Players can simply walk up and fight with their target. With the Morag Tong, the assassinations don’t necessarily require secrecy. Members of the Morag Tong do show up in other games, but they are not joinable as a faction. Most of the lore surrounding the Morag Tong comes from Morrowind. The Dark Brotherhood has appeared in the main Elder Scrolls games, and each time players learn more about them, especially during The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Skyrim. In fact, the only way to join the Elder Scrolls' Dark Brotherhood was by killing someone first. They frown upon murdering innocents, unlike the Dark Brotherhood.
The Morag Tong have a strict code of conduct when it comes to killing, using writs of execution. They have ties with the ruling council of Morrowind, which means that though they aren’t liked by everyone, they do have an air of legitimacy, and act as a tool of the government. The Morag Tong are considered honorable assassins, at least by those in power. Related: Skyrim: All Pros & Cons Of Joining The Dark Brotherhood The Dark Brotherhood appears in Morrowind too, especially in the Tribunal expansion, but they are not a joinable faction in the game.
This also conveniently explains why they weren’t encountered in previous games. In the story of Morrowind, they have been around since the first era, but since the Morag Tong headquarters is in the Imperial province of Morrowind, this is where they tend to operate. Morrowind is one of fans' favorite Elder Scrolls games because it expanded the lore of the series tremendously, creating entirely new factions. The Morag Tong was first introduced in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and features prominently as one of the joinable factions. They broke off and formed their own guild, and a feud has existed ever since. The founding members of the Dark Brotherhood felt that the ways in which the Morag Tong conducted business were too tame, with the same aggrieved members also being more interested in killing for money. According to Elder Scrolls lore, the Dark Brotherhood began as an offshoot of an older assassin group known as the Morag Tong. If there is ANY non-hostile NPC in the game that actually deserves to die, then I would say that it would absolutely be LEMKIL.There are many guilds in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, among them the shadowy organization of joinable assassins known as the Dark Brotherhood, who have a feud with the Morrowind-based assassins of the Morag Tong. The WORST part is that, if Lemkil ever witnesses you engaging in a fight (whether that be a brawl, murdering another NPC, or even just fighting off bandits), then there is a random chance that he might send you a letter commenting on how he was "impressed" by you, and he therefore wants to hire you.TO BEAT UP ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS! The scumbag hates his own daughters so much, that he is literally willing to pay A TOTAL STRANGER to ASSAULT A CHILD in order to "teach them a lesson". And that's not even the WORST part about Lemkil.
THAT dirtbag is a widower whose wife died in childbirth (and to make matters even worse, he seems to actually blame both of his daughters for his wife's death) and as a result, he treats his own children like absolute crap.to the point that even Rorikstead's other NPCs will outright confront him over how poorly he treats his two daughters. To me, THAT particular dishonor goes to LEMKIL in Rorikstead. There have been many times where I was sorely tempted to murder the guy and be done with it just so that I didn't have to listen to him talk down to me (and every other Whiterun NPC) anymore.īut to be completely fair to Nazeem, he's by no means the most vile NPC in the game.