Talk:Overseer Music Box/@comment-1917647-20160828213953/@comment-16533050-20160828230838

As to my remark about the music being related somehow to previous Void occupants, I offer this by way of explanation: http://dishonored.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dishonored_mythos03.png

While not flatly stating it, Harvey Smith suggests other past versions of Void deities, one of which is "an abstract series of music".

This note suggest there are a series of 17 notes that can affect the natural world, and this audiograph suggests back magic (which originates in the Void) may be at the center of its power.

Therefore, an argument could be made that an even older form of magic is at the source of the power of the Music Boxes, one that can disrupt the Outsider's influence simply because it was linked to an even more ancient deity.

This is all supposition of course, but interesting nonetheless.