The GREATEST Assassins? - Dark Brotherhood EXPLAINED! - Night Mother & Sithis - Elder Scrolls Lore 

I did the ritual with the Todd Howard effigy and a black figure appeared. It spoke of a wondrous land with fantastic stories, wondrous magics and epic battles. I asked where this land was and how I can get there only to be responded with some kind of digital currency and other pointless low quality items I had to buy. The figure told me we must feed the Todd Howard's ravaging hunger but the hunger seems endless requiring more and more to feed just to barely satiate him. His favorite sustenance is money/currency of any kind and the soals of children and hearts of broken men. The only way I could get him to leave was to buy yet another copy of Skyrim. On the bright side I can play Skyrim on my smart fridge. I still have nightmares of it to this day...guess it's time I go start my 17,000th character in Skyrim now. Maybe I'll be a frost mage considering I'm playing on my smart fridge. *Please send help*

The Morag Tong disliked that

By Sithis these Uploadrates are amazing

I just realized: Astrid broke every one of those rules put in place. She dishonored the night mother by implying that she was useless and no longer needed. She betrayed the secrets of the dark brotherhood by arranging our murder with the imperials, she stole regularly from her fellow brothers and sisters to gain leverage, and she tried to kill us: the most terrible sin. Sithis was most likely shuddering with rage when she arrived

Madness is merry, and merriment's might, when the jester comes calling with his knife in the night

I remember that first mission when that kid summoned me being like "Bro.. how did you get body parts and all this shit but you paying me with a fucking plate."

Last time I was this early the Night Mother hadn't had kids yet ...Night Virgin

I always found the Dark Brotherhood’s entrance to be very esthetically pleasing

If anyone doesn't mind getting their hands dirty, a young Imperial boy owes me money. I'm willing to pay in gold, jewels, and a dirty silver plate. All applicants must reply by courier (he knows where to find me).

I can’t explain how much I’ve adored this channel. For years. I listen to you while I’m working, cleaning, some videos especially the “era explained” videos help me fall asleep. The voice plus the music and getting lost in my thoughts.

Could you imagine what a great assassin Cicero could have trained the Adoring Fan to be? My god what a team they would have made, let us all be grateful that never came to be... Adoring Fan - "I can't believe it's you! Standing here! Next to me!" Cicero- "Ah He He He....Let's kill someone!"

So if the DB assassin that was sent to kill the Dovahkin failed but was soul trapped by said Dovahkin...wouldn't that said assassin avoided Sithis' wrath?

I completed the Todd Sacrament, where are you Drew?

Surround the body with Twenty Fork Handles? Or Twenty Four Candles? Asking for a friend

0:52 Oh, the dread father syphilis. He'd better not reward me with anything...

When you get the spectral assassin power from Astrid and keep him summoned threw the rest of the quests Lucien will comment on everything and has the same voice from oblivion. Only thing I liked from the quest line lol.

Imagine being an alchemist, walking down the street with some candles for late night reading and fresh Nightshade for your potions when a guard comes up to you and arrests you for possession of everything needed for a Black Sacrament.

Get up! Come on, get down with the Sithis!

For those unaware, maven black briar has the black sacrament set up in her basement and a letter next to it that mentions how the black sacrament is BS and how it didn't work, and that she was immensely disappointed in Astrid for not appearing to accept her contract

"Sweet Little Lies, Sweet Little Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies" I died 😂🤣

I have a theory regarding the Brotherhood: In 2 separate games we have seen them nearly wiped out and I think there's a reason. In both Oblivion and Skyrim we see Brotherhoods where they are relishing in their kills and money. In fact the orc member in Oblivion talks with great glee about killing a child at their birthday party. I think this is perhaps a massive mark of hubris that Sithis and the Night Mother find makes members no longer worthy. They have lost sight of what they are doing and no longer treat it with the reverence that they should. As a result, they meet with punishment. In Oblivion the Night Mother explicitly says she could have warned them at any time of the traitor in their midst but chose to let them pay for their lack of awareness. In Skyrim Cicero, who clearly is not in his right mind, is chased off after his scuffle. It could be interpreted that the Night Mother, to whom it would seem he is fiercely loyal, was not happy with the reactions by Astrid and the others and thus failed to let anyone know what was happening. She might have had a way to intervene and let things play out once more to see who was still worthy. Out of all deities in the Elder Scrolls it is Sithis who is only spoken of by one group and the very mention brings fear to common people. It only serves that something that dark would also be vengeful to those it finds as unworthy.

