Talk:Corvo's Mask/@comment-5607198-20121013064618/@comment-27202257-20121109001713

Not that I can verify this in any way, but could it be a nod to the masks worn by doctors during the black plague? They're obviously wildly different in concept, but the idea that you can be protected by a mask might've made its way over to Dishonored--and hey, it wasn't effective in real life either, so there you go!

In terms of Corvo not getting the plague--yeah, I'd say it's the gazillions of elixirs he takes over the course of a couple days/weeks.