Hope you're ready for some twists :)

@derstranger6928

4 жыл бұрын

Love your work

@d34d84

4 жыл бұрын

If I'm not? Do I stop watching?

@sgt.wolfenstein0818

4 жыл бұрын

I believe you to be correct about about the dragonborn having the contract against them. What i would like to see from you in the future would be a video about known history about the Dark Brotherhood, where they are going, the role the dragonborn will play in the factions future, weather Astrid will be our ghost follower in the next TES and all other theories you have surrounding the Dark Brotherhood. I think Astrid was right to frame us to try and save her family and faction, i think it's slightly possible Astrid has a child, i think Nazir would make a good leader, Babette must have seen great things during her immortal life, i think Veezara is still alive, even tho he overreacted Cicero wasn't wrong, Cicero possible did what he did because he knew what Astrid was planing for the dragonborn, i wish for the falkreath sanctuary to be rebuilt, i wish we could have saved Astrid, i wish we could recruit people into the Dark Brotherhood. The Dark Brotherhood is my favorite faction because of the people, their stories, the way the change toward you, the way they make you change and last but not least their history. I hope they return to us in TES 6 either in a better state or in a state where we make it stronger or even expand it wherever we will be. On a later game i refused to finish the quest line so i could be with my whole family forever. I enjoy you videos very much and wish a long career upon you. P.S sorry for the extremely long comment that is riddled with unsubstantiated claims as well as sentimental emotion.

@misterkoala7364

4 жыл бұрын

Are you still able to play the Dark Brotherhood Quests, after you killed Astrid?

@paulclark4064

4 жыл бұрын

This blew my mind multiple times

Astrid: “One person in this room has a contract on their head” Dragonborn who has already sliced their way through 10 Dark Brotherhood assassins sent after them: “No Shit”

@HZTenh17g

4 жыл бұрын

*drops a contract signed by Astrid* *Astrid* Shit

@narutotard100

4 жыл бұрын

Astrid "One person in this room has a contract on their head" Dragonborn, who has already killed several DB assassins sent after him: "Yeah, actually I wanted to talk to you about that...."

@DeltaJim

4 жыл бұрын

Astrid: "One person in this room has a contract on their head." My character: *Pulls out a sizable stack of paper* "More like about 50."

@ModdingNewbie

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@TheAdarkerglow

4 жыл бұрын

Astrid: "Someone in this room has a contract on their head." My Dragonborn, having murdered several assassins, wearing one of their sets: "But who could it be?! Ah, maybe it's in one of these notes!" Begins reading contracts. "No, nothing." Astrid: "Is this a game to you?!" Dragonborn : "Bitch, I eat dragons."

Little known fact: Her line of "Well done" is actually just a reference to how she ends up at the end of the questline. /s

@elise2955

3 жыл бұрын

Omg 😂

@alec4041

3 жыл бұрын

F

@crystal_creates9795

3 жыл бұрын

F

@nekowerewolf9769

3 жыл бұрын

G

@Rama-fg2ck

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know. I think it's just a bug, maybe they didn't programmed another death sound for Astrid. For some reason, most of (weird) things i saw in game, i'm used to think of them as bugs. I.E.: In any game, if u found a naked body besides the roads, normally i would think that he/she was killed and robbed, but if i'm playing skyrim, i check the inventory of the dead, and all the things are there, even the clothes.

The thing I hated most about the Dark Brotherhood questline was: For a "Secret" organization everyone and their Mother knew you were a member. I do hope the ES 6 addresses this issue and refrains others from knowing you are a Member of Assassins Guild in the future.

@6236003

Жыл бұрын

Psst. I know who you are. Hail Sithis!

@Malkontent1003

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, if you run around in their armor, it's kinda obvious.

@6236003

Жыл бұрын

@@Malkontent1003 I think the guards know even if you're not kitted up though. Kind of like how if you're a werewolf they'll say "I find your wolfish grin... unsettling" even if you're wearing a mask or helmet that completely covers the face. Town guards in Skyrim just have uncanny knowledge. But also sometimes know nothing at all, like they'll continue assuming you're the new member of the Companions who just fetches the mead even after you've finished the questline.

@Malkontent1003

Жыл бұрын

@@6236003 Oh, for sure. But then again, setting up conditions for stuff like that is tricky at times. As it stands, yeah, guards know a lot of things they have no reasonable way of knowing. I mean, hell. They know exactly what every Daedric artefact is, and that's not really common knowledge, ya know.

@AvengerofWarcraft

Жыл бұрын

On the other hand, if you managed to kill the Emperor in spite of his security detail, they'd probably just want to placate you, so they just say what you wanted them to hear.

Long outdated but Lokir was the one who mentioned going to Hammerfell, the Dragonborn was NOT trying to cross the border there. Dialogue with Hadvar and Ralof both state that the Dragonborn was in fact crossing the border from Cyrodiil into Skyrim, and got caught up in the ambush.

@hankstranagalwilly6777

Жыл бұрын

When he said that the dragon born tried to go to hammerfell threw me. Hadvar literally says if you pick a nord that “you picked a bad time to return home”

@cindermagus

10 ай бұрын

Also commented the same thing, not sure how Camel confused that

@scalycoronet5198

6 ай бұрын

Ulfric also asks why an outsider would want to fight for Skyrim if you’re a nord

I just love how absurd it is. You’re telling me Astrid walked through my front door, snuck past my wife and kids, past my husky, past my armoured troll, past my daedric armour-wearing steward, past serana and inigo then proceeded to haul my 6’2 fat ass out the door along with my full 450 point inventory and my full dragon bone armour without waking anyone up.

@ausar7002

4 жыл бұрын

My mans doing dark brotherhood at the end of the play through I see.

@giin97

4 жыл бұрын

@@ausar7002 I usually do it first, just for the armor bonuses. Same for thieves, start em both.

@joehughes5438

4 жыл бұрын

I normally go for the mages college so I can cast transmute more effectively and make a ton of gold rings

@tacticaloverlord640

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I know right

@Kutchy7765

3 жыл бұрын

@@ausar7002 its usually easier when you know 90% of the locations and when you are certain you can kill everyone there, I always choose Muiri as my wife so I always need to do the extra quest she gives for which extreme sneak is needed

When I had this happen to me the first time, I slept after becoming the Harbinger of The Companions. I thought some Companions cutscene was loading in for a finale of the questline, but then I woke up in the shack. Super creepy to think that Astrid was able to haul my unconscious body out of Jorrvaskr past all of the members of the Companions. I ended up mauling her as a werewolf.

@Malkontent1003

Жыл бұрын

Valid, actually. I cannot think of a more Companion-y reaction, tbh.

@chene-aurelgaudreau1072

Жыл бұрын

Her husband’s a werewolf, so she’s probably into that.

@jonathanwilliams1271

Жыл бұрын

Based reaction lol

@th3xact

11 ай бұрын

lmfao@@chene-aurelgaudreau1072

@Jeferic

9 ай бұрын

Me getting attacked by vampires as a vampire lord: Well, guess imma educate some people. (Spell check thought I meant vampire lore)

Better question is where did Aventus get the required materials to perform the Black Sacrament

@philipkazanjian6259

Жыл бұрын

yea good question he cant just BUY it he has no money

@FriedrichTheGreatest

Жыл бұрын

@@philipkazanjian6259 even if you could who would sell that

@philipkazanjian6259

Жыл бұрын

@@FriedrichTheGreatest some black market

@blakechiles3628

Жыл бұрын

I can only assume he stole a dead body somehow from the Windhelm dungeon

@trivialove2311

Жыл бұрын

I bet it was Calixo

"So, you're a mercenary? That's cool! Is it a part-time job?" "No, it's Fultheim."

