feel very secure with the high threat Delilah is, even the outsider was getting concerned of Delilah trying to become a god.

In this ending Delilah get tried and prosecuted, and she sentenced to death, but Emily sets in and get it reduced to life in prison /cold ridge.

("But that doesn't make sense!" See the peeress and price that it's literally in character for emily)

Delilah serving out her sentence but Emily letting her still have paints and books and overall letting her be comfortable while in prison.

Emily regularly meeting with Delilah because she's still family even if it's a lie. Delilah warming to Emily and sharing stories of Jessamine when they were kids. Emily letting Delilah paint her Royal portraits

Acknowledging that Delilah is an victim but still needs to face the consequences of her actions !!

[makarovspussy-moving]

I feel like I could write an essay on the handling of the chaos system in the Dishonored series from DH1 to DOTO. I don't mean to be a hater but like it falls flat in every game and yet choosing to remove it from DOTO REALLY makes my ass itch.

[superiormckay]

Dishonored: Comics: Review/Thoughts

The Wyrmwood Deceit - Volume 1:

One of the best comics series I've read in a long time! This volume was made very well! Full of cool action, intrigue, lore and a great plot. Amazing! Would love to read more!

The Peeress and the Price - Volume 1:

I enjoyed the dark brutality of what happens in the city of Dunwall, and the art aesthetic matched it's grim tone well. I also liked the concept of the new characters and the tiny bits of new fascinating lore they bring, but I wish they would have been fleshed out more. The plotline was intriguing, though I also wish we saw the aftermath unravel better than the quick wrap up ending. It would be cool if this had more follow up issues.

Overall, it was interesting for the short little adventure that it was.

[verdanteffigy]

A collection of witchcraft in the series 4/4

Under the read more is everything supernatural and witchy that I could find in the comics and books. Contains spoilers for The Wyrmwood Deceit, The Corroded Man, The Return of Daud, The Peeress and the Price, and The Veiled Terror. Collections 1-3 are everything supernatural and witchy that I could find in Dishonored 1/DLC, Dishonored 2, and Death of the Outsider.

The Wyrmwood Deceit

“It’s a curse on us Void-touched. Cruelty runs through us like a warp through a plank of wood.”

- Esmeralda Duggins

Esmeralda Duggins claims that “Void-touched” can do a lot with just a name of their victim once it’s been offered to them.

Esmeralda Duggins can seemingly divine information through touch of a relevant object with the help of spirits.

“I let her touch the mark on the piece of canvas. She mutters forbidden words and names as her finger traces the shape of it. One of the names I’ve heard before. As a child in Serkonos, I remember some poor soul screeching to it for mercy as an Abbey mob stoned him to death for witchcraft.”

- Martha Cottings

Broken Tom, a man that has bone charms embedded in his flesh and in a suit he wears, uses an arcane eyepiece that can detect where Corvo will blink to.

Delilah and her coven can conjure living creatures by painting them, can alter existing people by painting them in their likeness, and can peer into the memories of others.

“A boy - a nephew - concocted out of dreams and paint and made real by Delilah’s witchcraft and an aging man’s yearnings for his long lost sister. Delilah’s craft has grown that she’s able to make such a thing.”

- A witch

The Corroded Man

Everyone who comes into contact with the Twin-Bladed Knife has received a vision of the Great Burning.

The Twin-Bladed Knife somehow teaches Zhukov how to create corroded bone charms. These charms, like magic granted by the Mark of the Outsider, produce abilities that reflect the user’s personality, desires, experiences, and surroundings. These charms come at the cost of corroding both the charm and the user over time, eventually depleting the charm and making the user weak and physically ill. Corroded bone charms granted Zhukov an ability to transverse through reflective surfaces, an ability that produces a disorienting and nauseating aura that he can increase in intensity and cause other people to have visions, and an ability like telekinesis (he displays this when manipulating the Black Mirror shards). Corroded bone charms granted the new Whalers a normal blink transversal. The abilities these charms provide are unaffected by the Overseers’ ancient music.

