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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Dark Brotherhood part I - game guide, walkthrough, secrets, game tips & strategies

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game Guide
Dark Brotherhood part I
by Krzysztof "Lordareon" Gonciarz (guides.gamepressure.com)
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Dark Brotherhood is, in other words, the Assassins Guild, a secret group that specializes in killing for money. Most of the missions given by the Brotherhood are, not surprisingly, assassinations. Sneaking is a very handy ability in most of them, almost as crucial as efficient weapon handling.

 

To become a member, you have to kill an innocent. Bandits and other quest-related murders don’t count. The question is who to choose and not to make any other quest impossible to get or finish? Most of the NPC in the game are involved in some missions, so you have to choose wisely. The safest way is to kill somebody who has already played a role in a small quest of some sort.

 

 

When you perform the murder, you’ll see a message on screen saying that you deed has been “observed by the forces unknown”. Next time you rest, you’ll be approached by Lucien Lachance, who has a little proposal for you..

 

A Knife in the Dark

This mission will be given to you as a test. You have to kill a man named Rufio in Inn of the Ill Omen, south of Imperial City. It’s as easy as it gets. The proprietor of the inn will tell you that Rufio is in the basement – use the trap door next to the entrance. Your victim is sleeping on his bed, and one hit is all he requires. Do so, and rent yourself a room in the inn. Lucien will appear and tell you that, well… you’re in.

 

 

Head to Cheydinhal, towards a map marker. By the enchanted door, say “Sanguine, my brother”, and talk to Ocheeva. Welcome to the family.

 

Welcome to the Family

Talk to the vampire Vicente Valtieri and accept your first mission. You have to kill the captain of Marie Elena, a ship stationing in Imperial City Waterfront.

 

 

Approach the crates at the end of the pier – a message will appear, asking if you want to hide in them. Do so, and once you’re inside, sneak to the captain’s cabin and kill Gaston Tussaud. Take the key from his body and open the booty chest. The rest of the crew noticed that something’s wrong and is at the door. You can wait and fight them or escape through the window (using the captain’s key once more).

 

Accidents Happen

Another mission from Vicente. This time you have to make the assassination look like an accident. Go to Bruma and break into Baenlin’s house between 8 and 11 P.M. Hiding from the lord and his servant, go to the first floor and turn right. You’ll find a barely visible Crawlspace Door in here. Use it and loosen the fastening. Sneak out of here and go back to the Sanctuary.

 

 

No Rest for the Wicked

You remember that Dunmer that mocked you at the very beginning of the game? Now it’s time to pay him a little visit – Vicente will order you to kill him.

You’ll have to traverse through some boring sewers. Just head towards the right map markers. When you reach The Sanctum, you’ll have to sneak past some guards. Wait until they finish talking, and then overtake the one who’s heading your way. If you’re late, he’ll stand in the place that makes him almost impossible to sneak by. In Imperial Subterrane there’s only one guard, but fairly easy to avoid.

 

 

When you enter your old cell (ahh, memories), wait for the guard to finish talking to Valen. When he leaves, approach Dreth and kill him. The key to his cell and to the entrance door is on the table to the left.

 

 

What’s interesting, you don’t have to leave the place using the sewers again. You can just leave through the front door, nobody will see anything suspicious in it.

Dark Brotherhood part I  (79/109)
comments and responses

I've been accepted into the guild by killing the first contender in the Arena battle in the Imperial City a few times. You could try that or just get your lock picking and sneak pretty high (Around 50 or so) then wait for nightfall and break into someone's house and kill them in their sleep. Best yet you can possibly kill two birds and one stone by pickpocketing someone and then kill them. Then allow yourself to get arrested (During that time you will get a message saying "Your action was witnessed by unseen forces" - Dark Brotherhood) and while in jail you may get a visit by a messenger with an invitation to the Thieves Guild (Hence the attempted theft). It worked for me when I tried it once and got accepted into both guilds... I had a hard time to keep from laughing.
Legendary Chicken Chaser
13/11/2009 03:54
Who is an easy kill to get in to the guild? Please someone reply and fast
Imperial_Breton
08/11/2009 21:49
BeAsTBretoN: for more money try the arena.
ShadowSpartan: No once Lucius Lachance is dead you can't join. WHY WOULD YOU KILL HIM?
spoiler start
I liked im but he had to go band get himself killed
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Supergnash
22/10/2009 16:19
the dark brotherhood is the best group to me simply because i made more gold there than in any other group or guild that ive been in. btw anyone know how to get quick gold
BeAsTBretoN
31/08/2009 02:08
can u still join the dark brother hood if u kill the Lucien Lachance lol its doin my head in not bein able to join now somone reply asap
ShadowSpartan
16/08/2009 15:06
In the quest no rest for the wicked i find it really annoying that if you want a bonus u cant kill a guard.
stixandstones
30/07/2009 17:17
eilerts,
depending on where you are in the game, you could just go to the dark brother hood sanctuary in cheydinhal, in the abandoned house, the password is -sanguine, my brother-
syborn3tiknight
05/06/2009 23:51
soothslayer,
just walk out of the chapel and, trust he'll catch up soon enough, you could go back inside too if you want
syborn3tiknight
05/06/2009 23:49
brother lucien,
someone must have played in your account if you were gone....
but the dream you're stuck in is for the bravil mages guild recommendation
to get out, you do have to collect all the elements
syborn3tiknight
05/06/2009 23:46
not sure if this is very helpful but if you walk up to a small object and hold L2 your person forces it..........
the great gate
06/04/2009 17:14
you have found yourself caught in the "Through a Nightmare Darkly" quest. See "Bravil" miscellaneous quests - http://guides.gamepressure.com/theelderscrolls4oblivion/guide.asp?ID=955
Mighty Joe Laith
26/01/2009 04:21
when i killed rufio,lachance came and whatever...so i went to sleep right after i killed rufio and i was trapped in some high elf guy's dream...how do i get out?do i have to get all of those element balls or what?
brother lucien
14/01/2009 20:14
ok, so im almost done with the fake assassination quest, but i can't get the jerk to follow me to the grey mare. help?
soothslayer
14/01/2009 04:10
*HINT* When Lucien Lachance visits you for the first time (when you go to sleep after killing someone), he will give you a dagger called the Blade of Woe. In my opinion, it's pretty worthless at this point, but be sure to hang on to it, at least until you're the Listener of the Black Hand (the last mission in the Dark Brotherhood series). It's absolutely weightless, so it won't take up any space in your inventory. Plus, it may become a lot more useful later in your Dark Brotherhood career...
wgh7367
07/01/2009 00:40
okay, in mine lucien lachance has been kille, and it says that my link to the dork brotherhood has benn severed forever, is there no other way to join the dark brotherhood?
eilerts
11/12/2008 21:35

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