User blog comment:PhoenixInABMW/Dishonored Alternate Ending?/@comment-26199726-20200824063524

The start may be the most difficult problem: If Corvo is told of the Loyalists' betrayal beforehand, I don't see any of them (least of all every single one) getting out of that pub alive. At least, you'd have to think of a very good reason why a man as capable as Corvo would fail to eliminate any of these deadly threats to himself and Emily while they're all neatly gathered in one basket, nicely within his reach, and unaware that he knows of their intentions.