Deep Watchers are unusually large whales that are described by Zhukov as “A creature of myth and legend, leviathan of the boundless depths. A creature of power. And a creature of magic.”, “-an abyssal leviathan, a so-called deep watcher. They live far away from the world of man, in the farthest, darkest places of the world. There they weave their own kind of magic, channeling a power that comes from within their very bones, the current flowing through them like a living battery.”

Zhukov and Galia used a transposition ritual once owned by Delilah to transpose themselves and a Deep Watcher whale’s jawbone from the Boyle vault back to their base of operations. This ritual’s ingredients were four fat, short, and orange beeswax candles, white chalk to inscribe geometric shapes that overlapped or connected by arcs and tangents, a “witchcharm” (the skull of a Brigmore witch) and corroded bone charms as sources of fuel. The chalk lines somehow repelled nearby blood.

A whale oil vat of “red-orange liquid”, the Twin-bladed Knife, the Deep Watcher’s jawbone, and presumably the sacrifice of Galia were the ingredients that crafted the Black Mirror. An artifact that allowed the sight of all potential pasts, presents, and futures.

“Unfortunately, a sacrifice was necessary. That artifact was from another time and place, a world that existed before this one, tethering me to it. I needed to unlock its power and pull on that tether, bringing that world closer to this one.”

- Zhukov

From within the Black Mirror shard and after it was pulled out, the knife was golden. Reaching inside the mirror and grabbing the knife healed Emily’s hand.

“Sometimes when I sleep, I dream, and in those dreams I am many things. I am an adventurer, a traveler. I am a hero and I am a tyrant, a beggar on the street, the ruler of the world. And sometimes in those dreams I see a light, bright and shining, red and golden white, the light of a fire that burned so very long ago, when one world ended and another began. And when I wake the dream is gone but the feeling remains, the echo of a song ringing in my ears, the warmth of a winter hearth and the shine of light on a distant unknown horizon.”

- The Ashen Veil

The Return of Daud

Maximilian Norcross possesses an arcane eyepiece that allows him to detect magic. He uses it to determine if runes and bone charms are real. But he discovers that he can also see the Mark through Daud’s glove with it.

“The witch toppled to the ground, dead. Burning lines began to run along her skin, blackening her clothing-- the remains of some occult tattoo that Daud did not quite understand, though he’d seen other sorcerers employ similar tricks.”

“Thick, viscous black liquid poured out of the wound. Again, lines of fire streaked along her back and shoulders as the strange marks burned away.”

The Twin-bladed Knife is said to no longer have the power of Void Strike.

Daud became terminally ill when he touched the Twin-Bladed Knife. The veins in his hand and arm turned black, he became tired, nauseous, and he found it harder to breathe.

“When I came back the first time, it crystallized this moment, making it part of history. Now, no matter what I do, no matter how many times I try, I can’t change it.”

- Billie Lurk

“- as Daud drew on the rune’s power, the artifact grew hotter and hotter, the glow from within the whalebone soon a blinding light. He fell to his knees, screaming in rage. It was a terrible roar from the very depths of his being. He felt the pain from the Outsider’s Mark flood over him like boiling oil, until he felt like he was enveloped in a cloak of fire. The rune in his hand exploded. The shockwave shattered the glass cabinets and knocked Daud back to the floor. The tower room was filled with exploding glass; Daud rolled onto his front, shielding himself as the debris rained down. His eyes were screwed shut, but he could see a blue light, so bright it was blinding, and all he could hear was the guttural roar of his own voice as he screamed and screamed again until his throat felt shredded. What had gone wrong? Had he forgotten how to use runes? Or had it been too long--had something changed as he had aged? Or had he simply lost control? Rather than channeling the power of the rune into himself, perhaps he had reversed the process, diminishing his own power and overloading the artifact?”

