Outsider Shrines/Speeches

In Dishonored, its DLCs and Dishonored 2, the Outsider speaks to Corvo Attano, Emily Kaldwin and Daud at key moments during the game as well as each time they find an Outsider Shrine and take its rune or runes. This page lists all of these speeches with their variations.
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==Dishonored==
===Dishonored===
Meeting the Outsider for the first time*
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* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
===High Overseer Campbell===
Campbell not yet eliminated
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===The Royal Physician===
No variations
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===Lady Boyle's Last Party===
Lady Boyle not yet eliminated
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===Return to the Tower===
Burrows not yet eliminated
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===The Flooded District===
Corvo poisoned and captured*
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* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
Daud spared
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** This sentence will only appear if Slackjaw is saved.
===The End===
The Outsider's speech at the end of Dishonored*	The Outsider's speech at the end of Dishonored*	The Outsider's speech at the end of Dishonored*
Low Chaos
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Low Chaos
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* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
==The Knife of Dunwall==
===None Like Her===
The Outsider speaks to Daud in the Void*
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* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
===Eminent Domain===
Timsh not yet eliminated	Timsh not yet eliminated	Timsh not yet eliminated	Timsh arrested
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 	 	 	Timsh arrested
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===The Surge===
The Outsider's speech at the end of The Knife of Dunwall* 	The Outsider's speech at the end of The Knife of Dunwall* 	The Outsider's speech at the end of The Knife of Dunwall*
Low Chaos 	Low Chaos 	High Chaos
Billie Lurk spared 	Billie Lurk executed 	High Chaos
When Billie Lurk was eight she wanted to be the captain of a ship. From the moment she met you, all she wanted was to be a killer. She watched you. Learned from you. And then she saw you losing your grip, and decided to take your place. And now? She's limping to the outskirts of the city. She'll pay a smuggler to get past quarantine. She'll watch herself for signs of plague for a while. Gradually, the fear and grief that seep into your bones in Dunwall will dissipate, and she'll find a new name and a new use for her skills. Even if Dunwall burns to the ground, one corner of the Empire will still know your story. Daud, killer of an Empress. Daud, who spared his betrayer's life.	When Billie Lurk was eight she wanted to be the captain of a ship. From the moment she met you all she wanted was to be a legendary assassin. She watched you, learned from you, and when she saw weakness she struck, just like you taught her. Only you were a little better. In the seconds before she died, she remembered the first time she met you, when you caught her breaking into the school and spared her life. When you made her an assassin it was the proudest moment of her life. She had no regrets. And you, Daud?	You once told me Billie Lurk was your finest pupil. Fast and Strong, with a sharp mind, it's no accident she was the only woman you ever trained. And she proved even more ruthless and deceptive than you thought. But she was no match for you. This is why, in a city of horrors, parents will scare their children with the legend of Daud, the Knife of Dunwall, who never chose sides, who preyed on the city's lords, who never swore fealty, who brought down Overseers, once even an Empress. I wonder what the final chapter will be. What happens to scary monsters, in the end?
* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
==The Brigmore Witches==
===The Dead Eels===
====Drapers Ward Riverfront====
Before visiting the Mill or after installing the Coil	Before visiting the Mill or after installing the Coil	After making a deal with Trimble	After making a deal with Trimble	After killing the Geezer	After killing the Geezer
Low Chaos
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====Drapers Ward Sewer System====
Before getting the Coil/After getting the Coil (Low Chaos)
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===Delilah's Masterwork===
Going through the painting*	Going through the painting*	Going through the painting*	Going through the painting*
Low Chaos
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* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
The Outsider's speech at the end of The Brigmore Witches*	The Outsider's speech at the end of The Brigmore Witches*	The Outsider's speech at the end of The Brigmore Witches*
Low Chaos
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==Dishonored 2==
===A Long Day in Dunwall===
Meeting the Outsider for the first time* 	Meeting the Outsider for the first time* 	Meeting the Outsider for the first time* 	Meeting the Outsider for the first time*
Corvo 	Corvo 	Emily 	Emily
Low Chaos 	High Chaos 	Low Chaos 	High Chaos
Corvo, old friend, do I even have to say it? You've lost another Empress. 	Corvo, old friend, do I even have to say it? You've lost another Empress. 	Empress Emily Kaldwin. I'm a friend of your father's from the bad old days. 	Empress Emily Kaldwin. I'm a friend of your father's from the bad old days.
