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is one method for reducing inequity in the distribution of landscape harms . ( 211 )
Mining in Karnaca focuses on silver , not coal , but the overarching concerns are relevant . The silver miners of Karnaca have no power and rely on the economics of the industry such that they live in an impossible situation : they mine for silver beyond environmental tolerance , thereby contaminating the poorer areas of the city , yet they have no viable financial alternatives . 9
Dishonored : The Death of The Outsider focuses narrative attention away from the plague and the environmental ravages of the mines and toward the origins and potential destruction of its titular character as the series resolves the narrative threads surrounding his origins and purpose . Although the player still encounters bloodfly infestations and evidence of the oppression of the poor , the overall focus lies in Billie Lurk ’ s quest to find The Outsider in the Void and either kill or liberate him . The Outsider looms over the events in the series and the characters embodied by the player , and he is particularly associated with whales , a critical hint to his na-
9 The player , embodying either Corvo or Emily , has an opportunity to ameliorate circumstances in the Dust District during Mission 6 . However , this opportunity makes the mission more complex to complete because it involves finding and interpreting a clue regarding how to deal with the mission ’ s two main antagonists . The Dust District is bisected into two warring territories�that of the Howler Gang , led by Paolo , and that of the Abbey of the Everyman , led by Overseer Byrne . The initial mission directives lead the player to decide whether to deliver Paolo to Byrne , or vice versa . Bringing the enemy of the other faction into their territory ceases that group ’ s hostility , meaning the player would only need to work through one enemy area , not two . To complete the mission nonlethally and give hope to the miners , the player must instead deliver Paolo and Byrne to a business serving as a front for a trade in slave labor . This places the Dust District in control of those who are more interested in worker safety .
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