"It is nothing more than a story, but then, so much of what we know of the powers of those who proclaim knowledge of witchcraft comes from such stories, sometimes no more than whispers and rumors. That we must rely on such unreliable sources of information is unfortunate, but learn what we can, when we can. It is claimed that those touched by the Void employ servants, under some form of mesmeric influence, living for the singular purpose of serving their terrible mistress or master. Further, it is said by those who have born witness that the connection between sorcerer and servant is comparable to familial love, although to say this perverts the very concepts of family or community.”

- On the Witch's Most Devoted Servant

Challis, a man implied to be spellbound by one of Delilah's witches, formed long-distance communication with a magical device that violently drew power from his mind.

Lucinda and Caitlin instantly grew their nails into claws to kill Challis.

Lucinda trapped Daud in his own mind with a mesmerizing spell, an Oraculum lens, and the sacrifice of Challis.

The Peeress and the Price

“I learned how to turn your power against you. There were some very old notes at the Academy of Natural Philosophy. And a dying scholar there made something for me in his last days. Reversing the Void energies of bone charms. What would a bone charm that’s had its energy reversed do?”

- Luella Price

Pink bone charms introduced in this comic have magic nullifying abilities like the Overseers’ ancient music.

The Veiled Terror

Billie is no longer able to use Displace and Foresight. She can’t summon the Twin-bladed Knife until much later in the book without a horrible pain and going unconscious. There is no mention of Semblance or Rat Whispers.

Billie’s Black Shard Arm creates frost on surfaces she touches.

The Sliver of the Eye can now only detect magic.

After the “fall” of the Outsider, everyone across the empire began to have nightmares every night.

Months after the removal of the Outsider, Void rifts began to appear. Void rifts slowly “shear” the world. Inside the Void rifts are parallel worlds called the Void Hollows, places of any timeline. The first Void Hollow Billie travels to is one in which construction for the Leviathan Causeway is complete, whereas in the real physical world, it was still in its early stages. Inside the Void Hollows, with specially made runes, one can teleport to any location within it. And one can enter and exit a Void Hollow with these altered runes.

The removal of the Outsider is what caused the Void to become unmoored from the physical world, slowly departing. But it wasn’t until months later when Emily dissolved the Abbey that they began to appear. Billie speculates that the Abbey was performing a ritual to the hold the Void in place.

After the removal of the Outsider, the Overseers generally “fought amongst each other in the street, became rabid, insensible, and highly dangerous.”

Hayward Woodrow, a former Overseer, stabbed himself with a Voidrite knife and carved lines into his flesh. He became entranced while his face began to twitch and his eyes rolled into the back of his head. He chanted “Yram da haal, yram da haelt, tilb mal, yram, yram” and “Eco, lazar, lapolay, yram. Eco, lazar, lapolay, yram.” By doing this, his target victim fell paralyzed, began to convulse, and foam at the mouth. This also caused a repelling area of effect that Billie struggled to get through while shelves began to shake violently and glass broke nearby.

"The Outsider has fallen and has taken his magic with him. Oh there are other magics, certainly -- oh yes, I saw the fuss that young Overseer made at the apothecary's-- but as one divinity falls, so others compete to take its place. With the Outsider gone, those who carry his mark are no longer linked to him, and they have no power."

- Professor Dribner

The drug that Billie uses, “Green Lady”, somehow weakens her connection to the Void.

“I must insist that you give up your Fool’s Fancy(Green Lady). It may be painful, but you need to let the parts of you  that are part of the Void be drawn fully to it. That herb dulls not only your senses, but also your tether to the Void. If you are to be of any use, you must clear your mind entirely. Only then will the full potential of your connection be useful to us.”

- Professor Dribner

Billie is described as being more linked to the Void than any of the Marked were.

Bone charms are used in protective clothing to ward off the corruption of the Void while near Voidrite.

"But strangest of all was the bone charm set into the base of each mask, directly below the porthole. Smaller than the circular runes Billie knew the guards had on their belts, the bone charms were irregular pieces of magical scrimshaw, held into a circular cutout in the metal of the masks by two crisscrossed straps. Each of the four guards had a different charm in place."