Delilah was born a pawn, but now she's got the throne. Fifteen years ago, the assassin Daud could have warned you about her if you'd bothered to ask. But you were too busy for questions. Times have changed, Corvo, and you haven't been watching the dark corners of the world. Maybe living in a palace has made you soft. What happens when you push a man farther than he ever thought he could go? Does he snap? And what happens when he tries to go home? Maybe you'll finally learn what it feels like to kill an Empress. Daud could have told you about that, too.	I gave you my Mark for a reason. I wanted to know what happens when you take an honorable man's life away, when you push his face down in the mud. What will he do, given the chance? And what a sight it was. You gave yourself over to blood and terror, gave it everything you had. Then you spent fifteen years making sure it wouldn't happen again. But now it has. And this time you know where it leads. Will you do it all again? Where is that good man now?	I never expected us to meet. I watched your mother die at the hands of schemers who wanted your little empire. [Then you were] Rescued by a man in a strange mask. I thought that was the end of the excitement. But someone yanked the rug from under your feet. You've lost your throne and your father. And I promise, Delilah won't just give them back. So what are you prepared to do about it, your imperial majesty? And are you clever enough to do it without spilling a river of blood? I asked Corvo those questions fifteen years ago. This is the moment that changed him. Now it's your turn.	I never expected us to meet. I watched your mother die at the hands of schemers who wanted your little empire. [Then you were] Rescued by a killer in a strange mask. I thought that was the end of the excitement. But Delilah and the Duke are flies in the ointment, aren't they? How many of your own subjects are you ready to slaughter and what are you willing to become? Fifteen years ago, I asked Corvo that last question. This is the moment that changed him. Now it's your turn, Emily.
There's no one quite like Delilah. I watched her pull herself up from blood and filth, until she was in a position to steal from the wisest scholars in the Empire. 	Delilah slit a man's throat for a pair of shoes and painted some of the most brilliant portraits of the age, all in the same year. 	There's no one quite like Delilah. I watched her pull herself up from blood and filth, until she was in a position to steal from the wisest scholars in the Empire. 	Delilah slit a man's throat for a pair of shoes and painted some of the most brilliant portraits of the age, all in the same year.
Survival and ambition, art and magic, with a cunning that makes fawning sycophants of those around her. All of it leading to what you saw at Dunwall Tower. 	Survival and ambition, art and magic, with a cunning that makes sycophants of those around her. All of it leading to what you saw at Dunwall Tower. 	Survival and ambition, art and magic, with a cunning that makes fawning sycophants of those around her. All of it leading to what you saw at Dunwall Tower. 	Survival and ambition, art and magic, with a cunning that makes sycophants of those around her. All of it leading to what you saw at Dunwall Tower.
Delilah's playing the long game. She took all the abuse the world could deal out, and now she has a crown. 	Delilah's playing the long game, and now she's an Empress. 	Delilah's playing the long game. She took all the abuse the world could deal out, and now she has a crown. 	Delilah's playing the long game, and now she's an Empress.
But I'll let you in on a secret; she's got her eyes set on a much greater prize. 	But I'll let you in on a secret; she's got her eyes set on a much greater prize. 	But I'll let you in on a secret; she's got her eyes set on a much greater prize. 	But I'll let you in on a secret; she's got her eyes set on a much greater prize.
* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
===Edge of the World===
Low Chaos 	High Chaos
Karnaca was a lovely city once, before the Duke began choking the life out of the place. Before the Crown Killer started painting the walls red. Now you're here and I have to wonder whether you're going to give it that final nudge, or pull it back from the edge. We've both seen cities go bad before. Vermin, blood and betrayal. It's happening again. I hope you're ready.	I've seen cities go bad before. Smelled the rot. So have you, fifteen years ago in Dunwall. Did you miss it, that year that made you who you are? Don't deny it. Rats in the cradle, black smoke rising from burning bodies, an entire city crying out. Now it's happening again. Welcome back. Welcome home. People like you and the Crown Killer are a part of places like this.
===The Good Doctor===
No variations
I so enjoy watching history warp as words pass from the lips of one to the ears of another. Imperfectly formed, half understood, poorly remembered. In the years to come, the story of the Crown Killer will be twisted and bent; hammered like soft metal. By some accounts, a monster that had to be put down. By others, a victim of treachery, preserved because in the end you found another way. But you'll always remember the truth won't you? Your truth, at least.
