Talk:Corvo Attano/@comment-50.4.139.105-20130208060235/@comment-27202257-20130209004511

There's no legitimate father that we know about. It may be well-known to the public who he is, he's just never talked about.

There's also no evidence that Jessamine didn't have another lover, or a husband, or some sort of other sanctioned arrangement that led to Emily's conception. Some people have theorized that she had a husband who died. Others have speculated that she came to some arrangement specific to the Dishonored universe where she had a child with a man of high breeding with the blessing of the government. We don't know, because it's never talked about.

Clearly Jessamine cared very much about Corvo, and he was more than a Royal Protector to her. She is also his very good friend and, yes, may be the man she loves. That doesn't necessarily mean that Corvo is Emily's father. Even if they were sleeping together, it's not certain. However they went about their business, they apparently left enough doubt that while some people in Gristol suspect that Corvo is Emily's father, they can't prove it. That means there must have been some other option on the table that we don't know and can only speculate about.