Talk:The Light at the End/@comment-31.182.168.186-20140527155655/@comment-16533050-20150805150922

@ User:Kgk4569 It's fine ;)

@ User:Terminator-HIX again, he can jump on a guard's head as opposed to he is meant too. It's the difference between saying preordained versus possibility. One version is making it sound like he has to do something, whereas I'm saying it's one theoretical choice.

But yes, the whole 'revenge' thing was a cover-up so Corvo could get vengeance on Watch Officer Clemens who put itching powder on Corvo's briefs the night before his months-long diplomatic trip. Since Fugue Feast had already passed, Corvo had to allow the murder of the Empress to take place, just so that on mission 4 The Royal Physician he could fulfill his need for revenge against Officer Clemens who got stuck patrolling outside Pratchett's house with no one the wiser.

Clemens was dead and it was chalked up to a necessary death during the time of restoring Emily to the throne. Teague Martin was a cunning person however, and also a personal friend of the Clemens the jokester. When he figured out what Corvo had done, he came up with the idea to poison Corvo and hid the reason under the guise of going along with Havelock's plans.

Sounds complicated and far-fetched, but that's what happened.