How do you trigger the Dark Brotherhood?

Speaking with Aventus Aretino in his parent's home in Windhelm initiates the quest "Innocence Lost" and starts the Dark Brotherhood questline. After accepting Aretino's proposal, the Dragonborn is directed to visit Honorhall Orphanage. After killing Grelod
Grelod
Grelod the Kind is an elderly Nord woman and the headmistress of the Honorhall Orphanage in Riften. Contrary to her name, she has a reputation for being an utterly cruel and heartless woman.
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, the children will cheer and celebrate her death.
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How do I 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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How do I attract the Dark Brotherhood?

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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Is there another way to start the Dark Brotherhood?

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Head to the Aventus Residence - the easiest way to get there is to take the passage on the right before you enter the Palace of Kings - and lockpick your way into the easy Novice lock. Speak to Aventus Aretino inside to start the 'Innocence Lost' questline.
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Why is the Dark Brotherhood quest not starting?

Open the console and type setstage DBEntranceQuest 20. This should add the Mysterious Note to the courier, triggering its delivery and allowing you to continue the quest normally after sleeping. Open the console and type setstage db02 10 to start the quest.
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How do I get the Dark Brotherhood to kidnap me?

Once you receive the note, sleep in any bed. Thereafter, you are abducted by the Dark Brotherhood, taken to an Abandoned Shack, and asked to kill one of three people in the room (With Friends Like These... ). Killing one or all of the potential victims will earn you an invitation to join the Dark Brotherhood.
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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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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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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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Can you join the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves Guild 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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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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Who sends assassins after you in Skyrim?

The player never gets to know who wanted you dead and you can't ask any of the Dark Brotherhood about it. It's not really that important. Assassins will keep being sent by Astrid until you join the Dark Brotherhood, so if you want to stop getting assassins hired, join the Dark Brotherhood.
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Where do I start the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim?

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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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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Who can u marry in Skyrim?

In Skyrim, you can marry anyone of any gender or race. If you're a male Nord, you could marry a male Orc if you wish!
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Are 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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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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Is the Dark Brotherhood vampires?

Vicente Valtieri is a Breton member of the Dark Brotherhood, residing in the Cheydinhal Sanctuary. He became a vampire on an expedition to Morrowind and has been a member of the Dark Brotherhood for over two hundred years.
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Can you save Nazir?

You can try to help him, but his death is scripted and he will die even if you kill the agents around him. There is no way for you to save him.
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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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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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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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How do I get the Dark Brotherhood armor without joining?

Alternatively, it can be obtained without joining the Dark Brotherhood by killing Astrid during the quest "With Friends Like These...," or looted, albeit without the cowl, from the corpses of various Dark Brotherhood members during "Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!"
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Where is the Dark Brotherhood entrance?

Overview. 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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Does your kid grow up in Skyrim?

No. No one ages at all in Skyrim. There are children and elders only because the programmers/designers put them in there to be children and elders; there's not a single NPC that will age a single day, no matter how long you play the game.
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