Oblivion Darkish Brotherhood Questline Walkthrough


The fearsome Darkish Brotherhood, assassins who dish out demise within the night time, are feared throughout Tamriel. Whereas the Thieves Guild could draw back from killing, the Brotherhood has no such restraint, as a substitute making it their calling. This questline will see you journey throughout the area, finishing up employed hits as you make your means up their ranks. This information will train you all the perfect methods to deal with your hits and give you tips on carrying them out like a real murderer.

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Becoming a member of the Darkish Brotherhood

So as to be a part of the Darkish Brotherhood, you first have to get their consideration. To do that, all it’s essential to do is kill a random harmless particular person or two after which relaxation at an Inn. While you do, a mysterious determine will wake you up and provides the “A Knife within the Darkish” mission to finish, and after you have carried out so, you may be formally inducted into the Darkish Brotherhood.

Darkish Brotherhood Quests:

 

A Knife within the Darkish

After getting your mission from Lchance, head to the Inn of Ailing Omen situated north of Bravil. Wait till the night time and head inside to search out your goal. 

Flip left simply after getting into the inn to discover a small entice door main the downstairs of the inn with Rufio’s room on the far finish.  Dispatch him,

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With you Rufio killed, relaxation once more (you’ll be able to even do it on the inn you’re at present at) and Lachance will go to you as soon as once more restructuring you to go  an deserted home in Cheydinhal, head downstairs, and discover a doorway behind damaged wall. Give the move phrase “Sanguine, my Brother” to enter. 

Converse with Ocheeva inside to finish your quest and develop into an official member of the Darkish Brotherhood.

A Watery Grave

After becoming a member of the brotherhood, of their headquarters, converse with Vincente Valtieri, who’s situated in an space accessible by way of Ocheeva’s quarters. Talking to him, settle for his contract to kill Captain Gaston Tussaud located within the Waterfront District of the Imperial Metropolis.

Gaston’s ship is docked within the northern a part of the district. You possibly can enter his quarters from the door on prime of the deck, or if you’re proficient sufficient (and have sufficient lockpicks), there’s a door instantly into his cabin behind a Very Exhausting Lock on the rear of the boat. 

Going within the backway, you should have a pleasant 1v1 combat with Gaston however his Metal Cutlass can nonetheless do work. As soon as he has been killed, loot his physique and return to Vincente.

On your troubles, he’ll reward you with a magic black band that improves your Mild Armor and Safety stats by 5 factors and offers you a 5% resist magic buff.

Accidents Occur

Bonus Requirement: Loosen the fastenings to drop the ornament in your goal to kill him.

On your subsequent contract, Valtieri duties you with eliminating a person in Bruma who goes by the identify of Baelin, with the request that you just make his demise appear to be an accident (if you’d like the bonus). Head to Bruma.

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In Bruma, you’ll be able to observe your quest marker to Baelin’s house, the place you may have a few totally different entrance choices. You possibly can attempt sneaking within the entrance door, or behind his home, one can find a locked door into his basement. Both means, as soon as you’re inside, sneak as much as the crawlspace on the second flooring.

As soon as upstairs, take a proper right into a small room. To the suitable of a desk, one can find the entryway into the crawl area. Enter and shut the doorway into the area, after which wait. Because the contract suggests, you will want to attend till someday between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

On the finish of the area, one can find a cross of boards, interacting with it and deciding on the choice to loosen the fastenings. Achieve this, after which sneak out of the home – avoiding Baelin’s servant within the course of, and report again to Valtieri to your reward – the magical dagger Sufferthron, 100gp, and a promotion to the rank of Slayer.

Scheduled for Execution

Bonus Requirement: Do not kill any of the jail guards.

This time round, your goal is a person who’s at present a prisoner within the Imperial Jail and it’s essential to sneak in to kill him. Fortunately for you, you may have a key into the sewers that may get you there, so whenever you’re prepared head to the Imperial Metropolis.

The doorway is technically outdoors of the town to the northeast a brief distance from the partitions of the capital alongside a riverbed. Use the important thing you bought from Valtieri to go inside.