I just finished the main story of Oblivion, became the gray fox, defeated Umaril. Then started the dark brotherhood questline for the first time. I've been experiencing Oblivion while listening to you guys so thanks for kinda being with me on this awesome journey.

Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of Todd Howard must be baptized in blood and fear.

I wonder if at some point we might get a Dark Brotherhood storyline where the interesting and caring characters we've got to know might actually survive?

This would be a cool challenge for the Community. 🤔 If there is a SINGLE PLAYER that can do a whole playthrough undetected. Aside from times when 'detected combat' is part of the Story. This person should be named The Greatest Assasin of Skyrim..

A thing that bothers me about the Dark Brotherhood is the ritual is that you need a human heart. Someone had to die for you to get that heart. Clearly you already have the means to murder someone without the Dark Brotherhood

There are a lot of admittedly random aspects of the Brotherhood that attract me to it so strongly, one of them being the Black Sacrament. I imagine a man wronged by his people. He dreads leaving his home for he must bear the sight of his wife in the arms of another man, a boastful and mead-obsessed Nord who stole her from him. He rallies the city to make fun of him and they laugh at him as he dives back into his home. He knows what he must do. He finds an adventurer rushing through town in assorted gear and, stifling a chuckle, runs up to him and asks to trade with him. He buys all of the junk this adventurer was carrying and, sure enough, this included human bits and pieces (among other things that are somehow more questionable), a Nightshade flower, and a worn dagger. Later that night, he performs the Black Sacrament, full of rage and sorrow. He clenches his teeth, growling and slightly whimpering simultaneously, thinking of how his life has been ruined by this man. He rubs the dagger against the Deathbell's petals, then starts stabbing the effigy he has made, grunting with each thrust, tears accumulating under his eyes. Pitifully, as his whole body trembles, he says "Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me..." The tears are becoming more frequent. He continues louder and more desperate, "... for the sins of the unworthy..." He is angrier now. "... must be baptized... in *blood...* and *fear.*" Everybody has shunned this poor child, everybody has left him. But the Night Mother hears him. She makes sure his pleas are known. She relays the task to her Listener, who sets up the contract, and one of her children takes matters into his hands. As swiftly as the man made his decision, the assassin murders the Nord in the dead of night. The next day, the wronged child hears the news. He acts sad (for no true reason, as none pay attention to him), but on the inside, he is full of a type of glee, a rush. He sees the body of his greatest foe, his bloody handprint staining the ground. This already felt so good to know of. Imagine how good it would feel to be the one holding the Blade. He knows what he must do. He seeks out a woman who had been more of a nuisance than most of the city and, in broad daylight, shoves a dagger in her back, showing no remorse nor fear. Only a sadistic joy. He quickly slips away before anyone can even think of chasing him. Later in the day, a courier makes it to his hideout by some miracle. The courier gives the man a note and orders from the sender on where to go. The man looks at the note, only to find it has no words. Just a bloody handprint. He grins menacingly, and prepares to turn his life around. *Hail Sithis.*

I think you mean with the Todd Howard effigy with the chanting is it just works

I'm disappointed I spent an hour throwing quatars and dimes at my wall and inciting the incantation waiting for drew to appear but all I got was yelled at by my mom to stop throwing change at the wall at 11: 25 at night

last time I was this early, the night mother was still alive

last time i was this early lucien lachance was still alive

idk according to the reports that I heard, the Dragonborn went into the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary and slaughtered all of them at the request of the Penitus Oculatus without giving it a second thought.

