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The [[Dark Brotherhood]] was originally bound by the rules known as '''The Five Tenets'''. By the [[Fourth Era]], the leader of the Brotherhood in [[Skyrim]], [[Astrid]] has since revoked this code, and chooses to do whatever she pleases, as "her word is law."
 
 
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{{For|the annotated version in ''Dark Brotherhood''|The Five Tenets (Dark Brotherhood)}}
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'''''The Five Tenets''''' is a [[Books (Oblivion)|book]] in {{Oblivion}}.
   
==Summary==
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This book details the core values of the Dark Brotherhood. They have since been abandoned in [[Skyrim]].
 
 
==Known locations==
 
 
===Oblivion===
 
===Oblivion===
 
*[[Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Oblivion)|Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary]]
 
*[[Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Oblivion)|Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary]]
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*Carried by [[Vicente Valtieri]]
 
*Carried by [[Vicente Valtieri]]
   
===Skyrim===
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*[[Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Skyrim)|Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary]], written on the wall.
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*[[Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Online)|Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary]], on a table opposite the chambers of [[Astara Caerellius]].
   
==Content==
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==Contents==
 
Tenet 1: Never dishonor the [[Night Mother]]. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of [[Sithis (Deity)|Sithis]].
 
Tenet 1: Never dishonor the [[Night Mother]]. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of [[Sithis (Deity)|Sithis]].
   
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Tenet 5: Never kill a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
 
Tenet 5: Never kill a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.
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==Gallery==
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The Five Tenets.png|As seen in ''The Elder Scrolls Online''
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*Curiously, the Tenets seem to have been created by Sithis. They say that killing a Dark Brother or Sister will invoke the Wrath of Sithis, so, if these were created by Sithis, Astrid would technically be violating her master's rules by revoking the Tenets.
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*The Tenets seem to have been created by Sithis. They say that killing a Dark Brother or Sister will invoke the Wrath of Sithis, so, if these were created by Sithis, Astrid would technically be violating her master's rules by revoking the Tenets, although at that time they were revoked by the Brotherhood.
*Interestingly enough, Astrid breaks all the Tenets during the [[Quests (Skyrim)#Dark_Brotherhood|Dark Brotherhood quests]].
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*[[Astrid (Skyrim)|Astrid]] breaks all of the Tenets during the [[Quests (Skyrim)#Dark Brotherhood|Dark Brotherhood questline]]:
 
**Tenet 1: She dishonors the Night Mother by her reaction and attitude to having the Night Mother's corpse reside in the Falkreath Sanctuary.
 
**Tenet 1: She dishonors the Night Mother by her reaction and attitude to having the Night Mother's corpse reside in the Falkreath Sanctuary.
**Tenets 2 and 5: She betrays the Dark Brotherhood, and directly leads to the deaths of most of the members.
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**Tenets 2 and 5: She betrays the Dark Brotherhood, and is therefore responsible for the deaths of most of its members.
 
**Tenet 3: She initially disobeys and refuses to carry out the Night Mother‘s wishes for the [[Last Dragonborn|Dragonborn]] to seek out Amaund Motierre at Volunruud.
 
**Tenet 3: She initially disobeys and refuses to carry out the Night Mother‘s wishes for the [[Last Dragonborn|Dragonborn]] to seek out Amaund Motierre at Volunruud.
**Tenet 4: By having you take Cicero's journals in [[The Cure for Madness]].
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**Tenet 4: By having the Dragonborn take Cicero's journals in "The Cure for Madness."
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*The book is part of the ''[[Criminal Correspondence]]'' collection in {{Online|!}}.
*It is possible that perhaps she did in fact invoke the Wrath of Sithis. In the end she realizes this and invokes the Black Sacrament on herself, fulfilling Sithis' Wrath.
 
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*The plaques for the Tenets appear in the Sanctuaries in [[Skyrim]], but are incredibly faded and difficult to read.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*{{Oblivion}}
 
*{{Oblivion}}
*{{Skyrim}} {{Mo}}
 
 
*{{Online}}
 
*{{Online}}
   
 
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[[ru:Пять догматов]]
 
[[Category:Books about the Dark Brotherhood]]
 
[[Category:Books about the Dark Brotherhood]]
 
[[Category:Online: Books]]
 
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[[Category:Online: Criminal Correspondence]]

Revision as of 00:53, 17 June 2020

Main article: Books (Oblivion)
For the annotated version in Dark Brotherhood, see The Five Tenets (Dark Brotherhood).

The Five Tenets is a book in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Locations

Oblivion

Online

Contents

Tenet 1: Never dishonor the Night Mother. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.

Tenet 2: Never betray the Dark Brotherhood or its secrets. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.

Tenet 3: Never disobey or refuse to carry out an order from a Dark Brotherhood superior. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.

Tenet 4: Never steal the possessions of a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.

Tenet 5: Never kill a Dark Brother or Dark Sister. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis.

Gallery

Trivia

  • The Tenets seem to have been created by Sithis. They say that killing a Dark Brother or Sister will invoke the Wrath of Sithis, so, if these were created by Sithis, Astrid would technically be violating her master's rules by revoking the Tenets, although at that time they were revoked by the Brotherhood.
  • Astrid breaks all of the Tenets during the Dark Brotherhood questline:
    • Tenet 1: She dishonors the Night Mother by her reaction and attitude to having the Night Mother's corpse reside in the Falkreath Sanctuary.
    • Tenets 2 and 5: She betrays the Dark Brotherhood, and is therefore responsible for the deaths of most of its members.
    • Tenet 3: She initially disobeys and refuses to carry out the Night Mother‘s wishes for the Dragonborn to seek out Amaund Motierre at Volunruud.
    • Tenet 4: By having the Dragonborn take Cicero's journals in "The Cure for Madness."
  • The book is part of the Criminal Correspondence collection in Online.
  • The plaques for the Tenets appear in the Sanctuaries in Skyrim, but are incredibly faded and difficult to read.

Appearances

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