Skyrim:Dark Brotherhood

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The Dark Brotherhood is a guild of professional assassins with considerable influence and power. It is similar to Morrowind's Morag Tong, but despite a common misconception, it is a completely separate organization; also, the legality of this organization is much more limited than that of its older cousin. The leader of the Dark Brotherhood is the Night Mother. In Skyrim, you can choose to either join the Dark Brotherhood and take on assassination missions for a large amount of money, or destroy the Brotherhood's remaining chapter.

Contents 1 Joining 2 Destroying the Dark Brotherhood 3 Advantages to Joining 4 Members 5 Quests 5.1 Primary Quests 5.2 Contract Quests 5.3 Other Quests 5.4 Radiant Quests 5.5 Miscellaneous Quests 6 Notes 7 Gallery

[edit] Joining

Joining the Dark Brotherhood requires you first complete the quest Innocence Lost. You can start that quest by overhearing a rumor that Aventus Aretino is performing the ritual, the Black Sacrament, or by talking to the orphans of Honorhall Orphanage in Riften about Aventus Aretino.

After completing Innocence Lost, you will be able to join the Dark Brotherhood (or choose to destroy it) in the quest With Friends Like These....

[edit] Destroying the Dark Brotherhood

To destroy the Dark Brotherhood, kill Astrid instead of a hostage when you arrive in the shack in the quest With Friends Like These.... You will then fail that quest, and the quest Destroy the Dark Brotherhood! will appear in its place. Keep in mind that you must make this decision now, as at any other point in the game Astrid is considered a quest giver and so cannot be killed, only knocked out.

[edit] Advantages to Joining

• Free access to the Sanctuary, which can also be accessed while getting rid of the Dark Brotherhood. However, if you decide to get rid of the Dark Brotherhood, you will not gain access to the Dawnstar Sanctuary which has some useful items when upgraded at the end of the Dark Brotherhood questline.
• You receive your own set of Dark Brotherhood armor, which boosts several of the skills required of an assassin. This armor can prove very helpful throughout the quest line. However, it can also be obtained from dead members if you decide to take down the Brotherhood.
  • You may find Dark Brotherhood robes, shoes and hand wraps (all with the prefix "Shrouded") which yield no armor but can be useful for a mage using the Mage Armor perk. Robes have 15% destruction spell cost reduction.
• The unique horse Shadowmere (reward for the quest The Cure for Madness), which has more health than other horses
  • Unlike in Oblivion, Shadowmere is not an essential character in Skyrim, and will die instead of being knocked unconscious. However, it does regenerate health very quickly, so this is rarely a problem.
• Minion and sanctuary for yourself after completion of quests, with similar attributes of a house.
• The Summon Spectral Assassin power
• All Dark Brothers and Sisters are friendly to Stage Four vampires - you can go to the Sanctuary to feed if you can't do it in cities/can't avoid combat.
• Access to Babette, the Master Trainer for Alchemy, and Nazir, the Master Trainer for Light Armor.

[edit] Members

Members Arnbjorn Astrid Babette Cicero Gabriella Festus Krex Nazir Veezara	Undead Members Night Mother Spectral Assassin
	Creatures Lis

[edit] Quests

[edit] Primary Quests

The primary Dark Brotherhood questline consists of fourteen quests. Three achievements (50 points; 2 Bronze and 1 Silver) are unlocked by the guild's quests.

• Delayed Burial: Convince an unwilling farmer to help fix a stranded jester's broken wagon wheel. (Optional)
• Innocence Lost: Help an orphaned child avoid being returned to a sadistic caretaker.
• With Friends Like These...: Repay your debt to the Family, and show you are willing to kill on command. ( 10 pts/Bronze)
• Sanctuary: Pick up your first contracts as a Brotherhood member.
• Mourning Never Comes: Help Muiri get her revenge.
• Whispers in the Dark: Spy on the Night Mother's keeper to see if he is planning sabotage against the Brotherhood.
• The Silence Has Been Broken: Meet Amaund Motierre inside Volunruud and see who he wants assassinated.
• Bound Until Death: Assassinate Vittoria Vici at her own wedding. ( 10 pts/Bronze)
• Breaching Security: Kill and frame the son of a high-ranking Imperial guard.
• The Cure for Madness: Confront the traitor among the Dark Brotherhood.
• Recipe for Disaster: Assume the identity of the famous Gourmet in an effort to assassinate the Emperor.
• To Kill an Empire: Attempt to assassinate the Emperor while disguised as the Gourmet.
• Death Incarnate: Assist Brotherhood members in the fight against the Penitus Oculatus assault.
• Hail Sithis!: One of the biggest contracts in Brotherhood history is yours to fulfill. ( 30 pts/Silver)

[edit] Contract Quests

• Kill Narfi: Kill a hapless beggar in Ivarstead.
• Kill Beitild: Resolve a feud in Dawnstar.
• Kill Ennodius Papius: Kill Ennodius Papius.
• Kill Hern: Kill Hern, a reclusive vampire.
• Kill Lurbuk: Silence a terrible bard, permanently.
• Kill Deekus: Slay an Argonian looting a shipwreck.
• Kill Ma'randru-jo: Assassinate Ma'randru-jo to complete a Dark Brotherhood contract.
• Kill Anoriath: Assassinate Anoriath to complete a Dark Brotherhood contract.
• Kill Agnis: Assassinate Agnis to complete a Dark Brotherhood contract.
• Kill Maluril: Kill Maluril in Mzinchaleft.
• Kill Helvard: Assassinate Helvard to complete a Dark Brotherhood contract.
• Kill Safia: Kill a pirate captain on her own ship.

[edit] Other Quests

• Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!: Finish the Dark Brotherhood and rid Skyrim of their kind.
• Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head...: Restore the Dark Brotherhood's sanctuary.

[edit] Radiant Quests

• Honor Thy Family: Regain the trust of your fellow Assassins.
• The Dark Brotherhood Forever: Yet another child has prayed to their mother.

[edit] Miscellaneous Quests

These are miscellaneous quests (each quest's objective is listed in the "Miscellaneous" section of your journal) and will only activate if certain conditions are met

• Take the Hidden Treasure: Torture the Brotherhood's prisoners for treasure. (activates after purchasing the torture room for the Dawnstar Sanctuary)
• Locate the Assassin of Old: Find the Dark Brotherhood Assassin. (activates if you successfully completed Breaching Security and received a bonus from Gabriella)

[edit] Notes

• Joining the Brotherhood adds a few lines of NPC dialogue, like with other factions. Some guards will say "Psst, I know who you are.... Hail Sithis."
• Sometimes you may encounter a Dark Brotherhood assassin who carries a contract for your assassination as a random occurrence.
• Contracts carried out by The Dark Brotherhood are illegal, unlike a Morag Tong writ. Therefore, it is vital that no one else sees you commit a murder while carrying out a mission in a city or settlement.

[edit] Gallery

A mysterious note

Female Dark Brotherhood Armor Concept Art

Factions in Skyrim Bards College • College of Winterhold • Companions • Dark Brotherhood • Imperial Legion • Stormcloaks • Thieves Guild The Circle • Nightingales