@innocyte_

4 жыл бұрын

Don't.

@arbynflowiter

4 жыл бұрын

I needed a terrible joke

@halodude7239

4 жыл бұрын

I read that in his voice 😂

@M0ggea

4 жыл бұрын

Arbynflowiter same

@kabirkhan-nn7zx

4 жыл бұрын

I think the quarantine is getting to you

The real contract was the friends we made along the way

@wumbosaurus9121

4 жыл бұрын

I killed all of mine...

@thatpersonineverycommentse2195

4 жыл бұрын

i don't know what this meme is or where it came from but i'm already tired of it

@GodChaotic

4 жыл бұрын

@@thatpersonineverycommentse2195 Well shit I guess no one can ever make that joke again

@rockydocky7541

4 жыл бұрын

Subscribe to my channel and i'll subscribe back Well I’m tired of seeing channels with names like yours, they’re annoying as hell dude.

@EclipseeRaven

4 жыл бұрын

• Wanna See My Shot Glass Collection • STFU you damn self promoter

Going by the theory that you can get out of having a contract on your head by paying back a life, the only evidence of this is the case of killing the person who put the contract on you to begin with. This means that not only is it you that has the contract on your head, the person who wants you dead is also in that cabin as well.

@sulljoh1

Жыл бұрын

Good point

@msf2399

Жыл бұрын

In which case, one might assume you will *always* be right, as surely your character would know/recognize whoever held that kind of grudge? Like, “Oh, I know this asshole! This asshole hates me!” and then either settling the score while you have the chance or figuring if they’ll pick beef with *you* then they probably have beef with lots of other people too.

@NoConsequenc3

Жыл бұрын

yeah that stupid fucking merc saw me kill all his friends and put one out for me

@musicsheep9816

9 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's Astrid.

@alexanderleonardi3625

7 ай бұрын

@@musicsheep9816 it is. in fact her last words are "well done"

I remember being in the 5th grade when this game came out. One of my classmates at my private Christian school described this whole scene to me, and very proudly told me that he just executed everyone. That was one of the first earthly memories I have of Skyrim. Good video, man!

@mason96575

11 ай бұрын

I'm jealous- I wish I could've played this when I was a kid! I was already 28 when it came out 😭

@Miss_Camel

10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 that is hilarious!! At my school, none of the kids were allowed to play video games, or if they were, they and their parents all had to keep it massively covered up…like, we were genuinely indoctrinated to spy at other kids homes for any “troublesome” things, and even slumber party invites had strict dress and behavior codes…okay, well, that came out a lot darker than I intended, but yeah, there’s like not one thing about this game that wouldn’t have horrified 12-year-old me. Demons! Murder! Idolatry! Oh my! Thanks, IBLP, if I didn’t have morals, I’d sent the dark brotherhood after your entire organization. 😡

@TaikaJamppa

9 ай бұрын

@@mason96575Wow… I’m almost 28 myself…

@mason96575

9 ай бұрын

@@TaikaJamppa yea I get the sarcasm - ha ha. I'm talking about how gaming experiences are so extremely different when you're a kid vs when you're an adult. You actually get scared for the characters, worry for the characters, invested in the characters.

@TaikaJamppa

9 ай бұрын

@@mason96575 Sarcasm? I am ACTUALLY almost 28!

I guarantee you're putting more thought into this than Bethseda did.

@hullo8246

4 жыл бұрын

mercmech It. Just. Works.

@pokebreederrichard1200

4 жыл бұрын

That's the fans job

@trondkyrrenorheim6663

4 жыл бұрын

bethseda stumbling upon this video, ooohhh write that down

@netdrifter133

4 жыл бұрын

Just kill Astrid. Then you can free everyone. Tell a guard at the dragonbridge and get a quest to destroy the dark brotherhood.

@williambriggs4574

4 жыл бұрын

@@netdrifter133 yeah, but that not as fun unless I'm playing as a wholesome Noble character

Astrid: “One person in this room has a contract on their head” Dragonborn: One person in this shack is also a werewolf and extremely hungry.

@aralornwolf3140

4 жыл бұрын

@Jagd Panther Khajiit think otherwise...

@aralornwolf3140

4 жыл бұрын

@Jagd Panther , It's ironic that a Panther is calling catfolk disgusting... and wanting to kill them. #Shame

@zemorph42

4 жыл бұрын

@Jagd Panther I'm not a furry, but you're a bigoted asshole.

@ZhongliArchonofSwag

4 жыл бұрын

Jagd Panther Facinating~ I’ve seen trolls pretend to be racist before... but to think you’ve gone the extra mile and done so against a race that doesn’t exist... masterful sir, I applaud you. But we all know it’s those goddamn knife eared Elves that need to go. Literally the majority of antagonists in the series are fucking high elves.

@zemorph42

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZhongliArchonofSwag He's not pretending to be racist against a fictional race; he is actually being an asshole to a fan group.

Better question: If you're like me your first contact with the Dark Brotherhood in most playthroughs is when a Brotherhood assassin tries to kill you. 1) Who wanted you dead? 2) Why would Astrid and the Brotherhood abandon the Contract to recruit you?

@inceleradicator2208

Жыл бұрын

1) He answers that in the video 2) You're the dragonborn, everyone in skyrim tries to recruit you why wouldn't TDB?

@HappyBeezerStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@inceleradicator2208 He didn't really point out who put the contract on us. But he mentions that the Dragonborn was trying to run into Hammerfell, but by the location of Helgen, it is equally likely that we tried to pass the border to Cyrodiil. At the time the game takes place the Jarl of Falkreath hold, where Helgen lies, is a supporter of the Empire. And the road into Hammerfell goes by Falkreath, not Helgen. The road next to Helgen is the one into Cyrodiil. Why drive the prisoners through half the hold for the execution, when there are other places closer. The fact that Ulfric is in the carriage as well supports the idea towards the Cyrodiil border. It is also unclear why the Dragonborn had the contract. What have we done before the beginning of the game that warrants someone wanting us dead. Sure, in the end it's up to the player to make up their own backstory for their character, but there has to be something, because the random encounter can happen no matter who we are. A merchant or a thief are equal to a Stormcloak supporter or a Thalmor agent. It matters not.

@BranBal

10 ай бұрын

​@_peters6221what do you do when a dragon appears?

@Holytitmouse

10 ай бұрын

Not OP, but usually after the beginning when you see Alduin, you don't see any other dragons until you actually start the main quest. If you never start Dragon Rising, you 'll just never see any dragons.

@BranBal

10 ай бұрын

@@Holytitmouse huh Good to know Thanks 👍🏻

Note that at some point in your playthrough, someone sends an assassin after you. So yes, you can have an active contract on you when you start this questline.

"Never invoke the Wrath of Sithis. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis."

@Rama-fg2ck

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@ltloxa1159

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Sithis reealy wound't like that.

@Rama-fg2ck

3 жыл бұрын

@@ltloxa1159 Shits about to get real.