By Sithis, what timing! Just found a place to hang my enemy's head over in Dawnstar not twenty minutes ago! My Ancient Shrouded Armour still smells of smoke though...

One day, can you do a lore video on Khaijjt and Argonian vampires? There is not a whole lot about them, and I just want to learn more about them.

Really enjoyed this piece. I did not realize just how little I knew of the Dreaded Unholy Matron and/or The Spinner. Drew you're the absolute best my friend.

The good motherhood explained Rule 1: set a good bedtime Rule2: GO TO BED!!

Marvelous work Mr.FudgeMuppet "Walk Always in the shadow of Sithis"

“Tell me little lies, little lies, tell me sweet little lies” Fleetwood Mac confirmed for Dark Brotherood plant

people of Tamriel:"thanks to our hard work and just rule of our leaders we live in peace and harmony with each other, we could say we are ha..." Sithis:"hold my cup of sacrificial blood..."

Haven't missed a daily upload in 3 era's

Please put these videos as podcast in Spotify .. many times I am walking or traveling and it becomes difficult to listen to these amazing lore videos .. and love you drew

The rate of these videos is an abomination!!! But a good one

I FEEL LIKE i have been waiting or quite awhile for a video on this topic

I wonder if we can perform the Black Sacrament to remove those who dislike this...

Sure I'll love the video! Keep up the good work!!

Enjoyed that video. Very thorough

The Night Mother being Mephala is a neat theory. It also explains why Mephala only has a small and relatively bland quest in Skyrim (Ebony Blade).

>Greatest Assassins * Laughs in Forester *

I've had to have done the DB questline in Skyrim at least 2 dozen times by now. It is easily my favorite questline in the game, and I hope they have it in the next game as well. Despite having 130 mods in my load order and running perfectly well, I can't run Oblivion with them otherwise I'd probably fall in love with that as well. I know the story, but never experienced it for myself.

And here I thought I would have to suffer at work, Praise Lord Hircine for Fudge

The night mother was real in TES: Daggerfall but perhaps the warp in the west changed alot of things we still don't know

Hey love your lore videos (pretty sure I’ve watched them all) keep it up! What I would love and think others could gain from is breakdown videos of quest lines. I’ve Only played from Morrison’s up so a break down of quest lines and story’s of the older games. Or refreshers if what’s happened in Morrowind the different houses quest lines or Morag tongue. Or what’s happened in ESO or blades.. anywho would love that.

great birthday present, thanks fellas

y’all have to do something like this with the thief’s guild 🤞 still my all time favorite faction in any video game series.

Excellent Fleetwood Mac reference lol. Yet another reason why I love you guys!

@3:30 I caught that Fleetwood Mac reference there Drew lol

Never shit in your pants when attempting to fart, to do so is to invoke the wrath of Sithis

Awesome video. I love Skyrim lore.

2:25 you mean your dead emperors laws? (Smiles in ForeShadow) (];^)

Could the next video or at some point The Morag Tong Explained.

3:30 AM baby!

Eso artwork is just amazing

Happy one year birthday to this video :)

Good stuff

I was just thinking back on how a Dark Brotherhood Dragonborn would go about solving the civil war crisis, and realised that it goes all the way back to Cicero's journals, on whether the group should focus on either expansion or consolidation. Obviiusly, you would seek vengeance on the Empire for attacking and killing your fellow Brothers and Sister, and would side with stormcloak. Whether or not you decide to ask Ulfric to garner active aproach in assisting the Dunmer and Argonians in Windhelm, with the Stormcloak victory you will be put to the highest regard by the soon to be High King, using your own influence to strengthen the Brotherhood's hold in Skyrim and earning back the fear and respect it lacked for centuries, alongside having a part in the murder of the Emperor since Pelagius. If you swallow your pride and side withthe Empire, you can use your ties with them to negotiate several businesses, in reality Dark Brotherhood disguises, as well as assistance in the preparation of war for the Thalmor. As the Empire build up their ranks, the Dark Brotherhood would go on, gaining more and more ground in contracts and eventually reestablishing atleast the Bruma Sanctuary, and eventually retaking Cheydinhal, so on until the Empire is finally ready to push back the Thalmor TL;DR Expand using the Empire, Grow Stronger using Ulfric

Has Todd ever reached out to you personally? I'm just curious. Love everything you guys do.

