Talk:Fugue Feast/@comment-124.182.9.111-20130224104204/@comment-27202257-20130224180147

There's a mention of aristocrats leaving for the countryside at the end of the year because of the Fugue Feast, so it's possible that the Empress isn't even in the city at the time. That, and I doubt she would go wholely unguarded, and even if she stayed in Dunwall Tower the place is heavily fortified. It's also possible there's an exception for crimes of high treason.

And yeah, that's absolutely true. That probably stays people's hands in some cases, because they know even if they won't be in trouble legally, they'll be in trouble socially, and that could come back to destroy them.