Assassin (Oblivion)

"Stranger. You chose a bad day to take up the cause of the Septims."

- The assassin to the Hero of Kvatch

This assassin was a member of the Order of the Mythic Dawn during the final days of the Third Era. He participated in the Assassination of Uriel Septim VII beneath the Imperial Prison, in which the Mythic Dawn plotted to kill the emperor in order to start the subsequent Daedric invasion. When the Mythic Dawn agents had forced the emperor and his Blades guards into a dead end chamber, the assassin entered the chamber via a concealed entrance. While the Blades engaged the Dawn's main force, the assassin killed Uriel VII with a single strike of a Bound Dagger.

The future Hero of Kvatch, who was traveling in the emperor's company, was menaced by the assassin before the Blade Baurus returned to the chamber, having fought off the other agents. Baurus and the assassin engaged each other briefly, before the assassin's death beneath Baurus' Akaviri Katana. His body was held in the chamber during the Imperial Legion's later investigation, lying limply on a wooden table.

Behind the Scenes

 * This assassin is seen in the tutorial section at the game's start, executing the pivotal event of killing the emperor.


 * The assassin's race and gender are seen after his death at Baurus' hands, when his Mythic Dawn Bound Armor vanishes, replaced by simple MD robes.

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion