#but i imagine the overseer masks from each of the isles are made of a different metal mixed with tyvian ore :)

[nickyroethemarinebiologist]

thinking about a dh game set in tyvia :3

[reinarandwulf]

Dishonored OC meme

I have too many Dishonored OC and I also need to write my Dishonored Big Bang fic but I want to do this so I chose the least likely OC to appear in my Dishonored Big Bang because why not! Meet the Prime Minister of Gristol!

Name: Hector Russell Age: 52 Gender: Male Height/Build: 187 cm / slender Occupation: Prime Minister of Gristol, leader of a survivors group

Physical Description:  When people talked about Lord Prime Minister Russell, they usually talked about his look first then his deeds. He got the face that didn’t belong in a Parliament Chamber. Even in his fifties, he was still a handsome man. Clean shaven, graying brown hair, and a pair of green eyes; the ladies in the court kept batting their eyelashes at him in vain hope to be the woman who finally got the most powerful man in Gristol – besides the Empress – under her thumb.

Short LONG Intro/Bio: The story of Hector Russell and his journey to the seat of parliamentary was an inspiring one. Born from a wealthy merchant and a natural philosopher, Hector was a rebellious child. He was always fighting his seemingly perfect brother and opposed everything his father told him. He longed for a chance to go out from his home and find his own path, so when Morley Insurrection broke out and the army asked brave men and women to join them, Hector saw it as an escape and enlisted.

The war changed him. He learned to listen to his commanding officer and obeyed his orders without question. He learned to hold a weapon, he learned the value of life and death, he learned about suffering. When his commanding officers died on the battlefield, he learned to become a leader. It was the moment when he finally found himself and he realized that he could be more than just the unruly son his family despised. He raised the rank faster than any of his comrades and soon everyone knew about the charismatic Captain Hector Russell.

After the insurrection ended and the soldiers sailed back home, he decided to change his career. While he had no illusion that he could change the world, he still hoped he could make the Empire a better place to live and the only way to achieve that was by having an influence in the government. He approached a wealthy general who took an interest in him during his service and convinced him to be his benefactor. Being a natural born leader and a charismatic man, it took no time for him to make his way into the gruesome world of Gristolan politic. He patiently worked his way up to the Parliamentary Chamber, capturing people’s heart with his smile and genuine word of kindness. No one really expected him to reach the highest seat in the parliament – he was just too compassionate for the position, but his hard work brought him there. He did manage to make the Empire a slightly better place during his two years serving time before Hiram Burrows – the envious Royal Spymaster who dreamed of taking the power from Jessamine - took him down from the shadow.

When the plague struck Dunwall, Burrows used the chance to spread a false rumor that said one of his maids was infected with the plague and Hector was hiding her in his home. The rumor spread like wildfire and soon the parliament demanded an official investigation on his home. The investigation team didn’t found the ‘infected’ maid but they found a nest of plague rats – planted by Burrows - and it was enough to condemn Hector. People started wondering if he got infected as well from having those rats in his home. It didn’t take long for him to lose everything; his position, his wealth, and his home.

Cast out and left to an imaginable fate, he met others who suffered the same fate like himself. Together with the other survivors and also the household staffs from his home, they made a community in the sewer, far away from those who betrayed them.

DETAILS 1. What do they think of the Outsider? As someone who believed in no supernatural thing and any deity, Hector thought the Outsider merely as a story told to inflict fear and terror. At one point of his life, he believed the Outsider was created by the Abbey to gain control over the people. But after he saw a rune and a bone charm during the plague, he started to think that maybe the Outsider truly existed.

2. What about the Abbey? Although he smiled as he shook hands with High Overseer Campbell, there wasn’t any scrap of sympathy he had for the Abbey. He saw them as a bunch of zealots who would resort to violence in their war against something that didn’t even matter. His antipathy grew stronger during the plague. Watching the overseers brutally enforced their ideology disgusted him.