Voidrite, the black stone we see in the Void, releases an anti-gravity gas when combusted.

Like the Eyeless and the Envisioned, people near the Voidrite began to physically and mentally change. Unlike the Eyeless, everyone who came into contact with the Voidrite over extended periods of time became near-mindless. These people eventually became creatures like the Envisioned, but their bodies were different and were used as miners to mine Voidrite with their claws.

Queen Eithne knew about Billie’s past, including things not even Billie knew (the names of her parents), by traveling through Void rifts.

Billie is outside of time and can control Void rifts.

The Outsider’s Altar is described as being one of the two most powerful artifacts in existence, the second being the Twin-Bladed Knife. By placing oneself on the altar, one can project themself as a “Void Shadow” entity. As a Void Shadow, one can open and close Void rifts at will and have abilities that allow one to shapeshift the body to focus strength or length of a specific body part (like lengthening claws), an ability to generate smoke that burns the eyes and nose of those nearby, an ability to become a whirlwind that can kill multiple people instantly, and the ability to crawl on walls and ceilings.

“She wants the Sliver and the arm. Partly, yes. But combined with the artifact she already has, she’ll have full mastery of the rifts. She’ll be able to travel through them corporeally, and the changes she makes to time will crystallize, become fixed points on which the world pivots.”

- Billie Lurk

“The only thing stopping you from summoning the blade is your own fear. You think you’re different, that your powers have changed, and the Knife knows that.”

- Billie Lurk

By placing King Briam on the altar next to Queen Eithne and slashing open their chests with the Twin-bladed knife, the Void Shadow engulfed the altar, the bodies, and the Knife to become more of a “metallic collection of geometric shapes”. In this form, the Void Shadow fed on Voidrite to become even more powerful.

[wehavekookies]

I don’t really have much to say about The Peeress and the Price, but i have to say something.

[gregellner]

Cover by Julia Frost.

 Today I’ll be reviewing the second issue of “Dishonored: The Peeress and the Price,” written by Michael Moreci (@michael-moreci) and illustrated by Andrea Olimpieri (@andreaolimpieri), with colors by Mattia Iacono, published by Titan Comics (@titancomics) for the Dishonored (@dishonored) game franchise by Arkane Studios. For those interested in the timeline, this takes place after the second game (which is concurrent with the upcoming novel “The Return of Daud”), but before “Death of the Outsider.” I also reviewed the first issue here.

 For convenience, I’ve taken to using the Dishonored Wiki’s page on the Timeline to judge when things took place.

 First, much like my review of “The Corroded Man,” I’ll go into nuances of the magic that are further explored. While I already went through the majority of the elements in that one (the psychological-supernatural connections and the difference between bonecharm powers and direct Void connection), there have been some newer developments since.

 Though bonecharms (exactly what they sound like) often are used for the boosting or modifying of powers in positive ways, if not giving them outright in the form of the corroded charms of Zhukov, “The Peeress and the Price” brings up another use that helps to level the playing field: reversed bonecharms. By inverting the way in which Void energy interacts with the charms and the user, the charm seems to absorb the power used by the Marked individual and simultaneously cause agony as long as the power is in use. This is best seen with how Emily Kaldwin’s powers failed her both in the previous issue near the bonecharm-bombs and during her fight with the arc’s main antagonist, the gangster Luella Price.

 As ever, the world of Dishonored adapts to changing circumstances, especially the rise of science to combat magic. At least one person in the Academy of Natural Philosophy was studying how to make such reversed charms. As stated by Price, the notes she found were very old, meaning this study is not exactly new, and she had a dying scholar make the reversed charm, and likely memorized how to do so herself to make more. Still, they don’t seem to be quite as dangerous as the corroded charms, in part due to the fact that they don’t inhibit natural skills at all, while the corroded charms allowed others to cause deliberate harm even without needing the Marked to use their powers. As such, while the world is adapting, with rather swift changes (from Zhukov’s ascent and creation of corroded charms in about 1848 to 1849 to these new reversed charms in 1852), such anti-magical science cannot account for some of the naturally hard training, such as Corvo Attano and Emily Kaldwin’s trained, mundane skill sets. Emily said it herself in the first issue, about her now powerless father: “You seem to do just fine without the Outsider’s Mark.”

