Babette

"In truth, I'm no more a little girl than you are. I was once, of course. Three hundred years ago. Vampirism tends to keep one remarkably... fresh."

- Babette

Babette is a Vampire in. As a member of the Dark Brotherhood, she also functions as a merchant of potions and ingredients, as well as being a master trainer of Alchemy. Usually Babette talks to Gabriella about her recent contracts. Cicero refers to her as the Un-Child.

Babette is usually found sitting down looking at Lis's spider nest along with Gabriella and Festus Krex. On occasion, she may be spotted around the sanctuary feeding on dead bodies.

Biography
At the age of ten, Babette was bitten by a vampire, becoming one herself. She's lived over three hundred years as one, and boasts about how her innocent appearance makes killing easier. Because of her age, it can be inferred that she existed during the Oblivion Crisis of 3E 433.

Interactions
In the Falkreath Sanctuary, she sells potions and alchemy items. Babette has more gold than the typical alchemist. She is always available for Alchemy training. Money Babette receives as a skill trainer is added to her available funds to buy things as a merchant. Babette cannot be pickpocketed or harmed in any way because she has the body of a child.

Upon first meeting her, Babette tells the story of a pedophilic man who offered her candy. The man followed her into a dark alleyway, which Babette claimed was a shortcut to a candy shop. She then killed him with her vampire fangs.

After "Death Incarnate"
She, along with the Dragonborn, Nazir, and Cicero (if he was not killed in an earlier quest "The Cure for Madness") are the only members of the Dark Brotherhood to survive the Penitus Oculatus attack on the Sanctuary. As such, she moves to the Dawnstar Sanctuary and continues selling potions.

In, Babette becomes a random encounter, found wandering the wilderness of Skyrim in search of a "snack". If asked if she is hunting she may remark that, while they cook at the Sanctuary, she has "more refined tastes". If Auriel's Bow is used to block out the sun, she comments on it, saying, "...the tyranny of the sun is over," and, "it's our time." She also says some of the standard NPC lines, such as, "the sky is all wrong."

Wares

 * After completing the Dark Brotherhood questline, two Daedra Hearts can be purchased from her in the Dawnstar Sanctuary.
 * Babette sells one Nirnroot and two Deathbells every two days. These ingredients are useful for Ingun Black-Briar's task.

Quests

 * Death Incarnate - assist Brotherhood members in the fight against the Penitus Oculatus assault.

Trivia

 * In the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, when the spider Lis is killed, the assassins attempt revenge, while Babette only says, "Why are they fighting?" as if she were a normal child, not a vampire.
 * When recording Babette's lines, Harley Graham made a blunder in the line, "Got a pretty full stock of potions and alchemy reagents" She sounds out the word "alchemy" and mispronounces it. This was not done over, and remains in the game.
 * Her name in Hebrew means "My God is plentiful"
 * When the spell Detect Life is cast, Babette will not be highlighted.
 * If the members of the Dark Brotherhood are killed in Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!, Babette is not among the members in the sanctuary. This is probably because, since children can not be killed, her presence would make the quest impossible to complete.
 * Babette mentions that she loves the Gourmet's recipes, implying that Skyrim's vampires can still enjoy human food.

Appearances


Babette