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Oblivion Remastered: The Dark Brotherhood Guide

The Handprint emblem of the Dark Brotherhood

Summary

The Dark Brotherhood is the Assassin’s Guild. It’s illegal, of course, but unlike the Thieves Guild, there is no support to help you with fines and bounties. It offers a variety of simple and challenging quests to kill targets for the Night Mother. You get a lot of unique equipment, and unlock a chance to become a Vampire. You get a weekly quest at the end of the questline.

Rewards

Quest	Reward
A Knife in the Dark	Shrouded Armor and Hood
A Dark Exile	Dagger of Discipline
A Watery Grave	Black Band
Accidents Happen	Sufferthorn Dagger
Scheduled for Execution	Scales of Pitiless Justice
The Assassinated Man	Cruelty’s Heart
The Lonely Wanderer	Shadowhunt
Bad Medicine	The Deceiver’s Finery
The Renegade Shadowscale	Boots of Bloody Bounding
The Purification	The Horse Shadowmere
Honor Thy Mother	The Blade of Woe (Night Mother Blessed)

Avoiding Recruitment

The Dark Brotherhood contacts their potential initiates after they sleep. There are only a few ways to avoid this:

After receiving the initiation, just ignore it
Kill Lucian Lechance (which will let you drop the Blade of Woe too)
Sleep at the Inn of Ill Omens

Quests:

Initiation Quest:

A Knife in the Dark

Contract Quests:

Vicente Valtieri’s Quests:

Ocheeva’s Quests:

Lucien Lachance’s Quest #1:

The Purification*
- This quest is a point of no return, you need to finish ALL business inside the Cheydinal Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary before completing it.

The Black Hand Dead Drop Quests:

Lucien Lachance’s Quest #2:

Following a Lead

Black Hand Quests:

Non-Contract Quests:

The Renegade Shadowscale
Darkness Eternal
A Dark Exile
Another Dark Exile
Eternal Dark Exile

Ranks:

Murderer
Slayer
Eliminator
Assassin
Executioner
Silencer
Speaker
Listener