  This issue shows the further development of Empress Emily as a leader. While she first learned how bad she is at truly leading the Empire of the Isles in Dishonored 2 when she traveled to Karnaca, the civil (and not-so-civil) unrest in her capital Dunwall demonstrates that she needs to decide how she wants to rule, not just how she wants to delegate her leadership as she did after the coup against her in that game, which occurred less than a month before this storyline. Barring some instances of bloody violence with her sword, Emily’s rule, both in and out of her vigilante persona, seems to be one of a brutal mercy. She is willing to let the courts decide the fate of those who would break the law, rather than summarily execute anyone against her. Part of this might be merely a way to distinguish herself from Lord Regent Hiram Burrows’ corrupt rule, but it seems to be genuine compassion, a desire to truly be a better leader and to learn from her mistakes. Her decisions are so profound that her political rival, Archibald Wainwright, actually reverses his stance on her from one of removing the power of the monarchy to supporting her just rule. If the story ever goes back to the Kaldwin dynasty (which it very well may not given their story being pretty much over), her later years would be very interesting to look into.

  Andrea Olimpieri is a very good choice for the artist on this miniseries. His pencils create an effect not unlike the paintings within the games, those that are shown in cutscenes and loading screens to make up time between in-engine set pieces. The use of silhouettes in tense scenes helps to focus readers’ focus on the characters or powers (in cases where there is no background at all), or even the masses around a central character if only that one person is “cut” from the image.

  Mattia Iacono’s colors are similarly very appropriate, though not in keeping with the more muted scheme of the aforementioned images. Using splashes of color on the characters and their surroundings, Iacono enables readers to distinguish from the dark glow of Void energy in action, further enhancing the power’s supernatural status.

  It was very fun to step back into this world. The digital version of the complete arc will be released January 10th, 2018, and the print version will be February 6th of the same year.

[a-duck-with-a-book]

REVIEW // Dishonored 2: The Peeress and the Price by Michael Moreci, art by Andrea Olimpieri

★★☆☆☆

// The Corroded Man // The Return of Daud // The Veiled Terror // The Wyrmwood Deceit //

As much as I enjoyed reading a little bit more of the adventures of Emily Kaldwin, this graphic novel was just not it. This is obviously very subjective, but I'm not really a fan of the art. It's so blocky and dark that it makes difficult to see the full range of emotion on any of the characters. The story itself is also very short, so all of the plot points, characters, and themes introduced are not explored in a meaningful way. Because of the length, all of the character motivations and traits need to be blatantly obvious, which makes the story very trope-y and completely in-your-face.

// image: official art of Emily by Andrea Olimpieri //

[booksandwords]

Dishonored: Peeress and the Price Vol. 1 by Michael Moreci. Illustrated by Andrea Olimpieri & Mattia Iacono.

Read time: <1 Day Rating: 3.5/5

The quote: ”This will not be an easy life. You will always be faced with challengers who think they can rule better than you""Or worse, you'll have to deal with people who simply want to burn the empire to the ground for no reason other than to watch the flames.""You'll always be looking over your shoulder, Emily. You'll always have enemies though I don't care to admit it.""But I know you can handle it, no one is better prepared then you are.""No One.” — Corvo Attano

Enter the strong and fierce Empress Emily.

As with the previous volume you can read this without playing Dishonored it just doesn't make as much sense. Given we now have Empress Emily it is set after Dishonored 2. Emily's dealing with an uprising against her monarchy. I love watching Emily show the skills impressed on her by both her mother and her father.

This comic has some wonderful lighting it moves between yellows and blues. There is brilliant shadowing. And the effort put into the colouring of the clothes in well appreciated. Could it have been better, probably but it was capitalising on popularity at the time. It mostly avoids game spoilers from what I can tell, that to me is important.

