Emily Kaldwin

The rightful heir to the throne of Gristol and the Empress Jessamine Kaldwin's only child, Emily Kaldwin was present as her mother was killed by the assassin Daud, on the orders of the Royal Spymaster, Hiram Burrows.

She has an immensely close bond with the former Lord Protector, Corvo Attano, and depending upon his actions and the amount of chaos that Corvo spreads, it will determine the final outcome of Emily's actions – or inaction – upon the Empire.

Following her mother's death, Emily is seen reading a book in an unknown destination. Soon after, she is held hostage by the Pendleton twins in the Golden Cat brothel, during the mission, House of Pleasure. Subsequent to this event, Callista Curnow becomes her caretaker.

When the Loyalists betrayed Corvo and left him for dead, they abducted Emily and took her to Kingsparrow Island.

Trivia

• She is voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz.
• During the events of Dishonored, Emily is ten years old.
• Emily's personality and behaviors are greatly influenced by Corvo's actions throughout Dishonored.
  • The Heart indicates that Emily sees more than she lets on.  As her father figure (if not her father), Corvo's approach to his targets has a large influence on Emily.  If Corvo minimizes violence, she retains more of her innocence while learning to be a wise empress. If Corvo adopts a ruthless approach to his enemies, she adopts his more violent approach to ruling.
• It is speculated amongst some citizens of Dunwall, including Admiral Havelock and, indirectly, Treavor Pendleton, that Corvo is her father.
• It appears that Emily was secretly being taught by Corvo how to knock out enemies with a choke-hold, prior to his arrest.
• Emily seems to enjoy playing hide and seek.
• Emily talks in her sleep, and is hinted to have seen the Outsider in one of her nightmares.
• If Corvo visits Emily's Tower after returning from the House of Pleasure mission, Emily can be heard asking Callista if her mother is really dead, or if she managed to survive the Assassins' attack. When Callista confirms that her mother has passed, Emily will ask if her funeral was nice.
• If Corvo's chaos is high, Emily draws a picture of him with his mask, standing on a pile of bodies, with a bloody sword in hand, as well as a picture of a huge rat with an extremely large mouth looming over someone.
  • In contrast, if Corvo's chaos is low, Emily will draw a picture of him without his mask, with the word "daddy" on it.
• In her room in the Hound Pits Pub, she has several items, which she claims to have found by "digging".
• In Dunwall Tower, there is a secret room behind one of the fireplaces, in which her mother has created an audiolog for her.
  • This audiolog details how much Jessamine has weighing on her shoulders because of the rat plague, and how much she loves Emily. It also mentions Corvo and his influence on both Emily and Jessamine herself. Despite this, Emily was never made aware of the audiolog, as Jessamine was killed before Emily could hear it.
• If Corvo's chaos is low when he reaches The Light at the End mission and he chooses to confront Havelock face-to-face, Havelock will explain that he has revealed everything about the Loyalist Conspiracy to Emily.

Gallery

Emily Kaldwin.

Emily and Jessamine.

Emily struggling against the Pendleton twins in the Void, at a place reminiscent of the Golden Cat.

Emily and the twins within the Void.

Emily and the Pendleton brothers.

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Corvo reaching out to Emily.

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Emily reading at the Hound Pits

Emily with Callista.

Emily asleep in her tower

Emily talking to Farely Havelock.

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Emily's drawing of Corvo.

Emily's drawing of her mother.

A drawing of Emily's found in the Void.

Emily's drawing of a man being eaten by a rat.

Emily's drawing of the Golden Cat.

Emily's drawing of herself and the Pendleton twins.

Emily's drawing of herself trapped in a tower.

Emily's drawing of her tower.

Emily explaining her visions of the Outsider.

Corvo and Emily.

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Empress Emily the Wise, visiting Corvo's grave.