The way in which by way of the sewers is pretty simple, with the one bother coming from the crabs and rats that decision the sewers house. Earlier than lengthy one can find a ladder as much as the Sanctum with a mean lock. Choose it and take it up.

Sneak your means by way of the Sanctum, taking care to keep away from the patrolling guards as you go (until you do not care in regards to the bonus, then be at liberty to take them out) and make your means in the direction of the door into the Imperial Jail.

As soon as contained in the jail, observe till you discover a tunnel up and into an all-to-familiar cell. Throughout the best way you will notice your goal, Valen Dreth. He could also be speaking to a guard so simply wait till their dialog is over and the guard leaves.

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Dreth is behind a hard-locked cell gate, so yow will discover the important thing to his cell on a small desk on the finish of the corridor the place his cell is (together with a helpful Imperial Jail key, so make sure you snag that as effectively), or shoot some arrows at him by way of the bars. You probably have an invisibility spell or the Shadow’s Moonlight skill, you’ll be able to rating a essential hit and take him out good and fast.

With the goal lifeless, return to Valtieri and report your success. Should you managed to finish the the bonus goal you may be rewarded with the Scales of Pitiless Justice which improves a few of your stats if you are holding onto it in your stock, on the expense of decreasing your Persona stat.

The Assassinated Man

Bonus Requirement: N/A

Converse to Valtieri to obtain your subsequent guild mission whenever you’re prepared. Your subsequent contract is an oddity, as a substitute of taking a life you may be saving one – Francois Motierre. This time you’ll stage somebody’s demise to save lots of them from others that plan to kill him. You can be given each a knife coated with a poison that may simulate demise and an antidote to revive the goal. Head to Chorrol if you end up all set.

Francois’ home is giant and its entrance door is a tough lock and sadly the one entrance. Wait till late at night time and decide the lock to sneak inside.

Upon getting into the home, Francois will greet you and let you know that the true murderer, Hides-his-Coronary heart, shall be there shortly, and format the plan. As soon as Hides-his-Coronary heart arrives inside the home and begins to speak to Francois, minimize Francois with the knife that Valtieri gave you and run away. You have to NOT kill Hides-his-heart. Run out the home and thru the close by gate and you may be high quality.

The subsequent a part of the plan is to revive him, so wait 24 hours after which head to the Chapel of Stendarr and down into the undercroft.

As soon as contained in the undercroft, yow will discover Francois down the trail to the suitable. Work together with him to make use of the potion in your stock (it is within the Misc. part, not the conventional potions space)

Reviving Francois will anger a few of the undercroft inhabitants, so shield Francois from the zombies and depart the undercroft, ensuring to not hit Francois whereas taking out the enemies.

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As soon as outdoors, proceed to escort him by way of Chorrol to Grey Mare and head inside. Francois will thanks, and with that, it’s time to return and report back to the Brotherhood.

Finishing the contract will reward you with the rank of ‘Eliminator’ within the Darkish Brotherhood, the amulet ‘Cruelty’s Coronary heart’ which improves your Willpower and Power by 3 factors, and a key for fast entry into the headquarters accessible through the effectively behind the Deserted Home.

The Lonely Wanderer

Bonus Requirement: Kill the goal indoors and with no witnesses.

Talking with Veltieri to your subsequent contract, you’ll be taught that he’ll now not be assigning you contracts and as a substitute you will want to hunt out Ocheeva within the headquarters, however now, to thanks to your service, Veltieri presents to make you a vampire when you so select so preserve this in thoughts when you ever have an interest!

Ocheeva gives you a contract to trace down and kill a excessive elf named Faelian that lives within the Imperial Metropolis. Sadly, this goal is somewhat elusive and laborious to trace down, so you will want to search out him. Your bonus for this contract is to kill Faelian indoors and with none witnesses, so with this data in hand, head to the Imperial Metropolis.

Talking with an elf that lives within the metropolis that likes you adequate (get their disposition to between 50 and 60) you may get some data, however basically Faelian will be present in a few totally different locations relying on the time of day. Nevertheless, if you’d like the bonus, the one spot you’ll be able to kill him is in Lorkmir’s Home.

