Completing Aventus’s request is the first step to officially joining the faction:
This report summarizes the ritual performed to contact the in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim , as frequently depicted in gameplay footage such as "Skyrim - Dark Brotherhood Ritual.mp4." 1. The Ritual: The Black Sacrament Skyrim - Dark Brotherhood Ritual.mp4
The effigy is surrounded by candles. The person performing the ritual must repeatedly stab it with a dagger rubbed in Nightshade petals. Completing Aventus’s request is the first step to
The invoker whispers the prayer: "Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear" . 2. Quest Initiation: "Innocence Lost" The invoker whispers the prayer: "Sweet Mother, sweet
He tasks the player with killing Grelod the Kind , the headmistress of the Honorhall Orphanage in Riften. 3. Joining the Brotherhood
Upon picking the lock and entering, the player finds Aventus performing the Black Sacrament, mistakenly believing the player is the summoned assassin.
The invoker creates a grisly representation of the intended victim using body parts, including a human heart, a skull, bones, and flesh.