===The Clockwork Mansion===
Low Chaos 	High Chaos
I'll tell you a story about Kirin Jindosh, a prodigy from Karnaca. Self-taught, he was hailed by the Academy of Natural Philosophy as a genius who would surpass Sokolov and bring about an age of enlightenment. But just two years after his arrival, he was banned from the Academy of life, for reasons that are still not public. When they deported him, he left behind a machine that drank seawater, playing music that brought listeners to tears. They promptly took it apart, and it has never worked since.	I'll tell you a story about Kirin Jindosh, the Duke's Grand Inventor. Once he was commissioned to make a toy for a six year Tyvian noble girl. Jindosh worked for three months and built a machine composed of wood, brass, and the bones of several cats. It ran on a few drops of whale oil a day. The little girl was told she would have a special treat and she was perfectly delighted until the moment it was activated. She lives at an asylum up in Dabokva now, and will until the end of her days.
===The Royal Conservatory===
Low Chaos 	Low Chaos 	High Chaos 	High Chaos
Accepted the Mark 	Refused the Mark 	Accepted the Mark 	Refused the Mark
Look at you, making your way across this shuddering city. 	Look at you, making your way across this shuddering city. 	Look at you, leaving a trail of bloody boot prints across this dying city. 	Look at you, leaving a trail of bloody boot prints across this dying city.
Breanna Ashworth would have been miserable as a member of high society, forced to wed some bloated banker - her only moments of real freedom getting drunk at fancy balls and slipping away to couple with strangers. It would have ended in an unhappy marriage and a late-night plunge into an icy river. But just before her mother and father married her off, so many years ago, she found Delilah instead. It was all highways and graveyards after that, never looking back.	Breanna Ashworth would have been miserable as a member of high society, forced to wed some bloated banker - her only moments of real freedom getting drunk at fancy balls and slipping away to couple with strangers. It would have ended in an unhappy marriage and a late-night plunge into an icy river. But just before her mother and father married her off, so many years ago, she found Delilah instead. It was all highways and graveyards after that, never looking back.	Breanna Ashworth would have been miserable as a member of high society, forced to wed some bloated banker - her only moments of real freedom getting drunk at fancy balls and slipping away to couple with strangers. It would have ended in an unhappy marriage and a late-night plunge into an icy river. But just before her mother and father married her off, so many years ago, she found Delilah instead. It was all highways and graveyards after that, never looking back.	Breanna Ashworth would have been miserable as a member of high society, forced to wed some bloated banker - her only moments of real freedom getting drunk at fancy balls and slipping away to couple with strangers. It would have ended in an unhappy marriage and a late-night plunge into an icy river. But just before her mother and father married her off, so many years ago, she found Delilah instead. It was all highways and graveyards after that, never looking back.
Vice Overseer Byrne is an ambitious man, but he believes in the Abbey's mission, protecting the good people of the empire against the likes of us. You know he'd be happier deep down if this ended with Breanna Ashworth's head on a spike. Maybe yours as well. 	Vice Overseer Byrne is an ambitious man, but he believes in the Abbey's mission, protecting the good people of the empire against my influence. He'd be happy if this ended with Breanna Ashworth's head on a spike. And very pleased that you refused my mark. 	Vice Overseer Byrne is an ambitious man, but he believes in the Abbey's mission, protecting the good people of the empire against the likes of us. You know he'd be happier deep down if this ended with Breanna Ashworth's head on a spike. Maybe yours as well. 	Vice Overseer Byrne is an ambitious man, but he believes in the Abbey's mission, protecting the good people of the empire against my influence. He'd be happy if this ended with Breanna Ashworth's head on a spike. And very pleased that you refused my mark.
===Dust District===
No variations
In case you're wondering, Paolo's not one of those unhinged cultists who believe I'll grant them favors if they leave a big enough offering or play just the right musical notes. He doesn't care a fig for me, but he put up this shrine because he found the hand of an old witch I knew once, and Paolo saw right away that it pays to have an edge. Sometimes pieces of us linger long after we're gone. The Duke inherited a vibrant city and wasted no time stripping it to the bone. What will he leave behind? And what about you? Who will you leave to pick up the pieces here in the Jewel of the South?
===A Crack in the Slab===
Receiving the Timepiece*
Three years ago something inside Aramis Stilton snapped like a cheap lock. A part of him and a part of this house never left that evening. The Duke's inner circle are still gathered here, setting their grand plan into motion. Delilah's plan. And a part of Aramis Stilton is always here, still breaking. The Void is not exactly a place, and it's much older and stranger than you could ever know. It watches you from within. And at the heart of Stilton's house, the Void is leaking through a pinprick left by Delilah's little trick. Even magic is perverted her, and things don't work like they should. Take this. Imagine it's a kind of timepiece. Go and watch the Duke and Delilah. See for yourself what they did.
* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
Leaving Stilton Manor*
Look around you, a crumbling island at the very edges of the Void. But this one is special. It's the place where my throat was cut, four thousand years ago. This is where my life ended and where it began again. It's where they made me.
Right up until the end I thought I'd find a way to escape. I fought but the ropes only cut my skin so I went limp. And then the knife touched my throat and I knew I'd waited too long. The blood ran out and I became a god. Now you know Delilah's secret. At the end of her days, she drifted through the Void and should have been lost forever. But her will and cunning are second to none. She found this place, the island in the Void where I became what I am. It changed her and she discovered a way to draw from it, tapping into the power here. Delilah is... a part of me now. And I don't like it.
You have to give Delilah credit. She tore out a piece of herself and hid it away, inside a thing made of bones. She's made herself immortal. If you want to kill Delilah, you're going to have to find her spirit and give it back to her. Reaching it won't be easy, but what comes after that might be the hardest thing you'll ever have to do.
* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
===The Grand Palace===
Corvo 	Emily
You're back at the heart of your homeland. A bigger, better palace than the one you sailed away from so long ago. Feeling nostalgic? Will you ever be comfortable in Dunwall again, assuming you make it back? You've seen the suffering here, the decay. But dear Corvo would you even have lifted a finger if the Duke hadn't put Emily in harm's way? Be honest now.	Here you are back among your own people, the palace-born and those who curry their favor. Are you feeling more comfortable, majesty? Are these the people you want running a quarter of your Empire? No? It never seemed to bother you before. Maybe it looks different up close. Maybe here it's harder to ignore the way the people outside the palace get through they day.
In any case, I know what you're after. The Heart you carry can only hold one spirit at a time, so if you want to walk out with a piece of Delilah, you'd better be ready to leave something behind. 	In any case, I know what you're after. The Heart you carry can only hold one spirit at a time, so if you want to walk out with a piece of Delilah, you'd better be ready to leave something behind.
===Death to the Empress===
Corvo 	Corvo 	Emily 	Emily
Low Chaos 	High Chaos 	Low Chaos,
Very High Chaos 	High Chaos
Welcome home, Lord Protector. 	Welcome home, Lord Protector. 	Welcome home, Your Majesty. 	Welcome home, Your Majesty.
Delilah's waiting for you. She's been sleeping badly for the last couple of weeks because that piece of her you're carrying around has been calling out, begging her to take it back. She feels the same craving, but she'll fight to the death to stop you from putting her spirit back where it belongs. You were careful in Karnaca. Let's see how that serves you in the tower where you and Jessamine fell in love. Delilah's got the throne and your daughter, but now she's got a secret as well.	Delilah's been waiting for you with murder in her heart, but also fear. She tore her spirit apart to avoid the sting of death, and now her nightmare is coming for her, and it's you. Moving through Karnaca, you left a trail of corpses at your back, but in Dunwall, Delilah has amassed her own pile of bodies. All hail the victor, assuming there's anyone left to celebrate.	Delilah's waiting for you. She's been sleeping badly for the last couple of weeks because that piece of her you're carrying around has been calling out, begging her to take it back. She feels the same craving, but she'll fight to the death to stop you from putting her spirit back where it belongs. You were careful in Karnaca. Let's see how that serves you in the tower where you were born. Delilah's got the throne and she's got your father, but now she's got a secret as well.	Delilah's been waiting for you with murder in her heart, but also fear. She tore her spirit apart to avoid the sting of death, and now her nightmare is coming for her, and it's you. Moving through Karnaca, you left a trail of corpses at your back, but in Dunwall, Delilah has amassed her own pile of bodies. All hail the empress, assuming there are any subjects left to rule.
===The End===
The Outsider's speech at the end of Dishonored 2* 	The Outsider's speech at the end of Dishonored 2*
Part One - Karnaca's new ruler 	Part One - Karnaca's new ruler
<tabber> 	<tabber>
Low Chaos 	High Chaos
And so a man born with the face of the Duke took his seat in Karnaca, ruling with empathy for those not born in a palace. The people were surprised by this sudden turn, but did not question their good fortune.	And so a man born with the face of the Duke quietly slipped into Karnaca's highest seat, enjoying all the pleasures of the grand palace. No one noticed the change, and if they did, they didn't dare mention it.
* This speech occurs automatically and does not take place at a shrine.
*** This occurs only if Sokolov / Meagan wasn't killed.
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