@jjsouls6986

3 жыл бұрын

Lol just kill the ghost. Easy pesy

@thathyena2949

3 жыл бұрын

This floor is indeed made of floor.

Astrid: Plans to kidnap you the next time you sleep My Character: Laughs in Insomnia

@roberttanner7793

4 жыл бұрын

I know right, my first play through i killed grelod at like level 12 and didn't end up getting brought to the shack until like level 30

@noney81

4 жыл бұрын

@@roberttanner7793 who needs sleep when you can wait in front of the store for 10 hours

@roberttanner7793

4 жыл бұрын

@kreeg i know, whenever i need to sell stuff, i'm not walking to my house while overencumbered to wait until day time.

@erichoward1977

4 жыл бұрын

W I killed grelod at lv 5 and didn't sleep until lv 80

@darrvenomfier790

4 жыл бұрын

linkofthewild 2 I killed her a lvl 4 and didn’t get there till like lvl 41 or something like that didn’t do any quests just slaughtered my way though dragons, and he undead, and most of the storm cloak and the imperial camps.

Astrid could've said "Well done." in reference to the destroy the dark brotherhood quest line that happens after you kill her. So technically there were at least 2 people who we can confirm were wanted dead.

It's crazy how something so simple like this, can be broken down into a 40 minute video, this is why I love the elder scrolls.

@dragonmaster1360

Жыл бұрын

The reason it can be broken down is because Bethesda put almost no thought into this quest. It's so blank and barren that it literally REQUIRES players to fill in the blanks. It's not "open-ended" for intrigue purposes. It's blank. There would be evidence of these characters in the world, families, homes, lived lives, if there was any real thought to it. We'd have to investigate, find out more about them, or even by happenstance, find out about them beforehand, even if it's from obscure references or from meeting them. This quest is barren of anything, really. Just like 90% of quests in this game...

"someone in this room has a contract" (looks at contract i pillaged off an assassin with my name clearly written on it) "yeah it's vasha"

@Galaxy-rj1kj

3 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀

@jonathandoe1367

3 жыл бұрын

Astrid: "That person cannot leave this cabin alive." Me: *pulls out contract* "D...R...A...G...O...N...B...O...R...N...That spells Vasha, right?" Astrid: *stunned silence* "Uh...sure...I guess." Me: *kills Vasha* Astrid: "Are you are idiot?" Me: "No, I'm a Nord. "

@gwendolynsnyder463

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, I just kill Astrid because I hate the bitch.

@Henryisntavailable

3 жыл бұрын

Yoooo I just realized that🤯🤯

@Tengu125

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathandoe1367 Difference being? ;)

Who else had the "big brain" moment and just killed all of them?

@TheKittiestCatOfAll

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol

@kaimagnus5760

4 жыл бұрын

The College of Winterhold wouldn't have taught me how to throw fireballs if they didn't want people incinerated lol

@HareDeLune

4 жыл бұрын

Astrid: "Well, well, aren't we the over-achiever? Three possibilities, three victims. Must have been one of them, right? So why take chances..."

@sheep1ewe

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but what was Your question?

@vanator3169

4 жыл бұрын

@@sheep1ewe who else did is his question

My take was always that none of them actually had a contract on them. Astred just wanted to see if you were willing to be given a target by her and do the job because for a DB assassin that's one of the more important traits.

@alexanderleonardi3625

7 ай бұрын

correct. you're not being tested on if you can kill. you are being tested if you can obey

Honestly, my first time doing that scene, I attacked Astrid. I was role-playing a kind of brutish barbarian stormcloak character, and it felt like what he would do.😂

I always get a chuckle at how the mighty and mysterious dark brotherhood uses the courier services.

@Sylvershade

4 жыл бұрын

The couriers are the strongest faction in the game. Why else would they be so confident that they can travel around the dangerous Skyrim wilderness in just their underwear.

@DarkOmegaMK2

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sylvershade Because gameplay demands that.

@EmmaSpAce111

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sylvershade not just the wilderness, they can show up in places they really shouldn't be able to get into, or really shouldn't want to go to.

@T4RHUN

4 жыл бұрын

Would be funny if someone actually got something delivered in Sovangarde 😅👌

@DarkOmegaMK2

4 жыл бұрын

@@T4RHUN "I've been looking for you, got something i'm supposed to deliver. Your hands only. Well, that's it, got to go. And by the way, how the hell did i get in here?"

Novice: Killing one of them Adapt: Killing all of them Master: Killing Astrid Legendary: Killing Astrid then kill all of them anyway.

@theshribe

4 жыл бұрын

Ascended: Vampire's seduce spell on Astrid, get her to give you the key. Walk out of there. Kill nobody.

@PunksGambit

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rachano i like the way you think

@ejedwards988

4 жыл бұрын

No witnesses

@shitfacejohnson4085

4 жыл бұрын

@@theshribe or just pickpocket her?

@craftergamer9058

4 жыл бұрын

James Parker I killed them all

I kinds thought Astrid said "good job" because she kinda knows the Nightmother wants this and feels guilt over her heretical practices and disregard for tradition. She seemed like she once was a true believer. With the fall of the dark brotherhood around her, her faith is shaken, and she becomes bitter and begins to go against everything she previously believed. She asks you to kill someone and you choose her. She accepts it as divine retribution, finally claiming her.

@iponce2

9 ай бұрын

I always read it as her recognizing your cleverness. She says, "you don't leave until someone in this cabin dies." So gutting her and taking the key is technically following her instructions to the letter.

@dcrawford813

6 ай бұрын

She just says good job bc she's a psycho murderer and appreciates that you were able to best her. She's acknowledging you for besting her.

Considering it has already been established that Astrid has removed herself from the core values of the DB, I just assumed she made it all up... She basically tested whether or not the Dragonborn would be loyal to her. If they were she would recruit them (possibly based on their skill or just because they found a person who did the black sacrament before even the DB could). I would personally assume she merely came across the victims through her own endeavors and perhaps deemed them good test subjects.

Not gonna lie, first time I got the Mysterious Note and saw that hand print with the words "We know" sent chills down my spine.

@BaronSengir1008

4 жыл бұрын

In Oblivion, the first time I saw the "Your killing has been observed" line or however it goes, my friend and I freaked out thinking we had pissed off one of the gods and reset the game... It wasn't until a few weeks later that we found out it was the Dark Brotherhood... Lol That was right after my friend decided to go on a killing spree in the Imperial City after duplicating Apotheosis many times, being chased throughout the entire city by guards, and shot with enough arrows to knock him through the terrain... We both agreed that it had meant that the gods were absolutely sick and tired of the massacre, so our reaction to the "observed" message made sense...

@sugestive371

4 жыл бұрын

Fr when I first played I was like yo wtf this shit creepy what do they know 🤣

@randomyoutuber7397

4 жыл бұрын

I honestly shit my Fucking pants because i thought the game knew something i did in real life and Todd Howard was coming for me.

@kes6628

4 жыл бұрын

dude same I was like oh SHIT what did I DO ?!

@emoboy42069

4 жыл бұрын

It got less scared when I realized how tiny the handprint was, it must be Babette’s!

