Can you keep Astrid alive?

No. You can't save her; no matter what you do, Astrid dies during the Death Incarnate quest. If you really wanted, and you're playing on the PC, you may be able to use console commands to place her ( RefID 0001BDE8 ) somewhere via moveto or placeatme .
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Can you join the Dark Brotherhood after killing Astrid?

The answer is; yes. After all, the quest to join the Dark Brotherhood is Innocence Lost which only begins when you speak to Aventus - it cannot begin before this point. So, just go on into the house and speak to him.
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Can you get blade of woe without killing Astrid?

The Blade of Woe is a unique dagger belonging to Astrid, the leader of the only remaining Dark Brotherhood group in Skyrim. It can be received in three ways: pickpocketing from Astrid, killing Astrid during the Quest With Friends Like These..., or at the end of the quest Death Incarnate.
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Can you get Astrid as a follower?

Astrid leader of the Dark Brotherhood is finally safe in solitude and you can marry her and have her as a follower.
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Is there a way to save the Dark Brotherhood?

No, this always happens regardless. There is nothing you can do to avoid that outcome.
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What happens if you embrace the night mother?

Embrace the Night Mother

The Night Mother communicates to the Dragonborn, telling them to embrace her, as it is the only way to survive. Open her sarcophagus and step inside. The screen will go black, and she will tell the Dragonborn to sleep.
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Who is the traitor in the Dark Brotherhood?

There is a traitor among the Cheydinhal Dark Brotherhood. To eradicate this traitor, Lucien Lachance has been ordered to purge the Cheydinhal sanctuary. Lucien's Silencer, the Hero, was recruited after the spy was known to the Black Hand and is therefore above suspicion, so they are charged with the task.
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How much should I tell Nazir I get paid?

Talk with Nazir about the hit on the Emperor, and he asks how much the final payment was. Your options are: reveal the full 20,000 gold, or two different lies where you say you were paid only 10,000 or 5,000 gold.
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Is Dark Brotherhood good Skyrim?

Most of these offer enough options to allow any type of player to enjoy. One, however, stands out for its inherently immoral nature: the Dark Brotherhood. If you're looking to play the game as an all-around good guy, it is all but impossible to complete this quest line—what with the wanton murder and all.
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Who is Astrid married to Skyrim?

Arnbjorn is a Nord assassin and a member of the Dark Brotherhood, as well as a Werewolf. He is married to the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, Astrid.
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Can you get 2 blades of woe in Skyrim?

In Skyrim, players can find two different versions of the Blade of Woe.
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Is the Nightingale Blade leveled?

The Nightingale Blade is a leveled, unique, one-handed weapon that appears in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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Can you become the leader of the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim?

A grand total of five different factions let you become the leader of the entire faction in Skyrim, including the four main factions (The Companions, The College of Winterhold, The Dark Brotherhood, and the Thieves Guild) and the vampiric Volkihar Clan in the Dawnguard DLC.
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Can you destroy the thieves guild?

Sadly, there is no quest to destroy the Thieves Guild in Skyrim.
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Can you get Shadowmere without joining Dark Brotherhood?

The simple answer to your question, without cheats, is no. The game is specifically scripted to give you Shadowmere once you have completed the Dark Brotherhoods quest related to the horse.
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Is there a right choice Dark Brotherhood?

You can absolutely just kill all three if you're in the business of being as cruel as possible, but there's actually a much easier way to work out which of the three is the "right" choice to kill - in as much as killing someone is ever the right thing to do.
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Can you get rid of Maven Black Briar?

As per the comments, Maven Black-Briar is an "essential" character, meaning there is no way (outside of console commands) to kill her off. She plays a part in several other quest-lines, namely the Thieves-Guild and the Dark Brotherhood, aligning herself with the "darker" side of Skyrim.
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Is the Thieves Guild evil?

The guild is actually a necessary evil to the land. They have strict rules of not killing, protect the poor and beggars and have a flexbility of action that the 'official governent force' have not.
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What happens if you lie to Nazir about payment?

Report to Nazir

The Dragonborn can choose to lie about the actually reward amount, but that is of no consequence. Nazir points out that the money could be used to repair and upgrade the Sanctuary, by talking to Delvin Mallory of the Thieves Guild in Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head….
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Is Sithis a Daedra?

Sithis is neither an Aedra nor a Daedra. Sithis is the birthed soul incarnate of Padomay and the equal yet opposite force to Anui-El, who is the birthed soul incarnate of Padomay's opposite force, Anu.
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Does the Night Mother quests ever end?

The quest does never end.
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Is Lucien Lachance in Skyrim?

Recruitment drive. In his youth, Lucien traveled in Skyrim and visited the city of Riften. Once there, he came into possession of the Blade of Woe, and eventually became a Speaker for the infamous underground society known as the Dark Brotherhood, after the previous Speaker died fulfilling a contract.
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Who is the traitor oblivion?

The traitor was a Speaker named Mathieu Bellamont, who sought vengeance for the Brotherhood's killing of his mother many years prior. Unaware of this, Lachance ordered the Purification of the entire Cheydinhal Sanctuary, to be carried out by a skilled assassin who was new to the sanctuary.
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