Finding the Thieves Guild

Overview
Prerequisites: None Faction: N/A Quest giver: Rumors Reward: Finding Armand Christophe

Walkthrough
There are two ways to receive this quest and join the Thieves guild. The first way is to view a "Wanted" poster within the Imperial city depicting Gray Fox, the legendary Robin Hoodesque thief. Once you do this, the "Gray Fox" topic of discussion will open. At this point, go find a beggar (they're pretty obvious: they wear rags and beg for gold), get around 70 disposition with them (bribing works especially well), and ask him about Gray Fox. If your disposition is high enough, he'll tell you to be at the Garden of Dareloth in the Imperial City Waterfront district at midnight. Go there and you'll meet a representative of the Thieves Guild, Armand Christophe, who will give you a task required to join.

The second way to join the guild is by commiting a simple crime and spending time in jail. When you get out of jail and you rest, someone will approach you with a note from the Gray Fox about meeting in the same garden at the Waterfront as above.

When you eventually meet, two other thieves Methredhel and Amusei will want to join the guild as well, so Armand will give a "competition" quest May the Best Thief Win to all three of you. Whoever wins the quest can join the Thieves Guild.