Learn the Master Thief guild skills like Climbing and Stealth in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. Discover how to join the Dark Brotherhood.
The Dark Brotherhood is an assassins guild that operates by invitation only. To receive an invitation, you must murder a few innocent civilians. Freelance assassins are not tolerated; you must join the guild or risk being marked for death, meaning trained assassins will be sent after you periodically. Similar to the thieves guild, you will undergo tests before being admitted.
If you are arrested, there is a chance the guild will intervene and threaten the judge to let you go free. Each time you are promoted within the guild, a dungeon location will be revealed on your world map. The soulgem dealer is intended to allow buying and selling of soulgems, functioning as a black market; however, you can only purchase soulgems, which are only useful if you also have access to the Item Maker.
Interestingly, quests from the Dark Brotherhood often involve hunting freelance assassins as frequently as carrying out true assassinations. While many quests require dungeon crawls, a significant number also take place within towns.
- Murdering civilians is the trigger for the Dark Brotherhood's invitation.
- Joining the Dark Brotherhood is crucial to avoid being hunted by their assassins.
- Promotions within the guild unlock new dungeon locations on your world map.
- Soulgems can only be bought from the soulgem dealer and are otherwise useless without the Item Maker.
- Quests can involve both assassinations and eliminating freelance assassins.
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