Delvin Mallory (Skyrim)

Delvin Mallory is a Breton thief and a member of the Thieves Guild in Riften. He authored the book Shadowmarks, which helps members of the guild recognize which merchants are worth looting and which are potentially hostile.

Reviving the guild
He asks the Dragonborn to help him return the Guild to its former glory, and will give the Dragonborn multiple jobs. You can also sell him rare items called Larceny Targets for 300-700. These are, in chronological order:
 * Queen Bee Statue
 * Honningbrew Decanter
 * East Empire Trading Map
 * Model Ship
 * Dwemer Puzzle Cube
 * Bust of the Gray Fox
 * Left Eye of the Falmer.

These rare treasures are placed on or near the desk next to the guild treasury in the Ragged Flagon-Cistern.

Connections to the Dark Brotherhood
As a friend of Astrid and the Dark Brotherhood, he often sells jewelry and items on credit, when contracts pay the brotherhood with them instead of gold.

When Amaund Motierre employs the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood with assassinating Emperor Titus Mede II, he pays with an amulet of the Elder Council. Astrid sends the Listener to speak with Delvin at The Ragged Flagon to receive credit for the amulet. Although suspicious of how the brotherhood came to acquire the amulet, he willingly accepts it.

Related Quests

 * The Numbers Job
 * The Fishing Job
 * The Bedlam Job
 * Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head

Bugs

 * Sometimes when you accept all the 3 repeatable quests, Delvin will not respond to a completed quest. You will only be able to turn in one of the three and you will be stuck with the other two. You will also not be able to accept a new quest of this sort.


 * If you accept the quest to help Torsten Cruel-Sea, you will not be able to return any items to Delvin until finishing this quest (including the Eyes of the Falmer, Dwemer Puzzle Cube, etc.) You also will not be able to finish jobs or start any new ones. When you finish the specific side quest and retrieve the locket, you can again return items to Delvin and take on new jobs.

Behind the Scenes

 * A Warning and A Timely Offer are both addressed to Delvin.
 * His appearance and speech resemble British actor Jason Statham, known for his roles in "Snatch", "The Transporter", and "The Italian Job".

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim