Parallels between Daud and Emily

Tagged as Billie Lurk, Corvo Attano, Daud, Emily Kaldwin

Creator: Hiaen

Description:

Emily has a few things in common with Daud and being pissed at the Outsider is only one of them.

They both have a living situation that was forced onto them at an early age (Daud getting kidnapped and Emily becoming Empress at 10) and it results in them being rather dismissive of their responsibilities and the consequences of their actions (Daud in an obvious manner and Emily when she lets Luca do what he wants with Serkonos so long as the Crown gets the money)

On the flip side, Corvo and Billie have that in common that they picked a path early in their life that lead them to ascend above their station (Corvo winning the Blade Verbana and Billie following Daud) and they display a somewhat better ability to accept the consequences of their choices (Corvo by staying low chaos, Billie by admiting her mistake in the Surge and much later by saving the Outsider in DOTO)

To get back to Daud and Emily, they also display a similar tendency to take what they feel they deserve - Emily by reclaiming her throne, and Daud mentions that in his youth he used his powers to make his mark on the world.

Young Daud could have the same "full of anger" vibe you get from Emily. Daud in his youth would act pretty similar to Em. even though Daud's a proficient assassin, when he first created the Whalers onwards at 15, he's still young/a kid and he probably made some dumb mistakes due to not paying attention/being cocky.