Post by Lorren on Jul 24, 2007 23:04:30 GMT -5
A faction within the expansive Elder Scrolls series of games, The Dark Brotherhood are worshippers of Sithis, the deity of chaos. Within Morrowind, you are a target of their assassins, but in Oblivion, you have the chance of joining them. For those who have yet to play the game or the questline, a summary follows.
While out and about on the Imperial streets of Cyrodiil, you may rumors that the Dark Brotherhood recruits its members by visiting murderers in their sleep. The rumors turn out to be true, and should you slay someone in cold blood, you are visited by Lucien Lachance the next time you go to sleep. He gives you the option to join by killing Rufio at the Inn of Ill Omen.
From there, you join the Cheydinhal Sanctuary, just one of many sanctuaries hidden around Tamriel. As you complete contracts, you rise through the ranks, eventually becoming Lucien's own Silencer by ‘purifying’ Cheydinhal of its traitors.
However, all is not as it seems. The quest takes you after the real traitor within the Brotherhood, who, as it turns out, has been replacing your real contracts with his own to have you kill important Black Hand members. The Black Hand mistakenly thinks Lucien to be the traitor and kills him. After that, you're taken to the Night Mother's crypt, which lies underneath the statue of the Lucky Lady in Bravil. The real traitor is revealed; you kill him, and become the Honored Listener of the Brotherhood.
However, we are not so true to the game. Few of the canon characters remain, but the halls of the Night Mother are fuller than ever before. Cheydinhal remains as a key Sancuary for the children of Sithis, but there are others – the seething tendrils of the assassin’s guild spread to Bruma, to Anvil, to Leyawiin and beyond.
The path of a killer awaits. Tread lightly, lest you find yourself in the Void.
Dark Brotherhood Ranks:
Murderer
Slayer
Eliminator
Assassin
Executioner
Silencer
Speaker
Listener
The Five Tenets:
Tenet 1: Never dishonor the Night Mother. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 2: Never betray the Dark Brotherhood or its secrets. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 3: Never disobey or refuse to carry out an order from a Dark Brotherhood superior. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 4: Never steal the possessions of a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 5: Never kill a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
(For more information, visit www.uesp.net/wiki)
While out and about on the Imperial streets of Cyrodiil, you may rumors that the Dark Brotherhood recruits its members by visiting murderers in their sleep. The rumors turn out to be true, and should you slay someone in cold blood, you are visited by Lucien Lachance the next time you go to sleep. He gives you the option to join by killing Rufio at the Inn of Ill Omen.
From there, you join the Cheydinhal Sanctuary, just one of many sanctuaries hidden around Tamriel. As you complete contracts, you rise through the ranks, eventually becoming Lucien's own Silencer by ‘purifying’ Cheydinhal of its traitors.
However, all is not as it seems. The quest takes you after the real traitor within the Brotherhood, who, as it turns out, has been replacing your real contracts with his own to have you kill important Black Hand members. The Black Hand mistakenly thinks Lucien to be the traitor and kills him. After that, you're taken to the Night Mother's crypt, which lies underneath the statue of the Lucky Lady in Bravil. The real traitor is revealed; you kill him, and become the Honored Listener of the Brotherhood.
However, we are not so true to the game. Few of the canon characters remain, but the halls of the Night Mother are fuller than ever before. Cheydinhal remains as a key Sancuary for the children of Sithis, but there are others – the seething tendrils of the assassin’s guild spread to Bruma, to Anvil, to Leyawiin and beyond.
The path of a killer awaits. Tread lightly, lest you find yourself in the Void.
Dark Brotherhood Ranks:
Murderer
Slayer
Eliminator
Assassin
Executioner
Silencer
Speaker
Listener
The Five Tenets:
Tenet 1: Never dishonor the Night Mother. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 2: Never betray the Dark Brotherhood or its secrets. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 3: Never disobey or refuse to carry out an order from a Dark Brotherhood superior. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 4: Never steal the possessions of a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
Tenet 5: Never kill a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
(For more information, visit www.uesp.net/wiki)