After hearing rumors of a boy attempting to contact the Dark Brotherhood, the player encounters Aventus Aretino who mistakes the Dragonborn for his summoned assassin. To achieve this alternate secret ending, players must first initiate the questline. However, players can choose a different secret ending for the Dark Brotherhood questline - one that ends with their destruction. By getting involved in their deadly questline, the Dragonborn can choose to join the Dark Brotherhood, restoring the group to its former glory and eliminating targets across Skyrim. The Dark Brotherhood, a shadowy group of cold-blooded assassins, is an old and feared organization within The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
