The Dark Brotherhood is called upon by those who wish to utilize their deadly services through a ritual called ' The Black Sacrament ,' although to join the organization, one must be contacted directly. Follow the quest objectives and there you go. The Dark Brotherhood is an organization of highly trained assassins who carry out assassination contracts. Report Astrid's death to a guard this will start the alternate Dark Brotherhood questline.
Note: It would be nice to free the other prisoners before leaving, but that is up to you. Meaning that the correct person to kill was her. Eventually Astrid will say, 'You don't leave here 'till someone dies.' or something like that.Īt this point you will attack and kill Astrid. When speaking to her always refuses to kill the three other prisoners in the shack. Then sleep.Īfter waking in the Abandoned Shack, you will see Astrid atop a bookshelf. You'll be given a letter saying 'We Know'. Start the Dark Brotherhood questline as normal by visiting the Aretino Residence in Windhelm and completing the quest 'Innocence Lost' given to you by Aventus Aretino.
That being said, the alternate path adds a nice twist into role-playing characters. Following this path in the Dark Brotherhood questline will result in the player to lose out on a lot of in-game gold and the option to do some pretty fun quests.