Tiber Septim Lodge (Talos Plaza District): 8pm – 1am

Lorkmir’s Home (Elvan Gardens District): 11am – 5pm (Exhausting lock on the door)

Deserted Shack (Waterfront District): 2am – 8am

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With Faelin lifeless, return and report back to Ocheeva to your reward of Gold and, when you accomplished the bonus requirement, the magic bow ‘Shadowhunt’.

Unhealthy Drugs

Bonus Requirement: Stay undetected and kill the goal through swapping out his medication with the poison Ocheeva provides you.

Ocheeva provides you your subsequent goal – a merceneray captain by the identify of Rodrick, at present maintain up in Fort Sutch to the west. Your mission is to infiltrate the fort, swap out his medication with poison that Ocheeva provides you and escape, all with out being seen. In any other case you’ll forfeit your bonus and you’ll have to kill him the extra conventional means.

Fort Sutch will be discovered far to the west, and north of Anvil, so quick journey to Anvil and depart from there.

As soon as you discover the Fort, on the underside degree one can find a small enclosed passage that may result in a door inside.

Simply inside, unlock the typical gate to your proper and take that path round in the direction of the again of the fort, unlocking a pair extra gates alongside the best way. Utilizing one thing just like the Grey Fox’s Hood or a detect life spell helps rather a lot right here as it’ll allow you to see the place the guards are at so that you can keep away from.

Within the again, one can find the medication cupboard holding Rodrick’s Drugs, take it and exchange it with ‘Rodrick’s Poison’ from the Misc. space in your stock.

With the poison positioned, sneak again out the route you got here, avoiding the opposite mercenaries as you go. Fortunately there aren’t too many within the Fort and a variety of darkish areas so that you can disguise in. Once more, Detect Life shall be your buddy right here.

As soon as again outdoors, quick journey and report again to Ocheeva to get your gold, and when you had been profitable in finishing the bonus necessities, a magic shirt – the Deceiver’s Finery.

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Whodunit

Bonus Requirement: Kill every of the 5 friends individually with out being detected.

Your subsequent contract with Ocheeva will activity you with not simply killing one goal, however 5. Every goal shall be locked inside a home with you and it is your job to take every one among them out. Relying on when you want to go for the bonus, which requires you to kill every goal with none of the others seeing you, these mission will be down shortly, or require a bit extra effort. Both means, whenever you’re prepared head to Skingrad.

As soon as you’re in Skingrad, head to the Summitmist Manor the place Fafnir will greet you and allow you to inside. 

This contract is not all that arduous, you simply must be affected person. Comply with people round till you see them alone then strike. You may also wait till they’re asleep and deal with it that means. Regardless, as soon as everyone seems to be taken care of, make sure you loot their our bodies and the varied chests in the home for some goodies. When you’re carried out, return to Ocheeva.

Ocheeva will reward you with gold and, when you meet the requirement, the bonus of the Night time Mom’s Blessing, which is a persistent buff to a number of of your stats!

Everlasting Retirement

Bonus Requirement: After killing the goal, take his ringfinger and put it within the desk of his subordinate.

Ocheeva will activity you with dealing Adamus Phillida who has been a thorn within the Brotherhood’s facet for a very long time, who’s at present residing out his retirement in Leyawin. To rub further salt within the wound, for this mission’s bonus, you will want to take the ring finger of the goal drop it off on the Imperial Garrison to ship a message. When prepared, head to Leyawin.

As soon as in Leyawin, head to a small pond west of the Metropolis Barracks on the otherside of the stone wall. Round 3pm on a regular basis, Adamus will take a swim, and this shall be your finest likelihood to take the shot at him with the instant-kill arrow that Ocheeva gave you for this mission (keep in mind he needs to be out of his armor for it to work) so keep close by, stealthed, and look ahead to Adamus to take his swim.

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Make sure to save earlier than you utilize the arrow since you solely get one shot. As soon as Adamus is taken out, wait till his guard is not hovering across the physique – take a stroll, purchase some provides, see the websites of Leyawin – after which when the coast is obvious, seize the finger and the rest from the physique you need like his sword, defend, and plethora of keys.