I remember the first time I got picked up by the Dark Brotherhood. It took several in-game months for me to actually get picked up, because I never slept with my character, I always found waiting more convenient. However, when I finally decided to sleep in a bed, I was in a bed in Tel Mithryn. Astrid managed to sail all the way to Solstheim, travel through the ash wastes, get all the way to Tel Mithryn, take me in my sleep without Neloth (A guy who never sleeps) knowing, haul me all the way back to Skyrim, and carry me all the way to a shack deep in the treacherous swamps of Hjaalmarch.

@antithepresent3541

2 жыл бұрын

Neloth would enjoy having the pest in his tower be taken away

@alexcarr8523

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Neloth seems like the type of person to just let Astrid take you, he wouldn’t interfere just like he didn’t with the stones, he’d most likely just want to see what happens.

@alexfolmer2204

Жыл бұрын

@@romeohio19 Yeah, pretty sure you are lol

@thorticus1047

Жыл бұрын

@@romeohio19 survival mode

@bolg892

Жыл бұрын

@@alexfolmer2204 Nah

I wish you'd touched on the fact that if you use the clairvoyance spell it leads you strait to the Khajiit. That at least implies that's who you're supposed to kill. Admittedly, that spell doesn't always know what it's talking about, but it always points to the Khajiit.

@Thedarkbunnyrabbit

7 ай бұрын

Unless the Khajiit is dead, then it points, I believe to the woman, and then the nord. It's not pointing at the 'right' answer, it's just pointing at 'an answer'.

You know... the contract having been on the Dragonborn all along is a pretty solid theory. I've had that assassin show up while I was on my way to Whiterun for the first time and always wondered about it. That being our reason for running to Hammerfell makes a lot more sense!

There hasn't been a listener for decades Night mother: New listener, I have 264 contracts ready for you from the past few decades

@TheDude-ko8to

3 жыл бұрын

Hello we have been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty

@sarahgreene6590

3 жыл бұрын

That would have been kinda fun, ngl

@NiCoNiCoNiCola

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure most targets are already dead

@johnbailey8103

2 жыл бұрын

DEAL (One of the only radiants quests I actually don't mind that much)

@jeffersonsteeleflex8178

2 жыл бұрын

"Hey new Listener, lemme whispah in ya ear" Says The Night Mother

Maybe, but Astrid's exact words are not "someone in this room." She says "If you turn around, you'll notice my guests...there's a contract out on one of them." Them. It has to be one of the tied three. Coincidentally, Astrid's last words "Well done.." and the fact that the storyline ends with her burned up or "well-done" is pretty funny.

@lynzylu5

4 жыл бұрын

But technically, you're a guest too

@boldbearings

4 жыл бұрын

@@lynzylu5 Sure....but still not "one of them".

@badwulff

4 жыл бұрын

Also, from what I read on the wiki at least, it's still possible to encounter Assassins after having started the DB, so this doesn't really hold up. It's more likely that Astrid is just impressed the player killed a gal unprompted and wanted to test whether they'd kill anyone, like she said originally. Notions like "debts of life" and the like don't really exist anymore anyway, since the Night Mother's silent and Sithis' tenets aren't upholded.

@futuremercy8268

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine your character turning around and screaming, “NO, YOU’RE GOING TO BE WELL DONE!!!”

@Claydoc_

4 жыл бұрын

@@boldbearings It could be. "Them" is referring to her "guests", which includes you. Sure, one could argue that it'd be more accurate to say "one of you" as in "one of the group you belong to (the guests)", but I don't think it's impossible that she could have meant "one of them" as being "one of the people who belong to that group (the guests)", which you just so happen to belong to.

It's a good theory but if you do the quest and use Clairvoyance, you will find Vasha is the correct choice to kill. The light points to him

@ChronicNewb

9 ай бұрын

Woah WHAT that's awesome

@void1895

9 ай бұрын

It actually points at all of them. When you kill Vasha and use it again, it redirects.

@Mere-Lachaiselongue

8 ай бұрын

@@void1895 And it doesn't go to Vasha all the time. It's completely random.

@Shadowhunter420

8 ай бұрын

@@Mere-Lachaiselongueit went to Vasha for me

@Thedarkbunnyrabbit

7 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure this is a misconception. It targets all of them. Given the fact that you never see any sign of these people again, there's a good chance all three have contracts. The reality, however, is just that Clairvoyance doesn't work that way. It points at a quest target, and all three of them are valid targets. Because there's no 'win' for picking the 'right' one, there's no reason to program a special usage of it just for that scene.

I like your conclusion I’m going to go with that. She wanted us to take a life to release our contract. The only hiccup is how many play throughs I’ve done where I haven’t had that random encounter before killing Grelod. But maybe the assassin took an arrow to the knee on his way and retired to a cozy guard position.

@RyanjrPlays

Жыл бұрын

I just recently had the assassin go at me right after the whiterun tower mission where you discover you are dragonborn.

@VarthalabauHair

Жыл бұрын

With the Alternate Start - Live Another Life mod, I can't recall when was the last time I started a Skyrim playthrough where I even went through the vanilla opening, let alone get attacked by that DB assassin. Holy shit, this video is on point lmao.

"There you are! Astrid's told me all about you. Heard she pulled the ole' "Choose your victim" gag with you. Ah, I love that one..." - Babette dialogue when you first meet her.

@juicecanister

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was just a test to see if you're willing to kill if told so.

@lucanrowley3210

4 жыл бұрын

Her dialogue also suggests it was all just a test, because if you kill one, two or all three guests she'll say she gave you order to kill and you followed that order at which time you get invited to join the Brotherhood.

@flashfirepunch8634

4 жыл бұрын

Lucan Rowley camels reading this realizing he wasted his time going crazy over this lmfao

@MadGameBoy

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to say exactly this... dude thought way too deep into this quest

@lucanrowley3210

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. If someone in the shack did in fact have a contract out on them and the game says that it wasn't one of the guests, then it MUST have been you.

It gets even darker when you realize the body Aventus is using is most likely his dead mother

@Lyrakrosis

4 жыл бұрын

...Oh god.

@bib4eto656

4 жыл бұрын

I figured as much. Why was she not laid to rest in the Halls of death (or whatever the name was)?

@madestmadhatter

4 жыл бұрын

@@bib4eto656 better question, how would she have already decayed to bones, because hall or no hall there's no way she's been dead long enough for him to gather her bones.

@pimplejuice8774

4 жыл бұрын

madestmadhatter Unless he literally skinned her corpse to the bone... and it’s actually quite disturbing now that I’m thinking about it.

@futuremercy8268

4 жыл бұрын

Ali-Nazirr THIS ONLY GETS WORSE, WHY, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS

I've watched this video so many times. It always pops up on my feed every few months, and I enjoy it thoroughly each time. Great for listening especially. Superb like your previous and works since.

I really wish this quest was more involved and not just a five-minute affair. If this quest were in a game like Morrowind, for example, you would probably have to go to different cities to track down where these people are from, talk to their friends, and investigate their homes to learn more about them to figure out who is the most likely candidate, with no obvious choice available.

@midnights2631

Жыл бұрын

I would love if it was like that

@kiritadoshi

9 ай бұрын

Youre right, its probably typical rushed game development that is the source of every problem in skyrim. Even if they implemented something like that there is nothing stopping you from just killing one anyway.

