Talk:Dishonored 2/@comment-192.0.189.206-20151012015615

I have a hypothesis regarding powers. What if powers, without "refreshing" them with runes, faded away over time (over the course of months) until the bare basics (Blink and/or Arcane Bond) were left? This would sidestep the issue of starting off with a fully-powered Corvo at the beginning of Dishonored 2 - they can say that he didn't bother to refresh his powers in 15 years. It also explains why Daud starts off his own campaign with the bare essentials, despite having several years to collect enough runes to have every power. After killing the empress, Daud was too distraught to go on missions or "rune runs". His whalers, while able to perform missions in his stead, probably don't have access to Void Gaze; it would be much harder for them to collect runes for him. Daud only "gets back into the game" after the Outsider offers him a chance at redemption; he collects runes not just to increase the Whalers' power, but to make it easier to find Delilah and redeem himself.