


Upon further investigation I found that Grelod the Kind is still alive, despite being given a letter from the Courier that you normally get after she's dead as well as hearing dialogue from guards about the 'Old lady in Riften being murdered'. I did not have the option of "Silence, my brother." and could not open the door or enter the sanctuary. Upon returning to the Sanctuary I found that I could not open the door (Nor was there a map marker for it) and it would repeatedly ask me its opening question "What is the music of life?". I will ask for more details sometimes and if they are not provided I will eventually close the bug report.Īfter choosing the Dark Brotherhood starting path from the Messenger dragon in the starting inn, I went and did the first 3 generic contracts (Kill Narfi/BeItlid/Ennodius) Rumours usually come from innkeepers or guards and will result in a miscellaneous objective and a quest marker, but other than that can be ignored or followed at your leisure.Please check back on your bug request periodically.

There's a lot of quests that have a rumour as a "pointer", but you can always start them yourself without ever hearing about the rumour this is the situation you find yourself in. This isn't required to begin the main Dark Brotherhood quest, it's just a rumour that points you towards a potential quest. The "mission" you may be referring to is the miscellaneous objective " Talk to Aventus Aretino" which can be given to you by asking an innkeeper for rumours. So, just go on into the house and speak to him. While the answer provided by Yasskier is correct in itself, it doesn't focus on your question can I continue the dark brotherhood quest even though I have found the home of Aventus Aretino without having been given a quest.Īfter all, the quest to join the Dark Brotherhood is Innocence Lost which only begins when you speak to Aventus - it cannot begin before this point.