@pandakatiefominz

4 ай бұрын

At the same time, though, would that make sense from Astrid's POV? Letting the person she kidnapped run amok? I think it's pretty clear she's testing your ability to follow orders and your commitment to being an assassin. Why would she set you free before learning if she can trust you? However, I think they should've had these characters somewhere in game, set as essential until this quest, where you could find out more about them via passive storytelling. It'd probably be heavy on the game to give the woman six kids, though.

Plot twist: the courier set the contract on you. He's mad he has to travel to different sides of the map and dimension to just give you just one letter each time.

@Agentmonkey09

3 жыл бұрын

Next Courier İ See İs Dead

@inebriationconversation4526

3 жыл бұрын

I wish i could tip him for bringing me my inheritance in Savangarde

@csweezey18

3 жыл бұрын

@@inebriationconversation4526 Sovngarde? The courier brought my inheritance to Apocrypha! lol

@captainlonelygale692

2 жыл бұрын

@@Agentmonkey09 why the fuck are your I s so long?

@Agentmonkey09

2 жыл бұрын

@@captainlonelygale692 I don't know what you are talIkİng about

I love how the dark brotherhood quest begins in Skyrim. Like I've gone out of my way to try and sleep on the furthest north side of Solstheim and still woke up in the abandoned shack. Astrid really went through the trouble of hulling my ass all the way from there by boat and about halfway across Skyrim just so she could have the most dramatic 'who's guilty' party ever.

@georgewashingtonisalive

2 жыл бұрын

Same!!! Went out of my way to get to the furthest map point with a bed

@martintodd9944

2 жыл бұрын

I started a new run the other day, and started the quest real quick and then decided what happens if I never sleep, I'm at level 41 and nothing, was hoping Astrid would take me another way, but no. I wish I did it though, the mount there was great for leveling up some magics

@juanjoseph

2 жыл бұрын

ikr, bethesda game making ftw

@sabrina_doll

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize that it took sleep to get kidnapped. I spent freaking HOURS trying to figure it out, and it only occurred to me to check online AFTER I had built my entire house on Windstad manor. The abandoned house mocked me as I searched the marsh for nirnroots and swamp fungal pods, and eventually I just decided to sleep in a bed in my house for 1 hour and woke up in that situation. I found it funny knowing exactly where I was and how I could just walk 20 feet from the shack and end up back in my house

@sarahmcglauflin6134

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if she'll take you if you fall asleep on Solestiem.

Astrid at the point of the shack has already broken several tenets, else the Oculatus wouldn't have the pass phrase to enter the Sanctuary. She has invoked the Wrath of Sithis.

27:41 Isn't that what happened in the destruction of the Falkreath Sanctuary? Astrid did the black sacrament on herself and the Night Mother not only heard it, but accepted it and passed it on?

@lerarosalene

9 ай бұрын

Yes, but it happened after Astrid played complete fool and betrayed brotherhood. I can imagine Night Mother being pissed off.

That awkward moment when you only sleep because you learned that was how you started the dark brotherhood quest

@mysterywryter5110

4 жыл бұрын

z24CHz I didn’t even know I was supposed to sleep I just went “What happens when you sleep” because I’d never done it before in the game

@Moribax85

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, unless you go with one of the many survival mods :D i did a gameplay with so many of them on i could die if i eat something funny or go for a swim in the wrong place :D

@RagingRougarou

4 жыл бұрын

I got a letter about “see you next time you sleep” ... sooo I didn’t sleep and then forgot about about it. Then I woke up in the cabin!

@supasf

4 жыл бұрын

@@RagingRougarou I never got that letter. I only got the "we know" letter. Are you lying?

@supasf

4 жыл бұрын

@@Moribax85 yeah same.

"One person in this room has a contract on them" Me: Drops the 107 contracts on me signed by Astrid *Yes I've killed a lot of people and stolen a shit ton of things*

@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466

4 жыл бұрын

*Proceeds to kill self*

@vineousvondrake2456

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@funandgames42

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my God im rolling on the floor laughing literally too funny

@rtyuik7

4 жыл бұрын

i always try to reverse-pick any Assassination Contracts back onto Astrid's inventory...of course, the game's code was never made this complex, but in my headcanon, my character whispers "by the way, your employees were, shall we say, Lacking, which is why you need new underlings now" as he slips the envelopes into her pocket...i wish that, for the few playthroughs that i Destroy the dark brotherhood, Astrid would read through these letters from herself and realize 'maybe this Dragonborn fellow is a much more dangerous threat than i first thought'...

@elijahnakumura4375

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine how many sacrifices were made to put out those hits

You recruitment hypothesis actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that Astrid's reasoning was you owed a life for assassinating Grelod the Kind as the contract was meant for the Dark Brotherhood. Accepting you into the guild would make you a guild member and therefore, the life would no longer have been owed.

I fought at least five assasins before the abandoned shack scene. I knew of the contract. Somehow, it still didn't click that I was the one. Ended up killing Astrid bc I didn't want to kill an innocent person and I knew for sure that she wasn't innocent, with or without a contract.

@BranBal

10 ай бұрын

Genius

Dragonborn: "Hey. Cool headgear I can't get anywhere else in game... I'll just... Kill you all..." Astrid: "had to be one of them, right?" Dragonborn: "oh yeah the contract"

@hlibtarabrov8387

4 жыл бұрын

I feel attacked

@ikarusgp4599

4 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly me xD

@PunkZombie1300

4 жыл бұрын

I remember pickpocketing the sacks off of all of them. They still couldn't see anything lol.

@DrShark-sz6ph

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@xx_jake_blake_xx4669

4 жыл бұрын

Jarod_Insane lololol i always just wanted those stupid headwraps

If you use the spell "Clairvoyance", it point at the Khajiit. You're welcome.

@geistersehxr

4 жыл бұрын

Clairvoyance always points to a random target in this quest. You're welcome.

@selahattinalici686

4 жыл бұрын

@@geistersehxr I tried multiple times and saves, it was always the khajiit.

@majorattitude01

3 жыл бұрын

Clairvoyance always leads me out of the place I’m exploring. It’s like it knows I just want to go back to bed.

@selahattinalici686

3 жыл бұрын

@@majorattitude01 Clairvoyance shows you the path to your deepest desire 👀

@majorattitude01

3 жыл бұрын

Selahattin Alici That must be it. Boom. Mystery solved.

I always assumed that she meant you owed them a kill as in an enemy of the Brotherhood as opposed to a contract given to them. Vasha seemed like the logical choice.

@MacieNicholson-kv8mx

17 күн бұрын

Also clarvioance points to him

I suspected that none of them had the contract on them, but until now I couldn't quite tell why. Thank you for the good explanation and the background story

Astrid: "Someone in this room has a contract on their head." Dragonborn: "It could be any one of us. It could be you, it could be me"

@imsorrythankyouplease7613

4 жыл бұрын

It couldn’t be those 3. Those are bags. Not contracts.

@xivliai975

4 жыл бұрын

Like in that show HBO Oz any one of us could be undercover it could be me it could be you

@ORIGINALFBI

4 жыл бұрын

@@xivliai975 It could even be kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6Kqyq-uec3Ok7g.html

@world2nothing

4 жыл бұрын

@@ORIGINALFBI *Shotgun shoots* What he's the one with the contract, see. Any second now. See a contract, no that's just some pamphlet to a museum.

@womedrah1415

4 жыл бұрын

"it could even be' *Bang*

Astrid basically admitting the Thieves' Guild is more structured than expert assassins.

