

Wait around for some days until a Courier approaches you with a note that has a black handprint on it and "We know" written on it. After you've done the deed, go back to Aventus who will thank you and reward you. It doesn't matter if you kill her in front of witnesses, no one will raise the alarm and you won't get a bounty. Once in Riften, go to Honorall Orphanage and find Grelod the Kind. Wait for him to finish the ritual and speak to him. Once inside head up the stairs and follow the sound of the voice to Aventus. Go to the Aretino Residence and pick the front door (novice) to get in. Whichever way you choose, go to Windhelm to begin the quest. The rumor can also be obtained directly from Idesa Sadri inside Candlehearth Hall, or by paying Maul in Riften for information. To start the Brotherhood questline, you have to either listen to rumors in any inn around Skyrim until you hear of a boy, Aventus Aretino, in Windhelm trying to summon the Brotherhood, or overhear a conversation between a dunmer woman ( Idesa Sadri) and a boy ( Grimvar Cruel-Sea) just outside the Aretino Residence in Windhelm.


However, there has not been a Listener or Speakers since the collapse of the Dark Brotherhood in Cyrodiil.

In turn, the Listener is assisted by four Speakers, whose duty is to distribute the contracts obtained by the Listener from the Night Mother to the regular members. The Brotherhood is lead by a Listener, who receives orders from The Night Mother and passes them on. Historically, the Brotherhood has always worshipped Sithis, God of Entropy and Chaos alongside the Night Mother, who functions as a spiritual figurehead as well as the one who delivers jobs to the Brotherhood.Ī Dark Brotherhood Assassin successfully killing an Orc from behind Virtually every city in Tamriel has a bounty on members of the Brotherhood and would pay handsomely to see them gone. They are very well known yet no one has ever infiltrated nor exposed them. The Brotherhood has been operating in Tamriel for centuries.