At this level, you’ll be able to both go proper again to Ocheeva or as a substitute head to the Imperial Metropolis’s Jail District to ship the package deal. 

Comply with the inexperienced cursor in your map to the constructing, the place simply inside one can find the desk. Work together with it and place the finger contained in the desk and your mission shall be full. Head again to Ocheeva.

Your bonus this time is barely much less thrilling, solely 500 further gold, however each little bit helps. That is one other contract for the Darkish Brotherhood, full.

Of Secret and Shadow

Bonus Requirement: N/A

This subsequent mission is totally different from these you’ve got untaken beforehand. Talking with Ocheeva, you get a letter from Lucien (the person who visited you and first introduced you into the Darkish Brotherhood). Studying the letter out of your stock, Lucien asks you to come back to him at Fort Farragut so head out whenever you’re prepared.

Fort Farragut is situated only a fast jaunt to the northeast from Chydinnhal, so it should not take you too lengthy to achieve it. Should you really feel like taking out some coping with some darkish guardians and navigating round traps, enter by way of the massive doorways on the backside of the fort. However, if you wish to circumvent all of that and head straight for Lucien, outdoors, across the again of the fort you will notice a big hole tree with a secret door in it. It will take you straight to the room Lucien is in.

Talking with Lucien, one can find out there’s a traitor amongst the Brotherhood within the Cheydinhal Sanctuary so you’re tasked with killing all of them – Ocheeva, Valtieri, Antoinetta Marie, Gogron gro-Bolmog, Telaendril, M’raaj-Dar, and Teinaava. Lucien gives you a poisoned apple and a summoning scroll that can assist you on this endeavor, however make sure you search the remainder of the room, as in a close-by very laborious locked barrel one can find 10 extra poisoned apples.

While you’re prepared, head again to the Sanctuary and get to it…

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The Purification

Bonus Requirement: N/A

Again within the Sanctuary, you’ll be able to method your killings nonetheless you see match, however listed here are some ideas:

  • Do not trouble with the apples, it is extra of a problem than it’s price going round accumulating and stealing each little bit of meals within the Sanctuary.
  • The Spirit of Rufio summon, it’s best to make use of in opposition to Gogron resulting from his heavy armor for the reason that spirit’s assaults will hit higher in opposition to it.
  • Attempt to take out M’raaj-Dar after he has been practising within the coaching room in order that he shall be low on magicka.
  • Telandril is usually discovered outdoors of the Sanctuary. Your finest time is to search out her on Tuesday’s out close to the mage guild’s effectively. Hitting her whereas stealthed will trigger her to don her Darkish Brotherhood garb and trigger the cities guards to assault her so all you need to do is look ahead to them to do your be just right for you.
  • Do not attempt to tackle all of the assassins directly, wait till they’re sleeping or alone.

Every member will drop a key to their locked chests within the residing quarters, so make sure you loot not solely their our bodies but in addition their chests!

With your entire targets lifeless, return to Lucien, the place you may be rewarded with a promotion to his private Silencer and a horse named Shadowmare. You’re additionally knowledgeable that the remainder of your contracts shall be collected from numerous lifeless drops, the primary of which shall be discovered on Hero Hill. Congratulations, Silencer.

Affairs of a Wizard

Your first lifeless drop mission, present in a hollowed-out rock at Hero Hill tells you that your goal is a necromancer named Celedaen who will be present in Leafrot Cave, which is way to the south from the place you at present are.

To get to Leafrot Cave, we suggest quick touring to Leyawin and departing from the Northeast gate, taking the highway with Shadowmare, after which slicing east till you get to the cave. The toughest a part of this mission is simply getting there. 

As soon as within the cave, head straight again, by way of a mean locked door, and thru the next door into the subsequent space of the cave the place Celedaen is. Drop down a gap within the flooring and thru the close by door the place one can find him. All it’s essential to do to kill him is to sneak up and steal his hourglass. 

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With the necromancer taken care of, gather your reward of 500gp and your subsequent contract in a sack beneath the Nice Oak in Chorrol.