3. What do they think of Empress Jessamine vs Hiram Burrows? He couldn’t fathom the reason behind Burrows’ antagonistic nature towards Jessamine. Sure, Jessamine had her flaws but who didn’t? Even he himself had flaws. Jessamine was doing a good job being a firm and respectable leader to the whole Empire of the Isles. She had people to help her, she had him to manage Gristol. Burrows was just being unnecessarily petty. Why would a spymaster want to get his hand in politics? There was no room in the parliament for a spymaster, they had too many scheming nobles to fill his part. Needless to say, Hector was a true Kadwin supporter and the empress supported him back. He wasn’t aware Burrows was plotting to take him down because he was the biggest

4. Where do they live in Dunwall? Before the plague, he lived in the Estate District. He owned a small but comfortable house with a small team of servants who adored him. He refused to move from his humble home to bigger and lavish manor when he became the Prime Minister even though it raised some critics from the snobbish aristocrats that claimed a man of his status should have the most beautiful manor in the Estate District.

After his fall from grace, he lived in the sewer with other survivors and tried to keep them alive.

5. How have they been handling the plague? For someone who falsely accused to be infected by the plague and was forced to live in a sewer, he handled it well. He became the leader of the survivors in the sewer. He gave a rousing speech to keep their spirit, helped to manage food and elixirs.

6. Are they in a relationship? If so, with whom? Hector dedicated his life to his work so he had no time for romance - or at least that was what he’d been telling the press. The truth was more complicated than that. He didn’t feel the urge to be intimate romantically or sexually with anyone. Though he found women to be sexually arousing in some occasion, it still wasn’t enough to make him want to spend a night with someone. He only slept with two women in all his life. One was a courtesan he hired when he was young and curious about sex. The other was a visiting dignitary from Tyvia he met in his late thirties, a noble woman with sharp wit and teasing smiles. It was a short timed affair since the woman was married and he was busy with his work, but it was the closest to having a lover whom he didn’t mind sharing his bed with. He wasn’t keen to repeat the experience. He wasn’t sure he would meet someone as fascinating as her again.

7. Do they have a connection to any canon characters? He was a close ally to Jessamine. They liked each other and valued each other’s opinions. Jessamine might have a little bit of a crush on Hector because he could just be so dreamy without him realizing it.

YOUR OC AS NPC 1. What would the Heart say about them? - He was loved by many small people but despised by the power hungry politicians - He dreamed of making the Empire a better place. If only he got more time. - People compared him his older brother when he was a child. Now they compared his brother to him. - The survivors look at him as a shining beacon of hope and he draws his strength from them. - He was a close ally to her… The Empress… Do you remember him smiling at me?

2. Where could they be found in the game?  In the sewer beneath the Old Port District. It’s the place where the player encounters a group of survivors during The Flooded District (mission).

3. Lines they would say when idle/not on alert: - The foods are becoming scarce. Even the rats are harder to find. - *sigh* there’s no use in complaining, we have to survive together. - [low chaos] We have to keep our spirit and never lose our hope. Someone will find the cure to the plague and we will go back to our life. - [high chaos] What would become of this world? There’s no hope to be found anymore.

4. Lines they would say when reacting to the player: - [seeing the player using the power] Is that… No, it can’t be… - You seem… familiar. Do I know you? - [if the player strikes a deal with him] You’ve helped us tremendously, masked one. My thanks won’t suffice to pay back what you’ve done for us. - [if the player doesn’t strike a deal with him] It’s the time of great misery, masked one. I don’t blame you for your decision. You have done us a great favor by killing those weepers.

5. Would there be any rewards, consequences, or special events dependent on your character? When you entered the survivor camp in the sewer, you’ll see weepers – three in low chaos and five in high chaos – attacking a group of survivors. Hector will be there to fight the weepers. Help him and he will thank you and give you a bone charm. After that, he offers you to trade 3 Sokolov's elixirs for a rune. He will explain that it’s hard to find a potion these days and he needs it for the survivor. If you fail to save him and he’s dead, you can’t strike the deal with him but you can still loot the rune and the bone charm from his body. If you refuse to strike a deal with him, you have to kill him in order to get the rune.

FATE IN LOW CHAOS: He guides the healthy survivors back to the society and helps the infected ones to get the treatment from Sokolov and Piero. When asked to be the Prime Minister again, he declined and took a fully deserved retirement to Poolwick.

FATE IN HIGH CHAOS: The weepers attacked the survivor camps in the sewer. Being old and a bit frail, he couldn’t escape the attack and got bitten and became a weeper.