How do I gain access to the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary?

The only way to gain access is to impress the Dark Brotherhood. A good start is to look into the rumor of a boy, Aventus Aretino, who is performing the “Black Sacrament”. The sacrament is a ritual used to get the attention of the “Night Mother”. Aventus is located in his family home Aretino residence in Windhelm.
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How do I get into the Dawnstar sanctuary?

To enter dawnstar sanctuary you have to start the dark brotherhood questline by killing the hostages and meeting astrid at the sanctuary near falkreath. When you killed astrid you just started the " destroy dark brotherhood " quest.
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Where is the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary Skyrim?

The Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary is a secret sanctuary located just West of Falkreath. It's the area where you will get most of the quests in The Dark Brotherhood Quests.
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How do you trigger the Dark Brotherhood quest?

To start this quest line, you need to speak with Aventus Aretino in Windhelm, or before you head to Windhelm you can go straight to Riften & to Honorhall Orphange & kill Grelod the Kind to see a different reaction from Aventus Aretino.
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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 become leader of the Dark Brotherhood?

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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Where do I start Dark Brotherhood?

How to join The Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim. Go to any inn and ask for gossip from the innkeeper. Eventually, an innkeeper will give up information that will point you towards a boy in Windhelm (Aventus Aretino) who is trying to perform the Black Sacrament, a Dark Brotherhood ritual.
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How do I get the Dawnstar quest?

The Dawnstar Sanctuary is an underground area that will be gifted to you if you complete the Dark Brotherhood quest Hail Sithis!. Delvin Mallory will sell you upgrades and he can be found in Riften.
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How do you get to Dawnstar in Skyrim?

Land & Location. Dawnstar is north of Whiterun between Solitude and west of Winterhold on Tamriel's northern coastline. Heading north on the road just east of Whiterun and take the west path at the fork in the road will lead to Dawnstar.
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How do you join the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim Elder Scrolls V?

To join the Brotherhood, simply kill one of the hostages, and you will be immediately invited into the feared secret society. Accept the invitation, and you are in. If you attack and kill Astrid, you'll start a questline to destroy the Dark Brotherhood, so choose wisely!
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Can I become Thane of Dawnstar?

The Pale (Capital: Dawnstar)

The Dragonborn must be level 22 to obtain the quest to kill a giant, which then leads to the offer to become a Thane (after completing the three minor quests).
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Is Markarth worth Riften or Dawnstar?

Elenwen staying/leaving gives one point to the faction the decision favors, Markarth is worth 2 for Stormcloak, Riften is worth 2 for imperials, Dawnstar only worth 1 (the speech check seems to be irrelevant to the negotiation beyond getting extra speechcraft XP).
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How do you open the black door in Dawnstar?

The Black Door in Dawnstar asks, "What is life's greatest illusion?", to which the correct answer is: "Innocence, my brother." learned during the quest "The Cure for Madness." The Black Door in the Gold Coast asks, "What is the flavor of fear?" to which the correct answer is: "Sublime, my Brother."
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How do I trigger the Dawnguard DLC?

Starting the Dawnguard quest in Skyrim is as simple as getting to Riften and speaking to one of the city's guards. You'll have to get into Riften first by either bribing or intimidating the gate guards, after which any city guard can prompt the dialogue.
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How do I activate Skyrim DLC?

To begin Dragonborn, you must travel to Solstheim. This can be done at any points after installing the game add-on content by travelling to the Windhelm docks and locating Gjalund Salt-Sage, a sea captain that may be willing to take you to the island for a small fee.
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When can I start the Dawnguard DLC?

The quest can be given by either a Hold Guard or an Orc named Durak after entering a hold capital at level 10 or after. It can also be given before level 10 by talking to Agmaer in Dayspring Canyon.
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Can you join the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim?

No limit to joining guilds. The only limitation is Stormcloaks/Imperials. If you are in the Dark Brotherhood, you can join still join the Thieve's Guild, etc.
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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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How do you activate the black door in Skyrim?

To enter the sanctuary, the Dragonborn must reply correctly to The Black Door's question: "What is life's greatest illusion?" The correct answer is, "Innocence, my brother." The incorrect answers are as follows: "Um... The one where you saw a lady in half?"
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Is the Dark Brotherhood forever endless?

Hail Sithis! The Dark Brotherhood Forever is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This is a radiant quest that repeats itself indefinitely. This quest automatically starts upon the completion of the quest "Hail Sithis!"
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Which is better Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood?

Honestly, the Dark Brotherhood is better in terms of rewards and armor (ancient shrouded armor and Cicero's armor). I follow both paths for the rewards, story and armor. Mixing both groups armors can make for an op set, but that's not the point.
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Why is Shadowmere the best horse?

In vanilla Skyrim, Shadowmere belongs to Astrid from the Dark Brotherhood. Before the Anniversary Version, it was considered one of the best mounts in the game due to its increased stamina and high health regeneration.
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What is the Dark Brotherhood password?

Once accepted into the Dark Brotherhood, travel to Falkreath and approach the door. It will ask you "What is the music of life?" Answer with the password Astrid taught you, "Silence, my brother".
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Should I give Tullius Riften or Winterhold?

Give him Winterhold. Ulfric gets Markarth for the Silver, and pretty much everything else.
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Should you kick Elenwen out?

By kicking her out, you leave the Thalmor's head justiciar at a disadvantage by postponing info; Elenwen won't get to hear more info from Tullius or Ulfric, that can tend the war to end quicker. Plus, I think Thalmor out of Skyrim would make the dominion weaker than Thalmor in Skyrim.
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