Eminent Domain

Arnold and Thalia Timsh

Eminent Domain is the second mission of The Knife of Dunwall DLC.

Briefing

Delilah once painted portraits for Barrister Arnold Timsh, a corrupt aristocrat who uses his legal powers to evict families from their homes and claim property for the Lord Regent, based on false accusations of plague. Barrister Timsh's niece, Thalia, hates him. She has promised to help you locate Delilah, for a price. Meet with Thalia to find out what she knows.

Infiltration

Map for the mission: Eminent Domain

Harbor area I:

Daud starts in the sewers at the district's harbor where he has a short talk with Billie Lurk. The first step of this mission is to find Thalia Timsh who has information about Delilah. First Daud has to walk along the harbor until he reaches some stairs where two guards will patrol, regularly looking down to the sea. After dealing or bypassing them Daud reaches a road leading to a little square between an demolished bridge and a gate with a wall of light. A good deal of guards is patrolling here. It is possible to take them out one by one as there are roaming the whole place often without visual contact to the other guards. A very fast and easy way to deal with all enemies around this square (even the ones on the other side of the wall of light) is by purchasing the favor for having some whale oil tanks placed right in front of the gate. Shoot at the loudspeaker at the gate, wait for the guards gathering around the spot and shoot at the oil tanks to deal with all of them at once. A rune (if favor is purchased) and a bone charm can be found at the dead end of the street and down at the sea.

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Thalia Timsh threatened by a hatter

Bypassing the wall of light by deactivating it or using the top of the gate Daud will come to a street. To the right he will find a small alley leading directly to a backyard with Thalia Timsh who is captured by a member of the hatters gang waiting to be rescued by Daud. Immediatly after dealing with him two other hatters will jump off the roof which makes it really hard for a clean hands playthrough as a fight will be triggered as soon as they reach the ground. A good way to avoid this is to stop time by initiating blink and jump to a small roof edge of the closed shop nearby. After that it is easy to stun them.

Talk to Thalia and Daud receives his task to reach the legal district. As there is only one way through a locked gate it is necessary to get the key. Depending on the chaos level reached in the first mission it will be in the top floor of the hatters building (low chaos) or in a house with balcony on the other side of the big square coming up (high chaos).

After talking to Thalia it is possible to enter an abandoned flat through a window. Be careful as there are two arrow traps securing it. On the other side of the flat Daud will be able to look down on an inner yard where 2 - 3 hatters are patrolling. 3-4 others are walking around in the building. Take them out however you want or enter the house over a little balcony above the yard entrance and make your way to the top where you can find the key to the legal district (on low chaos). At the stairs in the inner yard you can also find a key to the hatters' building (not really necessary). If Daud got the key to the legal district he can make his way directly to the gate bypassing or dealing with all the guards.

If not he has to reach a house at the north end of the big square where lots of guards do their duty. The easiest way is to go over the roofs by leaving the hatters building through a window in the third floor. Blink to the roof of the low building in the middle of the square (above it it is possible to enter a flat with a bone charm). Be careful as a guard on the other side will stand now and then on the balcony. Blink to this balcony, deal with the guard and leave through the window to the left after entering the flat. It will lead over the roof to another building being occupied by some guards who are patrolling through all floors. Deal with them or move on over the balcony to the balcony of the building next to it. Through here Daud can enter the flat finding a dead body (on high chaos) with the key to the legal district. After this go back the way you came over the roofs and continue through the narrow alley leading to the gate to the legal district. There will be two guards patrolling who are easily to take down or to bypass. After that open the gate to the next section.

Non-Lethal Alternative

Directly to the right of the entrance to the Legal District sits a building with a second-story balcony; Blink onto the balcony and enter. The floor is partially destroyed, allowing access to the first floor. There, Daud encounters Roland , a noble who has sworn revenge against Timsh for the wrongful seizure of his property. He instructs Daud to enter his condemned apartment to retrieve his notebook, which contains an explanation of his revenge plot against the Barrister.

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Turnbull confronts Timsh

Inside the apartment are three items: Roland's notebook, a key to Apartment 10, and a forged document calling for the seizure of Timsh's property. Entering Apartment 10, Daud retrieves an odorous bag to place in the ventilation shaft at Timsh's estate--before finishing the second part of the task, however, he has the option to switch the forged seizure document with a letter of immunity Timsh carries on his person. Doing so will cause Timsh to show the falsified document to General Turnbull upon the man's arrival at the estate, neutralizing the target.

Side Objectives

Main article: Side Objectives

• Granny's Recipe

General Mission Notes

• This mission features soldiers from Dunwall's military. They are functionally identical to guardsmen with the only distinguishing feature being that their uniforms are red instead of blue.
• There is a large sculpture of Delilah in the studio next to Timsh's room. If Daud so chooses, he can attempt to talk with the statue, which will initiate a conversation.
• The door to the basement for the non-lethal alternative is initially locked, but Daud can obtain the key by meeting up with Billie Lurk where she perches across from Timsh's mansion for a scouting report.
• If Bundry Rothwild was encountered conscious in the mission A Captain of Industry and afterwards tortured or killed by Daud, a group of three butchers  will wait for him at the end of the mission to avenge their boss.
  • One of the favors you can purchase is for someone to leave out a few Whale Oil tanks right at the harbor entrance so you can easily dispatch the butchers with a quick shot to the tanks.
• Depending on the chaos level reached in the first mission barrister Timsh will be at first in his office (high chaos) or in the lobby (low chaos). 
• If the foul-smelling bag is placed before Daud exchanged the documents in the barrister's pocket the non-lethal elemination will be marked as failed as Turnbull won't arrest Timsh.

Trivia

• If the mission A Captain of Industry was finished on high chaos, Billie will kill the first guard in the sewers. On low chaos she will only stun him.

Gallery

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Delilah's statue in Timsh's residence

A Soldier of Dunwall as seen in Eminent Domain