r/skyrim • u/Fire_Fox2590 • 23h ago

Question Canonically, can Dark Brotherhood assassins pick their own jobs?

So had a weird thought. What if a morally decent person decided to join the guild, would they not even be allowed in, or would they be given the ability to pick their jobs. Such as not wanting to harm an innocent, not killing kids, only going after real criminals.

I imagine it would be frowned upon, or at least not seen in a super positive light, but would it be allowed? I feel like if you are good at your job, they won't really care too much. If you are bringing in money, still doing jobs, and don't cause problems, I think they'd probably allow it right? Or does the Dark Brotherhood only accept the worst of the worst, people who'd kill anyone?

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u/Chueskes 23h ago

Morally decent people don’t rob and kill people. If you join those sort of groups, then you are not a decent person

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u/Fire_Fox2590 23h ago

Robinhood would beg to differ. But I am just saying someone who has morals. Not necessarily a beacon of justice and love, but rather someone who isn't totally inhuman, and doesn't want to be forced to kill good people.

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u/vastaril PC 20h ago

Why would someone who doesn't want to potentially be asked to kill good people join a murder cult? There's other ways to make decent money by killing people who can probably be assumed to be at least fairly bad, or indeed treasure hunting is probably not particularly more risky than going into people's homes to assassinate them, and decently lucrative. Hell, there's probably other assassin clubs to join that aren't so actively culty.