Spoiler The Dark Brotherhood questline - Did you honor the emperors request?

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Raijin

A Mage that loves a Templar
After assassinating Titus Mede II did you honor his request by murdering Amaund Motierre?

I did not because he did not perform the Black Sacrament and he was not willing to pay me anything for killing Amaund Motierre. The Emperor expected me to work for free, which is bullplops.

Why would I go out and murder my clients who actually paid me for a job that I've completed? It's not good for business. The contract may of been completed, but Amaund Motierre could be a future client of mine as he seen great results of my work.
 

Ivory

Let's Player
Yes, because when you take the risk of using an assassin, be ready for that assassin to come after you if the price is right or if you caused the destruction of his entire family.
 

Nighthiker77

Well-Known Member
I probably shouldn't but i just can't resist. I'm usually still excited about Windshear and trying to get the most out of the questline before it is over
 

Seanu Reaves

The Shogun of Gaming
I did not because he did not perform the Black Sacrament and he was not willing to pay me anything for killing Amaund Motierre. The Emperor expected me to work for free, which is bullpl***..

As much as the technicality of you get whatever Amaund had on his person, and the whole "But it is more fun to stack the body count."

I don't see a reason not too. I mean Titus Mede is a pretty chill dude.
Yes. Not for the Emperor, but because he was a loose end that needed cleaning up. Besides, he's a douche.
That might be the only time I have seen that word applied to Titus when talking about the time talking to him.


I just thought it would be... More chaotic to punch a whole in the plot that lead to the assassination of Titus. After all, power vacuums means more work
 

Rhew

The missing snow elf
yeah. i kill him every time. no regret.
 

DrunkenMage

Intoxicated Arch-Mage
Yes. You don't trust the Elder Council to simply let you go free, one day they will hunt you down so you can't blackmail or threaten/expose them.

Though the Motierre you kill seems to be a double. So he was clever, I'll give him that.
 
Yes, I killed Motierre on my main character who had just completed DB for the first time (as had I). I dunno, but Serah (my main) has a personality almost like you see in old fashioned samurais. She believes in honor when in battle, however backwards that may be as a Dark Brotherhood assassin/the Listener. She has an odd sense of honor, lets put it that way, and she hates hurting anyone who doesn't truly deserve it. So after all she had heard about the Emperor, and even the fact Motierre sent Serah to kill him - and then meeting him and discovering he was a really nice guy. That pissed Serah off. She felt almost betrayed in a way. Killing the Emperor she had heard about in rumors was one thing - he was an ass and a tyrant. But this version? Nah. So she felt justified turning the tables back on Motierre. She wouldn'tve even killed the Emperor if she hadn't have been afraid of invoking the Dread Fathers' wrath (not being able to turn the quest off irl - had to have an in game reason though). Besides, as others have said, he was a loose end and my character thought so as well. Better safe than sorry. Personally I feel much the same way. So even though it took a few reloads, yes, I killed him. :D


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Wippii

Bookworm
Yes, both times. I hate that questline (only done it for the achievements) and therefore did it in a way that allowed me to remain as much of a "good guy" as possible (like not even trying to avoid bounties to pay off). The decision regarding the request was a no-brainer.
 

Wildroses

Well-Known Member
I've only played the DB once because I don't like killing NPCs and I chose to kill the Emperor because I was impressed with how calmly he was taking it and he seemed a nice guy.

I'm not completely sure it was the right thing to do though. The Dark Brotherhood is a business as well as a family and businesses work on a basis of mutual trust and respect between client and contractor. If it got around the Dark Brotherhood killed a client directly after payment was organised, would you hire them?
 

Lucid

Well-Known Member
I've done both, depends on the character. My sociopathic Bosmer did - she probably would have anyway. My Dunmer did not. Without a contract, he would not be a political pawn of the Nibenean.
 

Daelon DuLac

How do you backstab a Dragon?
I did not because he did not perform the Black Sacrament and he was not willing to pay me anything for killing Amaund Motierre. The Emperor expected me to work for free, which is bullpl***..

As much as the technicality of you get whatever Amaund had on his person, and the whole "But it is more fun to stack the body count."

