Talk:Daud/@comment-90.149.164.129-20121028194352/@comment-3467788-20130105084033

Excellent points. The Outsider is a bit of a paradox to me, though. On one hand, he is most fascinated by Corvo when Corvo takes a nonlethal and stealth-based approach, resulting in Low Chaos. On the other hand, I feel that the Outsider comes across as more impressed but much more aloof in the Low Chaos ending than he does in the worst High Chaos ending, where he sounds (to me) almost gleeful as Dunwall is utterly torn apart and descends into chaos.

So it's possible that Daud's choices appeal to him as well, just on a wider scale rather than on a personal level -- Daud, in his way, sows chaos with his powers. While this makes him less interesting personally, it makes the world as a whole more interesting to the Outsider. A nonlethal Corvo ultimately forges order with his powers, bringing Dunwall to a golden age. While this makes Corvo more interesting personally, it makes the world as a whole less interesting, as it follows a more predictable pattern (at least for a time).

Also, I totally agree with you about the 'goddamn, at least he isn't a monster' thing. Daud is pretty cold, but at least he comes across as strictly professional and by all accounts doesn't go around shanking people for fun. Lethal Corvo is just a complete psychopath.