Talk:Pandyssian Continent/@comment-1500935-20190102202827

I don't think the series ever said that the Great Burning took place precisely on the Isles. If for example it took place on Pandyssia, then here's a thought:

The Isles are actually a colony (or colonies) of the former civilizations of Pandyssia. Their population fled the consequences of the Great Burning, but lost most of their technological knowledge in the process. Then the old empire established on modern days Dunwall disappeared because of famine, civil war, plague or any other reason. Because of that, the current population of the Isles forgot about their Pandyssian ancestry.