Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20140717231949

(The Burned-Mane Canon)

(Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)

For a long time the people of Riften have known of the Thieves Guild presence in the Ratways. The Jarl, Laila Law-Giver, had given the job of taking down the Thieves Guild to Maven Black-Briar. It had been almost two decades and the situation in Riften just keeps getting worse. The only thieves that ever get caught in Riften are independent thieves that are trying to take advantage of the situation. Maven protects the Thieves Guild and uses her connections to basically act as the Under-Jarl of Riften.

It has been two months since Ulfric's ultimatum. Laila has since put Thane Mjoll in charge of dealing with the Thieves Guild in Riften. The thane tried to go with some men into the Ratways but was ambushed, corrupt guards told Maven of her plan. Since then Mjoll and some other lawful guards have been trying to find who the corrupt guards were while also trying to get dirt on Maven. Laila and Maven had a little of a falling out, and since then Maven has been trying to get close to Laila's youngest son, Saerlund, for unknown reasons. Karliah and a few other members of the Thieves Guild have started to become fed up with Maven for bossing them around as if she owned them. Because Mjoll has been investigating her Maven ordered the guild to have a thief tail the thane at all times and then ordered the kidnapping of her family as insurance in case she found dirt on Maven. Two lawful guards infiltrated Maven's Lodge east of Riften and found some papers in a safe that might tie her to the Thieves Guild.

Another month has passed and so much has changed. Maven used Mjoll family as a means of getting back the evidence that was taken from her lodge. Mjoll then quit her job as leader of the guard to take care of her husband, for fear that Maven would take him away again. Francois was promoted to Guard Captain. He ordered Arnor and Abbard to go to the Ratways and find the Thieves Guild hideout, they made it to the Ragged Flagon and the Black Market but were forced to get back to the surface because of events that unfolded above. Maven had contacted the Dark Brotherhood and had them kill Laila Law-Giver, and planted evidence to put the blame on Laila's oldest son, Harrald. Saerlund was then made Jarl, and Maven became his advisor. Francois found out about the Dark Brotherhood's involvement because he knew the assassin, Aventus Arentino, his brother. Maven then had Maul throw Francois into the lake to try to kill him, luckily for Francois a guard named Lieli saved him. Francois then had to run away from Riften to escape Maven. Maven had Saerlund appoint a corrupt guard, Tobias, as the new guard Captain. Tobias was tasked with getting rid of every uncorrupt guard in Riften, in the process he imprisoned Abbard. Arnor and Lieli then escaped Riften headed to Windhelm to get help from the High King, where they met up with Francois. _________________________


 * Standard RP rules
 * You are not the Dragonborn


 * Only three Nightingales can exist at a time


 * No killing/taking control of other people's characters without theirs or my permission


 * Can't change major plot points without my permission


 * Make characters who will contribute to the story


 * No fooling around, don't have your character be goofing around for no particular reason


 * Multiple characters are allowed, just don't make more than you can handle


 * The year is currently 4E 218

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 * The RP will be set mostly in Riften, which for realism and the RP's sake has been enlarged to about half the size of the Imperial City from Oblivion. It is separated in Districts:
 * The Docks
 * The Canals
 * Market District
 * Keep District
 * Temple District
 * The Ratway.

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 * Maven's Subordinates
 * Skyrim Thieves Guild
 * Corrupt Guards
 * The Rift Guard
 * The Stormcloaks

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