@legacyroot

4 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. Thieves Guild are businesspeople more than ritualistic killers.

@MikayaAkyo

4 жыл бұрын

The Thieves' Guild is more structured than a lot of organizations in Skyrim. What is your point?

@vicieux7789

3 жыл бұрын

yeah i mean astrid basically took a massive shit on everything the brotherhood stood for, so i'd say its fair to assume there isn't a whole lot of structure

You truly outdid yourself with this one. My vote for your single best video... Picture me doing the head explosion hand gesture. Your theory actually makes perfect sense. You had the contact on you and your kill in the cabin was payment to Sithis so you could be recruited.

I’ve never encountered those dark brotherhood assassins. You learn something new every day!

"Truth is The contract was rigged from the start."

@ellisbarnett0292

4 жыл бұрын

SilvyTheUnfunnyMeme just completed my first new Vegas playthrough 3 days ago

@SnipingIsAGoodJobMate

4 жыл бұрын

@@ellisbarnett0292 epic

@tokujinsicura9507

4 жыл бұрын

Very nice, sir. Very nice👌

@salamander405

4 жыл бұрын

From where your sitting, this may look like an 18 septum run of bad luck...

@bektasbirben6077

4 жыл бұрын

Ring-A-Ding-Ding, baby. 👍

Wait, I always thought that the Dragonborn was captured trying to cross INTO Skyrim. Not out of it. The way you have no ties in Skyrim before the start of the game as well as when you chose a Nord you are told it was a bad time to try to return to your homeland.

@ilhuikar

4 жыл бұрын

I came here to type this very comment, but somebody beat me to it

@jessejohnson6504

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought that too.

@hangingdinosaur1803

4 жыл бұрын

No he says "at least you will DIE in your homeland, Kingsman"

@khurgar8120

4 жыл бұрын

@@hangingdinosaur1803 He says "You picked a bad time to come home to Skyrim, kinsman." [...] "I'm sorry. At least you'll die here, in your homeland."

@ssgyates

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently you get captured nere dark water crossing with the stormcloak. Thats not near the border. Plus none of the border gates are guarded. Maybe they forgot some critical npc

I always thought they all had targets because Astrid doesn’t seem ruthless enough to kidnap potentially three innocent people. I can’t think of any dark brotherhood member in Skyrim, other than Cicero, who would think about killing someone not related to a contract ignoring the single exception for spoiler reasons. All of them put too much effort and time into the brotherhood to be unprofessional about killing. I think she brought in three people who needed to die and killed the others herself after your test.

Genuinely Camel. You've convinced me we have the contract. Not sure if the others do, but that random encounter and border point is undeniable truth. Well done. I never put it together. I never thought about it

I always thought the player character was trying to cross the border to get in, not out of Skyrim. No one's heard of you, no-one recognises you, even if you're a Nord. Idk, always just made more sense to me.

@nathanlarson7408

4 жыл бұрын

Once you step off the cart in Helgen as a Nord, Hadvar says "You picked a bad time to come home to Skyrim, kinsman"

@andrewsad1

4 жыл бұрын

I think someone in Hammerfell performed the black sacrament, and the Skyrim branch caught wind of it. They could easily have heard about us entering Skyrim, if one of the guards that escaped Helgen is a member (many guards are, as we all know)

@thegreatgabe734

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsad1 yeah 'hail sithis' isn't exactly a line that's just overlooked, especially when every single guard within ten feet of you says it

@Tsuyoshi_Kanda

4 жыл бұрын

@Young Victor Well it kinda does alluding to the fact he wasnt originally in skyrim and he has now returned home.

@yesthatshouldwork

4 жыл бұрын

@Young Victor no, he also states that you are coming home.

I did this quest again recently and used the clairvoyance spell in the shack, it points at Vasha

@Bluestonezee

2 жыл бұрын

This is essential information! Deserves more likes!

@revenevan11

2 жыл бұрын

Woah, I have to try this!

@ancientclown

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bluestonezee i gave you both likes

@Spoontamer4

2 жыл бұрын

Its random who it points at. For me it pointed at the mercenary lol

@peachy3.145

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it doesn't just point at the one you are closest to? Isn't the spell meant to point at the path to the closest objective, not the "right" or "most important" one?

I usually keep a scroll of fire storm for this quest. Delivers well the message of how much i care for Astrid and her "orders". I use it without even turning to see the prisoners

Cicero could potentially have been the one to preform the black sacrament. He is favored of the Night Mother, even if she doesn’t speak straight to him (she allows the Jester he killed to laugh to him, something Cicero was extremely grateful for, after being trapped alone in his prior sanctuary for months)

I've always wanted to make a card with the Brotherhood hand and "We Know" on it's front, but "...that it's your birthday!" inside. XD

@wyntertheicewyvern6226

4 жыл бұрын

Oooh. You should. That would be the greatest birthday card ever.

@supasf

4 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Gryphen_

4 жыл бұрын

Etern4l Saiy4n how bout no you son of a fat sheep

@thatguyintherain3168

4 жыл бұрын

Do it...I’ll buy one. No seriously.

The first time I killed Grelod I slept in Blackreach, much rage was had that day

@Lyrakrosis

4 жыл бұрын

Oh just hearing that hurts...You poor soul

@NeonXCraft

4 жыл бұрын

Jokes on them, they had to travel to blackreach

@futureshock382

4 жыл бұрын

Why? I dont get it

@xyro3633

4 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck, that's the most hilariously brutal thing I've read all day.

@TrueFlyer28

4 жыл бұрын

Future Shock It’s a pain to go that far underground if I am correct

After 11 years of playing the game… I can finally sleep at night!! Thank you and worth every minute!

Your correct about the contract it happened to me early in the game after recruiting Faendel as an ally after the fifth assassin I started investigating and went back to visit faendel and discovered Sven the love rival knew what I had done and hired the dark brotherhood.just so you know sven came down with something terminal.

Like almost everyone who tried to solve this "riddle" you've made the fundamental mistake of claiming that Astrid said something ambigous like "there's a contract on someone in this cottage" what she however literally says is "If you turn around you'll notice my guests... there's a contract on one of them" so she clearly claims that one of the three has the contract on them. The mistake that most people want to make when they try to solve this riddle is that it's either Astrid or the PC that have the contract on them because if you kill her she says "well done" while the PC is ofcourse the only character who can actually have a contract on them. What however most people just ignore because they want to solve an unsolvable riddle is the simple fact that Astrid doesn't even have a listener anymore and she just uses the Brotherhood for her own gain. She doesn't take contracts from the Mother she just takes contracts that she believes makes them the most money. As Astrid herself says : It's not important who had a contract on them it's important that she told you to kill and you did without even verifying that the NightMother actually ordered the Kill in other words this was just a test wether you'd kill for her

@rafaelkresmar3998

4 жыл бұрын

@@SA_Caine Given how Astrid doesn't really care for the actual traditions I wouldn't be surprised if she actually just kidnapped random people and no one actually has a contract on them. But it's supposed to be open who actually, if at all, has a contract on them.

@uchiha_murilo3148

4 жыл бұрын

this argument beats the video

@pentarthesage7013

4 жыл бұрын

BuT Uh gUYs YOURE ASTRIDS GUEST TOOO THO DURHURBUR. Whet Iv Asstred be tricksy with wurds

@rafaelkresmar3998

4 жыл бұрын

@@pentarthesage7013 If you turn around you'll see my guests one of them. I can't see myself if I turn around. But since you've wrote this in a Meme way this isn't meant for you, but for anyone who would actually believe that to be a real reason

@BaronSengir1008

4 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelkresmar3998 I can always see myself in third person mode...

Alduin put out the contract on the dragonborn as a way to protect his future.

@dinodude6992

4 жыл бұрын

Alduin: ah yes! Big brain time

@articuno8565

4 жыл бұрын

Instead of.. ya know.. just letting him get beheaded.

@nunya_bizniz

4 жыл бұрын

@@articuno8565 🤣 yeah my comment wasn't well thought out.

@AztecJester93

4 жыл бұрын

Well... that would go against a dragon's desire for a challenge

@scienceteam9254

4 жыл бұрын

@@articuno8565 that's probably insurance

You nailed it! 🥁Your Smithing Skills increased to 95

My personal theory is the player is the one with the contract, since multiple assassins can be sent after you before the quest can begin. And since you join the brotherhood, the contract is technically complete

Whispers* “I know who put the contract on us” ... “It was... Nazeem”

@CLBPRKNS

4 жыл бұрын

H E S H A L L D I E ! ! !

@claycollins9852

4 жыл бұрын

Why couldnt you just get over to the cloud district?

@IndridCold

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah i believe that, he was an instant object of hatred for most of us XD

@IndridCold

4 жыл бұрын

@@claycollins9852 you are a terrible person who says terrible things XD #NazeemPTSD #CloudDistrictEnvy

@spikem5950

4 жыл бұрын

@@claycollins9852 He needed the Dragonborn there so he could finally have his PUSSIEEEEEEE

Just use the Clairvoyance spell, it always points to the cat for me.

@wwefuk7719

4 жыл бұрын

KorporateKotoo true.

@spaghettifiets1731

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@artsyhoodies

4 жыл бұрын

The cat is the one I spare. I love him too much. I love his attitude.

@HallowedKeeper_

4 жыл бұрын

@@artsyhoodies .....

@GlitchLich589

4 жыл бұрын

Wolfie Spark ⚡️ Wünderbar!

I love this video. I was not really interested in who had to be killed, but rather on why DB tried to escape Skyrim (and caught). This explains quite a lot of details about the story of DB before the game.

In conjunction with the theory that there was a hit on the current standing emperor put out by an unknown agent, the Dragonborn could potentially be the only locatable decendant of the Septim bloodline, ergo "the rightful emperor", which would explain the incongruity between that particular scene and the near end of the Dark Brotherhood quest line where Astrid straight up tells you she assumed they would just kill you and stop there.

13:17 Of course Fultheim lives in the middle of nowhere, it's not like he could live Elseweyr

@WolfDragonTamer

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@peppermint4580

4 жыл бұрын

I applaud 👏👏

@AnOldYouTubeAccount

4 жыл бұрын

Ok sofia

@kriss3907

4 жыл бұрын

Haaa...well played.

@Justin-yk1sw

4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie. That was a good one

I love Australians because they upload videos in the middle of the night here so I have something to watch during night shifts. Thanks Camel!

@ClipsInc.

4 жыл бұрын

It was 8:15 pm when this was uploaded so it still at night in Australia lol

@1Pineapple

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh he's Australian?! THAT's why I like his voiceovers so much 😁🐊

@Mitchell4892

4 жыл бұрын

@@ClipsInc. he did say his night-shift so that makes sense

@hunterwebber4914

4 жыл бұрын

Same here dude

@serjoerickii3262

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Camel, very cool!

Haven't watched this yet but my guess is it's the dragonborn and/or Astrid on account of Astrid saying "well done" if you kill her as well as the fact that you can easily get a dark brotherhood contract on you using the power of crime.

I think your right. I've fought off two assassination attempts from the Dark Brotherhood. So, the player is the one with the contract on them. Thanks for your videos. This is my 4th playthrough of one of the greatest games of all time. In ten years Skyrim is a game I always come back to. Long live the Dragonborn.

I used the Wabbajack on one of them, they turned into a dremora and killed the other two, then Astrid jumped down and helped me kill it.

@NothinbutRye

4 жыл бұрын

Vornalph fucking power move

@DGARedRaven

4 жыл бұрын

Lord Sheogorath approves of you basically giving the middle finger to Sithis.

@obviouslykaleb7998

4 жыл бұрын

Big brain if the dremora killed Astrid

@jachleon2930

4 жыл бұрын

I like you sir

@OzOshri

4 жыл бұрын

200 IQ play right there...

Given her reaction, I always assumed she was lying and none of them had a contract on them. Thats why she doesn't care who you pick, there is no circumstance in which she has to worry about you letting someone with a contract on them walk away. It also matches up with her reply that it doesn't matter and the only point was seeing if you were someone who would be willing to kill on command.

@InsomniacXIII

2 жыл бұрын

I assumed that they all had contracts on them and that's why it didn't matter who you killed or spared - if you kill them all, great; if you spare anyone, they just kill them after you leave.

@ariamoonfall4558

2 жыл бұрын

@@InsomniacXIII I'm going through my first playthrough of the DB questline and it did seem like either none of them or all of them have a contract on them- Babette even confirms it when you talk to her after you go in for the first time.

@ClockworkGearhead

2 жыл бұрын

It ultimately doesn't matter, though. None of them have legitimate contracts, and neither does anyone the Dark Brotherhood has killed before the Dragonborn becomes The Listener. She's just a killer doing it for money, not a follower of Sithis. It's _also_ why they so easily forgive your own contract once you join. They're illegitimate contracts.

@villahermosasebastian8794

2 жыл бұрын

I think its actually astrid since when you attack her she will say "well done"

@tirsden

2 жыл бұрын

@@ClockworkGearhead - Glad to see someone else recognize that coven as the abomination it is.

That headcover looks kinda slick though, fits the "i give you peace so rest in peace" gameplay for me

Oh my god now that is extremely interesting to me, I had never thought to kill her or rather not wanted to because although she's an assassin I find her quite innocent, but for her to be able to be killed *and* say that when she dies, that's really astonished me and reveals so many questions, although its impracticle because then you can't join the brotherhood. I'm also very glad to uncover this mystery as somebody who's been playing since release and never looked into this before.

Can we take a minute to appreciate how good the voice acting for Aventus was? Especially for a kid.

@amethysttvgl1601

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I was listening and thinking like "darn this is a kid actor?" Like he was so expressive with his voice and sounded actually believable!

@cameroncortel8650

3 жыл бұрын

Astrid's voice acting was also quite good. Actually one of the reasons I really like this questline lol

@Matheus21video

3 жыл бұрын

@@cameroncortel8650 I agree.

@anotherclown6620

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was actually thinking that when I first met him and in this video

@bajjajajbajjjajaj6473

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll do you one better- Cicero

Maven definitely seems like the kind of person who would take a contract on Astrid for failure

@babygurleatsshickennuggits4201

3 жыл бұрын

I think Maven would eventually try to put one on you and then she will finally come to an end

@benconrad5127

3 жыл бұрын

For some common thug who failed? Absolutely. But Astrid is useful enough to keep around if she fails once.