3:31 Shots fired!

For people who don’t get it morag tong is basically the same thing as dark brotherhood with few differences like morag tong gets permission to kill while dark brother hood doesn’t

Yo fudge could you possibly do a video on Xarxes? Maybe a lore/background video or stories about what he did. I feel like that would be really interesting.(p.s., thanks for the great upload schedule!)

_"Well, the Dark Brotherhood? They enjoy running around in enchanted spandex, because they can't sneak for shit. Muffled boots? Are you kidding me!?"_

That ritual description! xD

All hail the dread father may sithis guide you

*saves the instructions from A Video, Sweet Fudgemuppet*

The Morag Tong always felt more righteous and had better quests in Morrowind. If you've ever retrieved the Strands of the Webspinner, you know.

the virgin dark brotherhood vs the chad morag tong

The Brotherhood will never truly fall as we will always return to serve Sithis

Would be nice to find a video explaining the questline in Skyrim for the Dark Brotherhood... it seems I missed something by going through the main quest and not talking to anyone after the initial things when getting there because the character motivations don't make a whole lot of sense...

Dat serious beggining.

The Dark Brotherhood were at their best in Oblivion. The DB in Skyrim were a shadow of their former self due to Astrid's own ego.

I’m still waiting Drew

Great documentary. Question: Who should an assassin in the ES world kill for ? Sithis OR Mephala ?

More dawnguard builds please !

Can u guys also do Morag Tong explained?

According to alduins wall fudgemuppet replies if you're early

You had me at “build an effigy of Todd Howard out of hundreds of copies of Skyrim on various platforms” I died I clicked like And now i shall spread the word And then i will try when Skyrim goes on sale

“But who is Sithis?” me: by Sithis not this again

Why don't you guys do a video on the vampire count of skingrad

Last time I was this early Garnag still had both eyes

The Dark Sacrament...IT JUST WORKS! As far as assassinations go, this is pretty fuckin cool.

For the ritual to summon Drew, can I just play Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies” on a loop?

Thinking of the night mother as Mephala, might explain the decline of the dark brotherhood, just as explaining it's rise. Mephala doesn't need it anymore, it might still be a useful tool that she isn't likely to completely discard, but she doesn't need to replace Vivec anymore. The Morag Tong may be a more stable organization with its roots in dunmer culture, and with her worship being renewed there she could shift her focus on to that organization, one that exalts her name. So she may be seeking to expand the Morag Tong while all but abandoning the dark brotherhood.

The ritual actually worked! Upon completion Todd appeared in my room and told me of the Dark Brotherhood.

At 12:20 FudgeMuppet says that the Morag Tong became emboldened by killing the emperor then followed up by saying that the Dark Brotherhood rose to prominence in the aftermath. Am i the only one who thinks that a Dark Brotherhood memeber may have done the murder and simply framed the Morag Tong to eliminate competition?

Lucien Lachance approves this video

3:16-4:00 is awesome

If and when the Last Dragonborn dies, who gets dibs? If the Last Dragonborn is the Champion of every Daedric Prince in Oblivion, the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, a vampire or a werewolf (if they didn't cure themselves), the fight over the soul of the Last Dragonborn would be interesting to see! Oh, would Akatosh have a say too, because of being Dragonborn? I think they should get a choice on which realm they want to go to, maybe the Daedric Prince who the Dovahkin was most loyal to! If it was me, I would choose to go to the Shivering Isles, the home of the Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogorath!

Excellent intro lmfaooo

3:15 Guys help, I summoned the plague of Bethesda bugs instead. What do?!

I guess the hero of Kvatch is the strogest assassins ever? Cause he is a listener and he will become a deadric Prinz so... Maybe he is even stronger than the night mother but not sure

Is it me, or does the black sacrament seem like more trouble than it’s worth?