Also I want to share a video from Outside Xbox, they are playing Dishonored 2. It features the immortal quote "you couldn't let, it alone and now you're on fire."

[maciek-nia]

Dishonored 2: The Peeress and the Price

[graphicpolicy]

DISHONORED: PEERESS AND THE PRICE #2

Writer: Michael Moreci Artist: Andrea Olimpieri, Mattia Iacono Cover A: Julia Frost Cover B: Game Art FC – 32pp – $3.99 – On sale; November 1, 2017

FINAL ISSUE!

Set after Dishonored® 2, our story sees Emily Kaldwin return to Dunwall for an adventure with Corvo Attano!

Emily comes into conflict with a politician named Archibald Dufrane, and there is a mysterious killer on the loose. But when Emily’s powers start to falter in the middle of their investigation, things start to get deadly…

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Dishonored: The Peeress and The Price #1

[ps1snake]

final verdict on dishonored medias:

dh1: fuck yes

knife of dunwall/brigmore witches: fuck yes (daud blow up tho 💛)

the city trials: these are fun but also kill yourself whoever made them so hard

the corroded man: reads a bit fanfic-y but overall enjoyable and a fun plot. the tie-ins to doto/the other books work well!

the wyrmwood deceit: not the best written thing ever but the art is gorgeous and i liked the characters a lot. martha cottings you have my heart

the return of daud: okay daud blow up but this book ruled. it made me like daud a little (no small feat. sorry daud fans.) and the lead up to doto isnonce again delightful. the timing line up with dh2 is lovely. not as good as the corroded man but still enjoyable

dh2: fuck yes but a little lame compared to dh1. gameplay owns obvi but the repetition of delilah is weak, as is the weird ‘maybe monarchy is bad… well anyway emilys back on the throne!’ thing. poor people loss.

doto: :| good gameplay ! billie is there ! um…! i will keep my mouth shut on everything else… i do not feel positively towards the writing team including a known incest shipper and i do not feel positively about the dlc in theory being billies but in practice revolving around daud. to be fair hes important to her! but still.

the peeress and the price: wonderful art again! everything else.. tbh like this was terrible. really doubled down on the whole ‘monarchy is bad… well anyway!’ thing from dh2 except like a thousand times worse. not sure if this falls before or after the veiled terror (i wanna say before since emily still has her mark) but i think billie couldve fixed it 💛 (she couldn’t have but i like her. hope this helps.)

the veiled terror: billie is the most in character of all the characters in any of the books, which i enjoyed, but the books plot is a little ehhhh. i was delighted to finally get the loop round/ the tying up of loose ends that run all the way back to that first comic. martha cottings being there genuinly made my jaw drop. pay OFF.

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Queen Victoria’s Coronation

28 June 1838

Queen Victoria's uncle King William IV died on 20 June 1837 & the eighteen year old Princess Alexandrina Victoria became Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Planning for the coronation, led by the prime minister, Lord Melbourne, began at in March 1838. It was budgeted at £70,000, which was more than double the cost of the "cut-price" 1831 William IV coronation, but much less than the £240,000 spent when George IV was crowned king in July 1821.

The coronation of Queen Victoria took place in Westminster Abbey on Thursday, 28 June 1838. The newly built railways were able to deliver huge numbers of people into London & an estimated 400,000 visitors arrived to swell the crowds who thronged the streets while the two processions took place & filled the parks where catering & entertainment were provided. At Hyde Park there was a huge fair, including a balloon ascent. The fair lasted over four days. On Green Park there was a firework display the night after the ceremony. The coronation coincided with a period of fine weather & the whole event was generally considered a huge success by both the press & the public. There was very little rehearsal, & on the day the ceremonial was marred by mistakes & accidents. In the words of Benjamin Disraeli, then a young MP, those involved "were always in doubt as to what came next, & you saw the want of rehearsal". The whole service lasted five hours, & involved two changes of dress for the Queen.