Subsequent of Kin

Your subsequent activity is to place an finish to every member of the Draconis household, consisting of Perennia, Matthias, Andreas, Sibylla, and Caelia.

Perennia

She will be discovered on a small farmstead referred to as Applewatch, west of Burma. Nothing to harmful about her, simply wait and take her out whereas she is sleeping. Looting her physique may even offer you data on the place everybody else is situated as some additional assist.

Matthias

Matthias has a house within the Talos Plaza District of the Imperial Metropolis. Choose the laborious lock on his entrance door and sneak in. His room is on the second flooring, take care to keep away from his attendant, and sneak into his room to take  him out. 

Andreas

Andreas runs the Drunken Dragon Inn situated northeast of Leyawin, barely east off the principle highway. There may be often a Imperial guard the spends time within the Inn so you will have to get artistic – or simply kill him too. Andreas tends to fall asleep round 2am and sleeps behind the bar’s counter. 

Sibylla

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To the Southwest of Cheydinhal one can find Muck Valley Cavern with Caelia inside. 

The cave is pretty small with solely rats, wolves, and a few bears performing as Caelia’s guards. Caelia herself will be discovered round her small tenting in space within the furthest a part of the cave.

Caelia

A member of Leyawin’s guard, the perfect time and place to handle her is in her personal room within the Three Sister’s Inn after 8am. Her room is on the second flooring of the Inn, locked with a tough lock, and is the one closest to the steps going up.

When the ultimate member of the household is killed, head to Fort Skingrad and within the courtyard, discover the effectively and decide up your reward of 500gp and the lifeless drop to your subsequent mission.

Damaged Vows

Useless Drop Order #3 informs you that your subsequent goal is a Khajiit named J’Ghasta who lives in Bruma. Head to Bruma and the goal’s home. Apparently calling off a marriage and scorning your ex-fiance can get you enemies. Oh effectively.

When you sneak inside, instantly head to the basement the place one can find hidden door, close to the steps. Take that down. 

Your goal would not put on armor and punches actually laborious, so keep cellular and attempt to steer clear of him so he cannot hit you. 

As soon as J’Ghasta is killed, head to the previous bridge simply south of the Imperial Metropolis Waterfront district (we suggest simply swimming there from the Waterfront) and below the bridge one can find a rotten field together with your reward and your subsequent mission.

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Closing Justice

Subsequent up, you’re tasked with killing a Argonian named Shaleeze who’s at present in a cave simply north of Bravil often known as the Flooded Mine. When you’re prepared, head to Bravil after which north to the cave.

True to it is identify, a lot of the mine is stuffed with water. While you get inside, take a proper and observe the underwater path to the east. It will take you in the direction of Shaleeze’s camp and the place yow will discover her sleeping (when you determined to strike her late at night time, after midnight).

Shaleeze assaults you with some fairly nasty magical swords, so attempt to preserve away, or you may get her caught on the outcropping in the course of her camp and simply pelt her with arrows.

As soon as she is lifeless, and her physique looted, head to Fort Redman, only a bit west of the Drunken Dragon Inn you beforehand killed Andreas Draconis in, to assert your reward and your subsequent lifeless drop mission.

A Matter of Honor

Your subsequent goal is a touring service provider often known as Uvani. Monitoring him down generally is a bit troublesome and also you run the chance of getting a bounty in your head. The very best place to cope with him is in his house in Leyawin that he stays at each Sundas (aka Sunday).  He does have an allergy to Honey so when you have some mead, you’ll be able to attempt to get him to steal it from you, however just like the poison apples in the course of the purification quest, it’s kind of of a headache as it’s essential to take away some other supply of meals within the space. 

The door to his home is locked with a tough lock, together with just a few doorways inside his home so deliver some picks with you. 

Uvani has robust Destruction spells however maybe extra harmful is his magic Dagger of Fragments that may shortly destroy any melee weapon or defend you block with, so be certain that this combat would not drag on or you may be left with none weapons to kill him with!

When Uvani is handled, head to the Imperial Market District within the Imperial Metropolis and between Rindir’s Staffs and Edgar’s Low cost Speels one can find a hole stomp together with your reward and your subsequent lifeless drop.

