Skyrim:Dark Brotherhood Initiate

Male Dark Brotherhood Initiate

Dark Brotherhood Initiate (RefID: 00015D07)
Location	Dawnstar Sanctuary
Race	Nord	Gender	Male
Level	PC×1 (range=10-100)	Class	Assassin
RefID	00015D07	BaseID	00015CFA
Other Information
Health	175-925
Magicka	65-215
Stamina	95-545
Primary Skills	One-handed, Sneak, Archery, Light Armor
Essential	Yes
Respawns	Yes
Faction(s)	The Dark Brotherhood; FavorExcludedFaction

Dark Brotherhood Initiate (RefID: 00015D09)
Location	Dawnstar Sanctuary
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Level	PC×1 (range=10-100)	Class	Assassin
RefID	00015D09	BaseID	00015CFE
Other Information
Health	175-925
Magicka	65-215
Stamina	95-545
Primary Skills	One-handed, Sneak, Archery, Light Armor
Essential	Yes
Respawns	Yes
Faction(s)	The Dark Brotherhood; FavorExcludedFaction

Female Dark Brotherhood Initiate

Two Dark Brotherhood Initiates will become available as followers after finishing all Dark Brotherhood quests. They are found in the Dawnstar Sanctuary after you complete Hail Sithis! and begin improvements for the Dawnstar Sanctuary from Delvin Mallory of the Thieves Guild in Riften.

One is a Nord female (in the main room with Nazir, usually cooking). The other is a Nord male (in the living quarters, reading). Both initiates wear Shrouded Armor, Shrouded Gloves, Shrouded Boots, and a Shrouded Cowl, and are equipped with an Ebony Dagger.

They cannot be recruited into the Blades and cannot be used as a sacrifice in Boethiah's Calling. They also cannot be ordered to kill other Dark Brotherhood members (including the other initiate and Shadowmere), but will do almost anything else. Despite being assassins, they will still not effectively kill enemies without alerting/attacking other enemies in the room when ordered to attack.

The Initiates have no default weapons, meaning they will use any weapon type you give to them. They are best dual wielding or using a bow and arrows. However, since they don't have default arrows, if you want them to use a bow, you must keep their inventory stocked with arrows. Additionally, the Assassin class seems to be very picky about what weapons they will dual wield; you must give them a Forsworn sword or axe in the off hand in order for them to dual wield.

The Dark Brotherhood Initiate is one of the few followers that will level with you. In addition, the Initiates are marked Essential, and will not die. This makes the Initiate a good choice of follower at high levels for stealthy characters.

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