After acquiring these new details Sokolov and Captain Foster take Emily to the mining area known as The Dust District. Upon some exploration, Emily finds the entrance to Stilton’s Manor hidden away behind an incredibly elaborate lock designed by Jindosh. However, the catch is if anyone is smart enough to solve the riddle they can pass through it. After several tries Emily cracks the code and heads inside, only to discover that the mansion is in a very dilapidated state. However, she is not alone as the owner Aramis Stilton is found mumbling to himself by a piano.
The Outsider then appears and explains to Emily that this manor is between both time and dimensions, which caused a mental breakdown of the owner. She’s gifted with a Timepiece that will let her warp back to 1849 and experience the events that brought Jessamine back to life. Using her new gadget, she eventually tracks down the code to Stilton’s office and sneaks inside to find the ritual taking place. After witnessing Jindosh, Luca, Breanna, The Crown Killer, and Stilton raise Jessamine from the dead, Emily learns that her spirit is trapped in a statue located at Luca’s house.
Captain Foster then takes Emily to the outskirts of the Duke’s palace, which is currently recovering from a massive party. Before departing, Meagan explains that the duke has a body double that doesn’t really share the ideals of Luca, so he could be a good source of information. Once she breached his defenses, Emily located the Duke’s body double and convinced him to take his place and rule Serkanos. This, however, would require Emily to steal a medal from the man to prove that the imposter was actually real. Eventually, the real Duke is knocked out, giving his replacement time to call for the guards and claim that Luca was, in fact, the body double. He is sent to the asylum and the body double officially becomes the new ruler of Serkanos.
However, Emily’s work isn’t done as she then makes her way down to Luca’s massive vault and locates the statue that has Jessamine’s soul imprisoned in it. After using the Heart which she acquired from the Outsider, Emily recaptures Delilah’s spirit so she can become mortal once more. Now that her adversaries’ secrets are unlocked, Emily, Meagan, and Sokolov head back to Dunwall for the final confrontation.
Sadly, the city of Dunwall has seen much better days as the dilapidated ruins of shops are only accented by the hanging corpses on lamp posts. With Delilah’s witches now running the show, Emily must make her way through this nightmare version of her home so she can reclaim her crown. After breaking into her palace, she quickly discovers that if a rune is corrupted it can be used to imprison Delilah in her own reality forever. Once her rune is crafted, Emily heads up to the throne room and quietly sets the new rune on her throne, warping the magic surrounding it.
Emily then uses the heart to give Delilah her spirit back, forcing her to retreat into a painting she was creating. Emily follows and enters a new reality where hundreds of stone figures worship the witch. After a heated battle, Emily takes the knocked out Delilah and drags her back to her throne room, where the corrupted rune takes hold. She is then sent into her painting and trapped there for eternity, allowing Emily to finally free her father and take the throne once more as Empress.
