Talk:The Outsider/@comment-24.4.163.175-20121014150213

Here are a couple of possible reasons for the Abbey to hate The Outsider that I've come up with. The first is pure speculation, the second has at least some evidence to back it up.

1. They judge him based on the actions of the people he has given powers to. So far, it seems like most of the people that have been mentioned to have been empowered have used said powers negatively; either for selfish/evil reasons or for revenge. But as The Outsider says it's entirely their choice how they use them.

2. The Abbey of the Everyman seem to be rather suspicious of anything that isn't readily understandable as to how it works, and what's harder to understand than magic? Not much. And The Outsider is the source of all magic.

Evidence of the Abbey's opinions: During the mission to assassinate High Overseer Campbell you can overhear a conversation in which several devices (adding machines being one of them) are mentioned as opening one to the influence of The Outsider. Also, notice that there aren't any Walls of Light or Arc Pylons in this mission and the most high tech device that an Overseer is seen using in the entire game is basically a hand cranked music box, and even then a letter can be found in which an Overseer expresses concerns over whether it uses witchcraft in its internal mechanisms.