Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-25479664-20151102134911

Emperor Maximus wrote: Back to the original point of this thread...

I feel that the Dark Brotherhood can best be descfibed by the D&D alignment system, in which they would be Lawful Evil.

This means that what they do is, inherently, evil: they murder for profit. But, they stick to a strict code, and they do what they do for a cause. Looking at the tenets of the brotherhood we can easily see this code, and their cause is obeying the will of Sithis and the Night Mother. 19/20 of their targets are innocent people, just trying to get by, or generally do good. Simply having a "code" does not make one "good". Most organized crime groups have code, but they are involved in some pretty screwed up stuff. The DB ought to be destroyed for good. They do far more harm than help to the people of Tamriel, and they are a bunch of sadists. Killing them is obviously the best option morally. Unless the Dragonborn intends to reform the Brotherhood into some sort of pseudo-benevolent vigalante force, than they should be erased from existence. Even the latter option involves the deaths of many innocent victims!