2. Initiation, A knife in the Dark.
Item's Required: None
Rewards: Shroud Armour, Shroud Hood (Fortify Sneak, Blade, Marksman, Illusion and Acrobatics 10 points).
You have to travel to the Inn of Ill Omen which is to the south of the Imperial
City half way to Bravil to kill a man called Rufio. He will also give you the
Blade of Woe which is a dagger that you should try to use for all your Dark
Brotherhood contracts. Fast travel to Bravil and follow the road, at the
beginning of the road you will see a cylindrical ruin that is a wayshrine to
Zenithar run over to it and activate it to receive a +10 bonus to your luck,
just before you get to the Inn there is another shrine on the right to Tiber
Septim that gives you +10 strength bonus. You can activate these in the
churches in the city's once you have visited the shrines, they are little
font's around the edges of the inside of the church.
When you arrive at the Inn talk to the Innkeeper and he will tell you that
Rufio is staying in the Inn, if you talk to him somemore about Rufio he will
tell you to use the hatch under the stairs to go and see him. Press select and
wait around until about 3 a.m, press the sneak button and enter the hatch. Take
off your boots if your sneak skill isn't that high and creep down the corridor.
Creep up to Rufio and stab him with the blade of woe this should kill him in
one hit. Sleep in the bed next door and Lucien will visit you again and welcome
you to the family and tell you to go to Cheydinhal, to the abandoned house, and
open the door in the basement with the password that Lucien gave you.
Fast travel to Cheydinhal and go to the abandoned house. Go in to the basement
to the illuminated door and speak the password, talk to Orcheeva who will tell
you to go and speak with Vicente Valtieri who will now give you your contracts.
She will also give you the Shroud Hood and Armour, which fortifys Sneak,
Illusion, Marksman, Blade and Acrobatics by +10, when both are worn. Light
Armour that only weighs 2.5lbs together.
Go straight ahead and down the stairs to meet Vicente who will give you your
contract.