I don't see a reason not too. I mean Titus Mede is a pretty chill dude.
Yes. Not for the Emperor, but because he was a loose end that needed cleaning up. Besides, he's a douche.
That might be the only time I have seen that word applied to Titus when talking about the time talking to him.


I just thought it would be... More chaotic to punch a whole in the plot that lead to the assassination of Titus. After all, power vacuums means more work
I didn't mean that Titus was a douche, Motierre is a douche.
 

Gigapact

Lollygagging Milk Drinker (according to guards)
After assassinating Titus Mede II did you honor his request by murdering Amaund Motierre?

I did not because he did not perform the Black Sacrament and he was not willing to pay me anything for killing Amaund Motierre. The Emperor expected me to work for free, which is bullpl***.

Why would I go out and murder my clients who actually paid me for a job that I've completed? It's not good for business. The contract may of been completed, but Amaund Motierre could be a future client of mine as he seen great results of my work.

Yep, I killed Amaund. When I entered Titus Mede II's cabin in the ship, I started to REALLY like the guy because of his dialogue. By the end of him speaking, I almost didn't want to kill him and started getting "the feels."

Titus was different then any other of the assassinations. He wasn't stupid about it, didn't try to fight it, but instead accepted it. And what kind of cheap kill is that to just stick your sword in them while they don't fight back? I felt cheap.

Plus I hated Amaund. I wanted to kick his ass so bad the whole time. Plus, he's kind of a loose end, and I don't want some jerk like that being in any position of power anyhow. And, if you kill him, he has some excellent loot on him. Some of the best.
 

Raijin

A Mage that loves a Templar
As much as the technicality of you get whatever Amaund had on his person, and the whole "But it is more fun to stack the body count."

I don't see a reason not too. I mean Titus Mede is a pretty chill dude.

Funny that you said that because I use to think the same about Titus Mede II until I finally realize something, as I was browsing through the Emperors bedroom looking for stuffs to steal from last night.
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I found an Elixir of Glibness potion in his bedroom next to a healing potion.

For all we know, prior to entering in his bed room, he could of very well got drunk off of a glibness potion, which explains why he was so calm and so determining.

His honeyed words no longer have an emotional effect on me like it did before, especially after seeing this potion.
 

Seanu Reaves

The Shogun of Gaming
Maybe. Though you are immune to most words like that. So it would be surprising for it to suddenly work. :mad: I know you Harkin!

But that is interesting. I guess the question is: did he just offer you what you wanted? Since the DB is defined by the bloodthirsty nature of their members (Even Lachance was a barely contained psycho)

Plus if you notice it is a different guy the second time. Free money, higher kill count and no skin off your teeth. Win win win.
 

Raijin

A Mage that loves a Templar
Plus if you notice it is a different guy the second time. Free money, higher kill count and no skin off your teeth. Win win win.

I did some looking around and, yes. I notice that the NPCs of Amaund Motierre from from Volunruud and the banner mere look completely different. Was this done intentionally or did Bethesda made the mistake of spawning a different NPC?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/ZoDiaC91/Motierreconspiracy_zps027c327c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/ZoDiaC91/Motierreconspiracy01_zpsa9667d1b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/ZoDiaC91/Motierreconspiracy02_zpsab7b11e5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/ZoDiaC91/MotierreconspiracyProfile_zps0b703240.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/ZoDiaC91/MotierreconspiracyProfile01_zpse26f881b.jpg

The Night Mother even mention that the Amaund Motierre is in the Bannered mare, and to go to him to finish up the contract. I don't think The Night mother would lie to you by sending you off to someone different.

Perhaps he is overwhelmed by what he is doing, and the stress has caught on to him. Who knows.
 

Seanu Reaves

The Shogun of Gaming
It should be noted I am usually an Imperial supporter. So honoring the Emporer is just part of two jobs conflicting and taking the middle ground
 

LessLaw

New Member
I've only played through the DB quest line once. Yes, my character did kill Amaund. He was bound by contact to kill the emperor, but he would not have done so voluntarily. He viewed killing Amaund as an "off the clock" kill.

Amaund was a condescending jerk. Like others noted, he was also a loose end. The only way a secret of that magnitude, killing the emperor, could be kept us if the other parties were dead.
 

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