Talk:Daud/@comment-90.149.164.129-20121028194352/@comment-27202257-20130105081413

@ Reddazrael

While I totally agree with you, I will play devil's advocate and say that Daud could be considered a "failed" version of Corvo in that he succumbed to greed and violence. As you said, the Outsider gives his powers to people he thinks are interesting, Daud included. We also see that the Outsider is most excited when people defy his expectations--and that, for the most part, involves people being merciful, gracious, etc. We see how fascinated he is if Corvo chooses to spare Daud, and he sounds very impressed in the low chaos ending while talking about Corvo's restraint. Daud also expresses dissatisfaction with the road he has taken, and the Heart implies that he wishes to return to a time before he was an assassin. The Outsider might not be outright dissatisfied with him, but it's possible that Daud's not as interesting as Corvo because in the end, he succumbed to greed in predictable fashion that ultimately left him unhappy. In that way, Daud could be called a failed version of Corvo, in that Corvo took the road less traveled--specifically, the honorable one.

Of course, hat completely falls apart when you take into account the high chaos approach, at which point Corvo looks more like a failed version of Daud--Daud may kill people, but goddamn, at least he isn't a monster.