An accident occurred that the Queen later described in her journal:

"Poor old Ld Rolls [actually Lord Rolle], who is 82, & dreadfully infirm, fell, in attempting to ascend the steps, – rolled right down, but was not the least hurt. When he attempted again to ascend the steps, I advanced to the edge, in order to prevent another fall".

Charles Greville, noted in his account that the Queen went down a couple of steps to prevent Rolle from trying to climb them again. Greville described this as "an act of graciousness & kindness which made a great sensation". As was usual, special seating galleries were erected in the Abbey to accommodate the guests. There was an orchestra of 80 players, a choir of 157 singers, & various military bands for the processions to & from the Abbey.

Victoria's account of the events;

"I was awoke at four o'clock by the guns in the Park, & could not get much sleep afterwards on account of the noise of the people, bands, etc., etc. Got up at seven, feeling strong & well; the Park presented a curious spectacle, crowds of people up Constitution Hill, soldiers, Bands, etc.

At ten I got into the State Coach with the Duchess of Sutherland & Lord Albemarle & we began our Progress. It was a fine day, & the crowds of people exceeded what I have ever seen; many as there were the day I went to the City, it was nothing, nothing to the multitudes, the millions of my loyal subjects, who were assembled in every spot to witness the Procession. Their good humour & excessive loyalty was beyond everything, & I really cannot say how proud I feel to be the Queen of such a Nation. I was alarmed at times for fear that the people would be crushed & squeezed on account of the tremendous rush & pressure.

I reached the Abbey amid deafening cheers at a little after half-past eleven; I first went into a robing-room quite close to the entrance where I found my eight train-bearers: Lady Caroline Lennox, Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Mary Talbot, Lady Fanny Cowper, Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, Lady Mary Grimston & Lady Louisa Jenkinson — all dressed alike & beautifully in white satin & silver tissue with wreaths of silver corn-ears in front, & a small one of pink roses around the plait behind, & pink roses in the trimmings of the dresses.

Then followed all the various things; & last (of those things) the Crown being placed on my head — which was, I must own, a most beautiful impressive moment; all the Peers and Peeresses put on their coronets at the same instant. My excellent Lord Melbourne, who stood very close to me throughout the whole ceremony, was completely overcome at this moment, & very much affected; he gave me such a kind, & I may say fatherly look. The shouts, which were very great, the drums, the trumpets, the firing of the guns, all at the same instant, rendered the spectacle most imposing. The Archbishop had (most awkwardly) put the ring on the wrong finger, & the consequence was that I had the greatest difficulty to take it off again, which I at last did with great pain. At about half-past four I re-entered my carriage, the Crown on my head, & the Sceptre & Orb in my hands, & we proceeded the same way as we came — the crowds if possible having increased. The enthusiasm, affection, & loyalty were really touching, & I shall remember this day as the Proudest of my life! I came home at a little after six, really not feeling tired. At eight we dined."

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Light a Candle 3/3 (Dishonored, gen)

Fandom: Dishonored (Video Games) Relationships: Corvo Attano & Billie Lurk Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, post-DH2, post-The Peeress and the Price, Tired Corvo Attano, i love that that's a tag, Royal Spymaster Corvo Attano, Danger Twins Powers Activate, Emily and Daud have style but Corvo and Billie are EFFICIENT, yes this does involve some Return of Daud canon, self-care is taking the good bits and leaving the rest for the rats, Guilt and Regret, Complicated Family Feels Word Count: 7,218 (this part) 18,322 (fic)

Summary:  It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Two months into her search for the closest thing she has to family, Billie finds assistance from a most unexpected quarter. The Royal Protector has business of his own with Daud, and he's willing to work with Jessamine's killer in order to see it settled. Two formerly-sorcerous assassins, a dozen of the best fighters Karnaca's underground can offer, and one target: the Knife of Dunwall, the man who changed both their lives forever.

One thing's for sure: it's going to be a night to remember.

Link to AO3.