Note #7: Daud.
I didn't see him before it was all too late. The empress died upon hide blade, the assassin Daud killed her like he's killed so many others. I would have stopped him, but I wasn't fast enough or strong enough. His powers and men easily best me and now he's killed the empress.
She was our only hope for salvation and now she's gone, Emily has been kidnapped, and Corvo arrested for the murder of the empress. I know the Outsider will be watching these events with great interest, but I feel no such pleasure. I want Daud to pay for what he's done and everyone else as well. Whoever ordered this assassination will soon be dealt with; I'll make sure of it.
-Shadow.