Talk:Abbey of the Everyman/@comment-109.155.22.115-20130617173717/@comment-109.155.22.115-20130618112036

For now, my best prediction is that Gristol is their country of birth of the actual official order, & there's a good chance the original pre-litany movement originated there. Then again, we can't be entirely sure, seeing as the lore of the events leading/prior to the litany isn't disclosed in any form, if present at all (unless I've missed it somehow, which wouldn't surprise me). The uniforms just strike me as unusual, originally stimulating my speculation into other (albeit unlikely) possibilities.

One the one hand, WarfareOverseer's proposal that Gristol as an outsider worship hotspot was the trigger for the establishment of the overseers as a response would tip the scales in favour of Gristian origin (several sources in the game speak of an ancient version of Dunwall where the outsider is embraced, which is probably also the case for whitecliff). On the other, the litany may also possibly be the result of cross-cultural tension, with the overseers originating from a far less outsider worship-tolerant region elsewhere, & simply acting upon encounter of another culture (pre-litany Gristian) where the Outsider is more highly valued. Your theory is more solid in it's foundation in several aspects, but there's no way of knowing yet. As I say, the lore is inconclusive on the precise details ( unless I'm missing something).

Tsk tsk.... there is a fascinating & almost painfully fascinating amount of lore to the world of dishonoured, if you ask me. Whatever 8-bit Jack was saying about the next game (although I doubt it's going to be a straight-up sequel), well, they've certainly got plenty to make it about (assuming they decide on such a project), such as setting it in the other major cities across the isles or something, just to get a taste of the various cultures.