In order to start the Dark Brotherhood branch, you need to talk with any innkeeper and touch on the subject of rumors in the dialogue. As a result, we will share information about Aventus Aretino, who lives in the city of Windhelm. The fact is that this boy is an orphan who has escaped from the Riften shelter, and now the locals are whispering that Aventus was planning to conduct a ceremony of dark mystery.
General quest information
We go to the received address and enter the house that belonged to the Aretino family. From now on, we will launch the Dark Brotherhood quest chain, one of the most interesting and elaborate branches in the entire game. Since the number of available tasks in the Brotherhood is quite large, today we decided to talk about completing just one quest, which can be attributed to the final ones. Our adventure begins in the ranks of the "Dark Brotherhood" of Skyrim with the "Death of the Empire."
It is in this task that our hero must go to Solitude to fulfill the main mission of the Brotherhood - to kill the Emperor himself. We remind you that this guide describes only one final quest. The previous quest is called "Killing Recipe", and the next - "Death Incarnate."
Skyrim Quests: Death of the Empire
Access to this quest can be obtained only after completing the previous quest, which is called "Killing recipe." Once it is finished, you can safely go to Astrid, she will arrange a brief briefing and give us a jar of strong poison. It is from this moment that the passage of "Death of the Empire" from "Skyrim" - one of the final quests for the "Dark Brotherhood" begins.
After talking with Astrid, we go to the marked location to kill the emperor. We find ourselves in the Gloomy Castle, which is located in Solitude, we call the guards the name Gourmet and confirm our "pseudo-identity" with an accompanying letter - after that we will be passed on. We go along the corridors right to the kitchen and begin the second stage of the quest "Death of the Empire" from "Skyrim".
Cooking a special soup
In the kitchen, the cook will speak with us, so we will maintain a little conversation with her, after which we put on the cook equipment (cap) and proceed to prepare a special soup. To be more precise, all that is required of us in the cooking process is to announce to the cook the names of the necessary ingredients, which she will already independently put into the boiler. At the time of adding the last ingredient, we can announce that we need to make the final finishing touch. The cook leaves the room, and we hasten to add the very poison that Astrid gave us. You can not do this - in this case, you will not have to poison the Emperor, but to kill using weapons or magic. We follow the dish to the dining room. We recommend standing next to the door on the opposite side, and now we will explain why. So, as a measure of killing the Emperor, poison was chosen, the player served soup and prepared to continue the mission "Death of the Empire" "Skyrim".
Guards are chasing you! As soon as the poison begins to act (and it begins to act almost instantly), the player will have to escape through the very door that is on the opposite side of the first entrance. And the pursuit immediately begins (it is better not to enter into a fight with the guards).
The escape!
What to do? We get out through the door and pass along the stone bridge, on which we will meet with the commander Maron and three other guards. Maron reveals the secret that in fact our life was laid in exchange for the quiet existence of the guild of the "Dark Brotherhood" on the territory of Skyrim. The commander is not too happy with such an agreement. He says that at this very moment his detachment should already be getting close to the Falkrian refuge. After the conversation, Maron leaves us to the guards and leaves - we begin to fight! We draw attention to the fact that fines will be charged to the hero for each killed guard.
In this case, we recommend that you reach the level of the master of the Thieves Guild (even before completing the quest "Death of the Empire" from "Skyrim") - this will make it possible to pay off from a simple guard in Solitude. Congratulations, we just completed one of the final quests of the Dark Brotherhood branch. The next task that appears in the diary is called "Death Incarnate."