What is life's greatest illusion?

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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."
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How do you open 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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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 into 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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What color is the night oblivion?

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Well.. the night isnt really a color, its actually clear.
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What is life's greatest illusion?



What happens when you destroy the Dark Brotherhood?

In particular, destroying the Brotherhood means you can never gain access to Shadowmere, the Summon Spectral Assassin power, the essential Dark Brotherhood Initiate followers, or the Master trainers for Alchemy and Light Armor, in addition to Cicero's offer of being a follower.
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How can I join 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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Does worn shrouded Armor Respawn?

Placing it on a mannequin in Heljarchen Hall can cause it to lose any Smithing bonus. In addition, if placed on a mannequin that has already had an armor set on it, the ancient shrouded armor can respawn, as well as change the currently equipped set to a mix of shrouded armor and whatever armor was placed on it before.
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What happens if you let Cicero live?

Nothing bad happens either way, if you kill him he's gone and not a lot of people miss him. If you let him live there's a follower with some fairly decently funny things to say from time to time.
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Is there a shout in Yngvild?

Trivia. There will almost always be a Draugr Deathlord with the full power Unrelenting Force shout in the tomb, regardless of level. This can lead to the player's death at lower levels.
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How does the black door speak?

The Black Door emits a faint, heavy and slow breathing noise as well as deep, heavy heartbeats. The Black Door dialogue cannot be skipped, much like a conversation with a Daedric prince.
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Who betrayed the Dark Brotherhood?

However, it turns out that Astrid, fearing that her leadership of the Dark Brotherhood was threatened by the Dragonborn being the new Listener for the Night Mother, betrays him and reports the assassination attempt to the Penitus Oculatus and Maro himself, in return for amnesty and protection of the Dark Brotherhood.
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Why did the dwarves disappear in Skyrim?

Vivec says that the Dwemer disappeared because of their blasphemy and disregard for the gods especially Daedra ( who the chimer worshipped).
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Where is Astrid located in Skyrim?

Astrid is the leader of the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim. She resides in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, near Falkreath.
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Is Dawnstar Sanctuary a house?

Dawnstar Sanctuary is a disused Dark Brotherhood sanctuary located on the shore of the Sea of Ghosts near Dawnstar. It was one of the first Dark Brotherhood sanctuaries in Skyrim, but it has been abandoned for nearly a hundred years. It contains only one interior zone, Dawnstar Sanctuary.
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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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Can I keep Shadowmere?

You can kill Shadowmere. She will come back to life in 15-20, in the same spot she died, but will not follow you after that, unless you mount her again. You don't have to keep killing her every 20 days.
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How do you hide Anton Virane body?

Bonus objective: Drag his body to a hiding place -- maybe to a dark corner surrounded by hay and barrels. To drag his body, hold down the button as you're moving. Doing this will reward you with a ring that boosts stealth and destruction magic from Festus.
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Is Nightingale armor better than ancient shrouded armor?

Main armor piece/cuirass/robes/whatever: I'd take stamina increase for the Nightingale armor over 50% poison resistance for the Shrouded, but given that Nightingale also comes with 50% frost resistance (incredibly useful against most dragons, as well as mages) Nightingale comes out as a clear winner.
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Is the Nightingale armor leveled?

The Nightingale Armor is leveled, so it will change based on when the player begins its associated quest. There are three versions: the weakest spawns from Level 1 to 18, a stronger version spawns from Level 19 to 31, and the highest-level version spawns at Level 32 and beyond.
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What is the strongest light armor in Skyrim?

The best Light Armor sets in Skyrim ranked

Deathbrand Armor is arguably the best armor in the game - certainly if you don't have max-level Smithing and Enchanting skills. It can be found one piece at a time as part of the "Deathbrand" Dragonborn quest.
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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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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. Cool!
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How do you preserve Shadowmere?

Unlike its previous incarnation, Shadowmere can be killed by long falls or in combat. Shadowmere will, however, respawn around ten days later, at the location of death. Shadowmere will not respawn in this location if killed in a body of water. In that case, he will respawn in the pool outside the Falkreath Sanctuary.
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