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In steampunk fantasy game Dishonored, the player takes on the role of a deadly assassin who dishes out justice from the shadows while clearing himself of involvement in a royal murder conspiracy.
The premise is fairly simple: Corvo Attano, a former royal bodyguard turned assassin, seeks vengeance against those who have framed him for the murder of the empress and kidnapping of the princess. The visual style of the city of Dunwall, where most of the story takes place, is inspired by the works of Jules Verne, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe, with a little H.P. Lovecraft thrown in.
Helping the player in the quest is a ghostly spectre called the Outsider, who provides runes that offer magical abilities such as time-bending, teleportation, and the possession of animals and people, plus other helpful skills.