JoS/Lyra/4th Journal - A New Family

Hearthfire, 21st, 4E 201

I decided to head to the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. It's located right by Falkreath and it was a little weird seeing the place I used to live. Even though it wasn't even that long ago, it feels like a different life. Things were so much simpler than. But now I have a new family. It almost feels like it too. Astrid, their leader seems really nice. I bet I could learn a lot of cool things from her. Then there's her husband, Arnbjorn, he's a werewolf and kind of scary so I try to avoid him. Veezra is an Argonian, I haven't met many before but I really like him. There are two wizards, Gabriella seems nice but the old one, Festus Krex is pretty grumpy. The redguard, Nazir who seemed to be Astrid's second in command is nice, but not too friendly and wants me to prove myself first before getting to know someone who will probably be dead soon. I can't really blame him for that. I've definitely cheated death a few times since being left to fend for myself. Plus it’s not like my size would give anyone any confidence at all in my ability to do anything remotely physical.

When I first walked into the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary to meet everyone, I thought they had another kid in the group. She was telling a story about leading some pedophile down a dark alley and biting his neck. I didn't really completely understand until she told me later that she was a vampire and got bitten when she was a kid. Now she still looks like a kid even though she's a few hundred years old. I had heard lots of scary things about vampires before, but I've never met one until today. Her name is Babette and she's really nice. She told me she bets I'll be great at sneaking around because I'm so small and she made being in the Dark Brotherhood seem really fun.

So far, I feel like I came to the right place, but the idea of going out and killing people for money sounds kind of wrong. But I felt like everyone I've killed so far definitely deserved it, so I'll see how it goes.

Nazir gave me my first three targets to get me started. Or contracts as they like to call them. None of the people really seem that bad, I I feel a little strange about just killing them, but I'm heading out tomorrow to start tracking them down. I'm not sure if I'll actually go through with it yet, but I'll at least give it a try.

Hearthfire, 22nd, 4E 201

Traveling by myself on the road is pretty lonely. I'm headed North to do my very first contract. I had a close call with some bandits on the road. One of them saw my and they came after me. Fortunately, it seemed like they were separated from their group because it was just two of them. I was able to sneak and hide from them and they gave up looking for me. Maybe I'll go back and see Yana soon and we can travel together again.

Hearthfire, 25st, 4E 201

The job is done. I killed my first target. Yeah, I feel kind of weird about it but it’s not like it’s the first person I killed. She was the owner of a mine in the town of Dawnstar. The hardest part was doing it without being seen. She spent most of her day outside in full view of people so it’s not like I can just shoot her in broad daylight unless I want to deal with breaking the law and getting myself a huge bounty. So I waited until there was no one around and hit her in the evening when she was leaving her mine. I hit behind a snowberry plant and shot her right in the back of the head. A few people saw her fall, but I managed to sneak away before anyone could pin it on me.

As for Dawnstar, it’s cold and snowy up here and there’s not much to see. I wanted to spend the night at the Inn here, but since I just killed someone here it’s probably got a good idea. People here are also complaining of having nightmares and not getting good sleep. That makes me really it want to stay hee anyways so I guess I’ll just camp out on the road like I have been for the last few nights.

Hearthfire, 28th, 4E 201

My second kill was a mill worker at Angi’s Mill not too far from Windhelm. The man was sound asleep. I double checked the sketch I had of him to make sure it was the right person. I’d hate to kill the wrong person just because I couldn’t see wall in the dark, but as soon as I was sure, I pulled out my bow and just shot him where he lay. He barely even made a sound when he died.

Since I’m right by Windhelm, I’m stopping off to see Yana and I guess let her know what I’m up to. I’m not sure how she feel about it though. How exactly do you tell your friend that you’ve joined a group of elite assassins and have started going around killing people? Not exactly the type of conversation you ever really plan on having.