Talk:Abbey of the Everyman/@comment-74.12.179.52-20150123170709

Personally, there are some benefits to a group like this in the world of Dishonored and I can see why it became the dominant religion. Imagine a world where some trickster god hands out magic powers to random people who eventually abuse their powers (Daud, High Chaos Corvo, etc.). Imagine how unfair it is to everyone else who has to cope with the fact that one day that guy down the street might spontaneously summon rats to kill them all. What does the abbey offer? A world where people's achievements are made through their own strength and intelligence, not because some trickster god randomly gave him/her powers. Hence why they encourage technology: it levels the playing field and enables ordinary people to perform almost on par with Marked individuals (via anti-magic music and tallboys), as well as the obvious reason of eliminating reliance on the Outsider and his magic.