@arkhamshade2198

3 жыл бұрын

I mean I ran into her in Riften after finishing the dark brotherhood quest line and she said something about her sending the dark brotherhood after me if I got on her bad side.

@killerkitten7534

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like she might have be vengeful enough to do that, but she wouldn’t realistically do that. Setting a contract on who effectively is at that point the highest ranking dark brotherhood member is probably just going to get the entire brotherhood on your bad side. And having a group of a dozen assassins pissed at you doesn’t sound like a good idea

@gamester512

2 жыл бұрын

@@killerkitten7534 Especially when said leader is some combination of: Dragonborn, Werewolf, Vampire Lord, Vampire Hunter, Arch-Mage, Harbinger of the Companions, Leader of the Thieves Guild, etc. :P

This was one hell of a Professor Layton turn of events

Loved the video. Fun fact though, it’s not us. Use the clairvoyance spell while in the cabin. Have fun!

"Never dishonor the Night Mother." It's the #1 tenet and Astrid broke it on a regular basis. Nuff said.

@supasf

4 жыл бұрын

But the tenets aren't upholded any more... And even then, who would make a contract on her head? One of the other members? Highly doubted. Every other dark brotherhood member outside of Skyrim is dead or in hiding. And I dont think anyone outside of Skyrim would know that she disobeyed the night mother. And even if they know, I don't think they'd be able to hear about someone performing the black sacrament outside of Skyrim, since the night mother has no listener, they have to hear about the contracts by word of mouth. So I'm pretty sure it's not her.

@kukkibolli1

4 жыл бұрын

she broke all five throughout the questline

@dragonqueenniisan4122

4 жыл бұрын

@@supasf But if breaking a Tenet invokes the Wrath of Sithis, would it not be possible that Sithis himself it not insulted if you break them? Would it not be possible that Sithis himself would tell the Nightmother that Astrid is to be killed? After all, Sithis is our lord in the Dark Brotherhood.

@Robert399

4 жыл бұрын

@@dragonqueenniisan4122 Yes but the Night Mother doesn't communicate with Astrid (or anyone else) so she wouldn't know.

@recklessabandon5678

4 жыл бұрын

She broke them all actually She refused you a contract despite you being listener and therefore technically above her(listen to your higher ups) She tells you to steal Cicero's journals(don't steal from a dark brother or sister) She orders you to kill Cicero(do not kill a dark brother or sister) And she has you climb into the night mothers coffin(respect death mama's tomb)

babette, canonically: "There you are! Astrid's told me all about you. Heard she pulled the ole' "Choose your victim" gag with you. Ah, I love that one..." im so sorry camel i think you made a 41 minute long video for a question that has no answer because astrids a liar

@jprec5174

4 жыл бұрын

Yea Astrid straight up tells you the point was just to see if you could kill no questions asked. It had nothing to do with there being a contract. What is important about this part in the story though is its suppose to show you that the Dark Brotherhood has been reduced to being straight up killers since there is no more listener.

@owenw.1643

4 жыл бұрын

@@jprec5174 exactly! its a perfect way to showcase what the dark brotherhood has become since oblivion.

@HolyHunterOfGold

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t that just confirm the final theory though? That the 3 with the hoods are merely there as a way out of a contract to then be recruited?

@liammckenney6792

3 жыл бұрын

@@jprec5174 Most likely. But Camel's theory is still a possibility, and i like it so much better so im going with that

@jmerrick2012

3 жыл бұрын

Vasha was "bagged and dragged"? He must be from Portland.

Interesting video and I do agree with your theory about how the binds will be removed if you kill one the people in the cabin. However one person the cabin does have contract besides you. Use the Clairvoyance spell to find out

I love how you pronounced Fultheim a full-time.

Astrid: "hey you, you're finnaly awake..."

@jyggalagdaedricprinceoford6239

4 жыл бұрын

Tomoya Zahard no

@mitsvanmitsvanio6106

4 жыл бұрын

Wake up, we're here. Why are you shaking? Are you ok? Wake up.

@solaire_ofastora3

4 жыл бұрын

Finally*

@mohammadshibli8163

4 жыл бұрын

@Delete Me Ulfric? The jarl of windhelm? You're the leader of the rebellion? But if they've captured you..oh god! Where are they taking us?

@lordofshades9852

4 жыл бұрын

@@mohammadshibli8163 I don't know,but Sovngarde awaits

Clouds. Clouds are in the air. There is air in the cabin. Nazeem goes to the cloud District. The contract was on Nazeem

@dustinowens1360

3 жыл бұрын

Yes👍

@clemmonro9604

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent hypothesis.

@Bigpep69420

3 жыл бұрын

#Science

@partygoblynn

3 жыл бұрын

#detectiveskillz

@Bigpep69420

3 жыл бұрын

@@partygoblynn #BigBrain

Really liked this story and explanation awesome one thanks

I like your theory. I never went too deep into lore in games

J.K. Rowling reveals that you, the reader, were... the contract all along.

@richardbaker308

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit

@Dzemal505

4 жыл бұрын

Ali Baba J.K. Rowling reveals that you, the reader, were... gay all along

@ElvenPrince

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dzemal505 and actually the bad guys all along

@redstripedsocks5245

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElvenPrince and gay

@DancingCrickets04

4 жыл бұрын

Your not funny.

*astrid fight will be hard* me sleeping for the first time at lvl 80 me: curb stomps astrid with my bare hands

@JabronyJoenZ

4 жыл бұрын

What are you doing fighting astrid the ebony warrior is waiting for you

@banegas0411

4 жыл бұрын

@@JabronyJoenZ i already punched him to death

@LenusJaguar7845

4 жыл бұрын

Astrid: Fight me Your lvl80 dragonborn: I'll bitch slap you back to your cave

@drinfernodds

4 жыл бұрын

I literally just whacked her twice with Volendrung then called it a day.

@metalgearzwei

4 жыл бұрын

you can’t curb stomp somebody with your HANDS!

I know this is an old video but I just learned today that if you use the clairvoyance spell the path leads to Vasha.

The contract is on Astrid. She already betrayed TDB before meeting you, breaking several rules laid down by sithis. If you kill her in the shack she actually says "well done" Cicero is actually there to get things back in order, since they did lose their sanctuary. He didn't have much choice, since the skyrim one is the last active sanctuary. Astrid her betrayal is the reason the guild is in such a sorry state🤷

@Lethargy514

Жыл бұрын

But how would Astrid know that a contract was on her? She couldn't have known by being attacked, otherwise she would've gone after Cicero.

@nickvanoort6403

Жыл бұрын

@@Lethargy514 All contracts are done by the black sacrament, meaning it is like a prayer to the night mother. Who in turn is the wife of sithis. She knows that by breaking the 5 tenets, a contract will be made on her.

@shadenox8164

7 ай бұрын

@@nickvanoort6403 Except Astrid wouldn't know of or recognise that contract. In the absence of the listener she's the one whose accepting and approving contracts. Why would she be talking about a contract she would never accept?

@nickvanoort6403

7 ай бұрын

@@shadenox8164 because she did know there was a contract on her head. Wich is exactly what she says when you're in the shack. 1 person in de room has a contract out on them, her. Ofcourse she wouldn't give that contract to her guild members, but she doesn't need a listener to figure out who has contracts on their head😮 before the nightmother gets to the sanctuary they also complete contacts 😉