Possible Spoilers Ahead

So, I just finished the mission where I kidnapped Sokolov, or how ever you spell it. Give me a break it's almost 5 in the morning.

Anyway, when Corvo goes to bed and then wakes up to Emily talking to him. After that talk I noticed a new note on my desk so I went over to check, Emily drew a picture of you. It says, "DADDY", on it.

I was like, "WHAT." Then suddenly it hit me, or I think that's what's going on, I could be completely wrong about her but, is she really Corvo's Daughter?!

I dont think he is. Im some missions ahead of you and my guess is corvo has just always been there since he was the empresses protector he was just always there for emily and she never really had much else for a father figure. could be wrong though

Well the Empress herself seems quite... close, to Corvo in the beginning, so its possible she's actually a royal bastard and everyone just assumed she was the daughter of the emporer.

Same here I just think she was close to him and that corvo is the only one left in her life that she really feels safe with.

Equally possible is he IS the Empress' lover and is her stepfather in all but name.

There is a line at the very end of the game where in a journal by Havelock , where it states "Is she truly his daughter", you could take that to mean that she is his daughter. You could also take it to mean that Corvo is acting like such a father figure to Emily that he's indistinguishable from a real father. The father is never mentioned throughout the game except for this line so I would say that it's definitely possible and probably likely.

Emily is definitely his daughter.

They look alike'ish.
The heart you get is the dead emperess's.
The emperess seems close to Corvo.
There doesent seem to be an Emperor.
The painting saying daddy.
THe diary made by Havelock as Alpha pointed out.


There is overwhelming evidence but I believe the reason it isnt shouted at your face at anytime in the game, is to either:

1: Add mystery.
2: Give people the slight RP option of deciding themselves if its true.

I don't think she is because at the beginning Emily said "If you don't find anyone will you marry me when I grow up?" She said says it if you talk to her before you give the note to the empress.

Uh, little girl's say they are going to marry their father's all the time. Pretty standard stuff.

It could also mean that Emily doesn't know who her real father is. Who knows what her mother told her, if Corvo is her father maybe the Empress told Emily it was someone else in order to protect them from some sort of conflict of interest. Imagine what would have happened to Corvo if everyone knew that he was Emily's father, I think they would have killed him on the spot like they did to the Empress.

I also overheard this conversation at the Pub: "You know he(Corvo) was sleeping with the Empress" (paraphrasing, but close)

Mixed with the "daddy" painting, i'm certain it was his daughter.

It's heavily hinted. Even Havelock thinks Corvo is Emily's father, as seen in his journal.

Endgame spoiler.

He probably is, there are a lot of hints but the point is that it doesn't really matter. Even if he wasn't the father he's done more for her than anyone else.

Besides one of the endings The Outsider says: "Because you were more to her than Royal Protector", so yeah.

I tink it's safe to assume Corvo definitely is her father.

As stated previously, the Empress and him seemed very close right from the beginning, Emily noting her mother seemed sad when he wasn't around. Overheard rumors and some written notes also contributes to this thesis - did you find the very small room hidden behind a fireplace in the Tower? There was a rune to grab there, as well as an audiograph from the Empress to her daugther, and a letter adressed to Corvo by the Empress, barely withholding her feelings toward Corvo.

No mention is ever made of the father or a possible Emperor, even a late one.
Havelock's final journal entry clearly asks the question "Is [Corvo] really her father?" which, while not directly answering the question, is quite a dead giveaway when you consider every little clues there was on the path.
The final words of the Outsider in the good ending, " you were always more than just her protector " ( paraphrasing ) is an ultimate, small, cruel teasing

exactly what I had in mind. He was a father figure to her doesn't matter if he really was. Pretty interesting that the emperor was never mentioned in the entire game, how did he die/disappear or what? hope a future dlc adds to this. Maybe Corvo, the emperor/empress were friends and you know throw in a romance angle or something. Or heck let him be just a father figure and more hint on the past, mystery for now. Very interesting.

When you talk to Pendleton in a High Chaos ending after he gets shot, he says something like "We all knew you were sleeping with the empress! You like nobles? Perhaps you've met my cousin."

I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was something like that.

I'm inclined to believe that Emily is Corvo's daughter. The evidence pointing towards that idea is too strong. Also, there's no reference that I've found of her marrying, and there was a book I found that stated that she had become Empress as a young woman after her father died, so we know that she didn't marry into the role.

"Well, the test results are in..."

"Corvo, you are NOT the father!"

*Corvo flips his chair and starts dancing, the Empress runs off crying*

In the dark ending, as Pendleton lies bleeding against the wall he says "Everyone knows you were screwing the Empress."

It must be understood as a story (which makes a better story, (Corvo being the father or all the clues just being a lot of coincidences leading noware?) so of course Corvo is the father. I suspected as much in the begining and the further the story progressed it became clearer and clearer.
My bet is that they keep it informal and not confirm the "rumors" in public to avoid some kind of "scandal" and everyone knows to keep quiet about it.

Honestly, from the second I heard the bits of the Empress's voice-over in the debut trailer, I figured she and Corvo had long since taken things beyond the realm of the professional. Some ambient, optional dialogue from Emily in the prologue really left little-to-no room for doubt. And Trevor flat out said that just about everyone knew they were sleeping together on his deathbed in the High Chaos version of the last level.
What really cinched the idea for me that Emily was Corvo's daughter (this information unconfirmed by the Empress for the obvious scandal it would cause) was that bit where he spins her in his arms when he finds her at the Golden Cat. A man who is just a bodyguard does not spin a eleven-year-old girl in his arms when he rescues her, no matter the relationship he had with said girl's mother.

At the pub after I forgot which mission, you can hear Pendleton say "everyone knows he was ********* the Empress". That along with all the other evidence probably confirms she's Corvo's daughter.

The low chaos ending I got tells you straight that Corvo is her father.

No he is not her father... Its just he is like a dad to Emily.