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The Coldest Sleep

Your subsequent goal is a Nord Barbarian that goes by the identify Havilstein Hoar-Blood who’s at present tenting up in on Gnoll Mountain east of Bruma. That is one other pretty straight ahead activity. While you’re prepared – and outfitted to cope with a melee-focused barbarian – head to Bruma.

A straightforward strategy to take down each Havilstein and his pet wolf is to place your self on above and to the east of his got here on a ridge of stone. Neither goal will be capable to get to you and can as a substitute simply stare at you as you rain arrows down on them. 

Make sure to loot the physique and seize Havilstein’s magic axe of soul traps and his elven axe for good measure!

To show in your quest, quick journey to Muck Valley Cavern, head south to the Nornal ruins, and head inside. Head down some stairs and in the direction of the hunt marker, the place you will want to dive underwater and unlock a mean gate, past which would be the chest together with your reward and your subsequent activity.

A Kiss Earlier than Dying

A wooden elf named Ungolim is your subsequent goal and will be present in Bravil. He is aware of you are coming and has ready a bit, so seize an invisibility scroll or your finest sneaking go well with and head to Bravil. 

Ungolim makes a degree to go to the statue within the coronary heart of city on daily basis between the hours of 6 pm and 1 am. Perch on some close by stairs and look ahead to him. Ungolim is an archer himself so chances are you’ll get right into a little bit of a back-and-forth however the stairs and close by constructing partitions gives you good cowl. Alternatively, you may rise up shut and cope with him that means. Regardless, after you have dealt together with your goal, you may be visited by Lucien, who will come bearing shocking information.

Earlier than you head off to your subsequent lifeless drop, make sure you loot Ungolim’s physique for his Bow of Chilly after which head to Anvil and the lifeless drop location – a barrel behind the statue.

Following a Lead

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While you’re prepared, head to Anvil. Simply to the east of the principle gate one can find a big statue and there shall be a barrel behind it. Perch up someplace close by, hidden, and wait.

Earlier than lengthy, a person will go to the barrel, shortly run and converse to him and he’ll inform you about an individual that spoke to him at a close-by lighthouse and informed him to swap out the lifeless drops.

Journey to the Anvil Lighthouse. Enter the home of the keeper and as much as the lighthouse the place one can find him. Demand the Cellar key and he’ll give it to you. With this in your possession, head again outdoors and across the again of the lighthouse grounds one can find the locked door right down to the Lighthouse’s Cellar. Go inside.

Within the cellar shall be a bunch of lifeless our bodies and within the again a common locked door. Inside, close to a chair one can find the Traitor’s Diary. Learn it and take the top that’s on the altar in entrance of it.

With the data in hand, head to Applewatch and head inside the place you may be met by members of the black hand and see what stays of Lucien, strung up in again. You’re informed to return between 12am and 3am to talk with Arquen as soon as extra.

Honor Thy Mom

Return and converse with Arquen between 12 am and 3am and conform to go along with the Black Hand to awaken the Night time Mom to set off a cutscene.

As soon as the seen is over, head contained in the Night time Mom’s Crypt to set off one other cutscene the place the true traitor is revealed. Defeat him alongside Arquen.

After the combat, converse with the Night time Mom, after which be at liberty to loot the coffins within the crypt. When you’re carried out, converse with the Night time Mom once more.

Congratulations, you aren’t the Darkish Brotherhood’s Listener and you’ve got completed the questline for the brotherhood! As a reward, not solely are you promoted to Listener however the Night time Mom has unlocked the true energy of the Blade of Woe that Lucien gave you again whenever you first started your journey into the brotherhood!

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Whispers of Demise

Contemplate this an ongoing elective quest, however every week, you’ll be able to converse to the statue of the Night time Mom in Bravil and afterward take the data to Arquen within the Chrydinhal Sanctuary. Doing so will earn you a gentle supply of revenue! One other perk of being the Listener is you could have a Darkish Brotherhood Assassin tag together with you! Converse to this provoke within the sanctuary and conform to take him together with you.