Talk:The Flooded District/@comment-4357842-20130302215049

Not sure if this has been discussed but I have a theory behind the Overseers being here.

If you opened Hiram's safe, you would have found a note called "Dead Drop" which states that Daud is pissed at Hiram for not having the Empress alone (Corvo was there) and that the charge was double. Despite being Lord Regent, Hiram didn't pay the debt and instead got Cambell to send Overseers to find and (unsuccessfully) eliminate Daud.

Evasdropping on Daud before killing him/stealing his keys/whatever the hell you did to him will reveal that he wanted to kill Hiram personally but Corvo already did that for him and say nobody should have to kill an Empress.

With that being said, I believe the Overseers are there to kill Daud so Hiram's cheap ass doesn't have to pay him anything.