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[Dishonoured] Why do people pray to the outsider?

While I am not a religious person and so don’t entirely get prayer in general, in the dishonoured universe there are several shrines and people who worship the outsider despite it being illegal. I think in one of the games you can even find people tortured or killed by the Abby of the Everyman. Also the outsider states he only gives out his mark to a select few people, only about 10 or so at a time I believe. So why do people worship him if they get nothing out of it?
gpt
Desperation.

Dunwall is a horrible place, a festering oppressive slum run by authority figures who at best don't give a shit if you live or die and at worst actively aim for the latter. The dominant faith tortures and kills on the slightest pretence, the streets are violent and run by brutal crime lords, and the only measures taken against the the plague is making sure it doesn't interfere with the aristocrats parties.

If you're the average common person, never mind someone poverty-stricken,your odds of living a long life and dying a peaceful death are already rock bottom. Your odds of becoming the next corvo or granny rags may be one in 20,000, yes, but that doesn't necessarily rule it out as being your best shot.