Talk:Corvo Attano/@comment-101.119.19.53-20121216223945/@comment-27202257-20121225204022

It's true, the followers of the Outsider that we've seen--who get very deep into the black arts--are pretty messed up. The Overseers would undoubtedly still be allowed to root them out, because they would largely be committing acts that were not only abominable but also highly illegal--killing and making runes out of people, for instance.

I don't really think Corvo would object to that, even if he is a practitioner himself. He didn't seek out that power so much as it was thrust upon him and he used it in a time of necessity. He also doesn't descend into the depths of madness the way the others did (certainly not in the low chaos ending) and based on how he is played, will also regard their rituals as horrifying. In terms of the Abbey vs. the Outsider, Corvo seems to be a neutral party--he's willing to help Overseers like Martin and Berthold, and also harm followers of the Outsider like Granny Rags, Morris Sullivan, Daud, and such (again, based on how he is played).

I feel as though Corvo would encourage a scaling back of the Overseers' power, because he understands that they are much more harmful than they are helpful in their incarnation under Burrows. However, I don't think he would suggest their complete elimination, for the reasons you noted about the Outsider's followers.