"It's a pity that it's been so long, where is this Elder Scroll?" Librarian Dawn Warhammer Xili sighed. It seems that there are too many unsolved mysteries here.
"It seems that the thief named Ulma Shadow Cloak who stole Barenziah's crown was not just greedy for money. He might have been instructed by someone behind the scenes." The housekeeper also thought about it. Many times things are not as simple as they seem. If Queen Barenzia's crown does have an unknown purpose, then the person who stole it must also have an unknown conspiracy.
"Find Barenziah's crown and 24 Barenziah stones first." The Lord needs more physical evidence.
"Master, legend has it that it was Emperor Tiber Septim who formed the Holy Moth Priests." Dawn Warhammer Xili reminded Wu Chen at the right time.
"Okay, Celie." The Lord Lord thought of another thing: "After the traitor Nightingale Moser Frey was executed by Nightingale Kallia, the Thieves Guild needs to be reorganized as soon as possible. Since Weeks is unwilling to take over, As she said, it is best to find someone with great fortune and longevity. Do you have a suitable candidate?"
"According to tradition, the most powerful Nightingale in the Nightingale Trinity is the leader of the Thieves Guild by default. Since the master has put the Nightingale Trinity in charge of the Black Feather Holy See, it is best to choose a master thief within the guild as the new president." Housekeeper suggestion.
"How about another guild master, Ni Ruyin?" Wu Chen thought of an old friend.
Niruin, a wood elf thief and a master archery trainer. Before joining the Guild he was the son of a wealthy wine merchant in Valen Forest.
It is said that one time after drinking, Ni Ruyin once told Wu Chen that he used to live in Valen Forest and work in his father's alcohol factory. They also boast that they make the best wine in the world. As a result, he made a lot of money, bought an apartment, and even found a young and beautiful fiancée. Also because the work in the winery was too boring, doing the same job every day and dealing with a bunch of people he didn't care about all day long, he was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to find some excitement. So he hooked up with a guild calling itself "Silver Crescent" in Valen Forest and did their dirty work for several years.
Although he doesn't make much money, he doesn't care about money. It was when he went out on adventures with the people of Silver Crescent that he felt alive. After some time, Niruin's father somehow discovered what he was doing behind his back. One night there was a showdown with him and he was asked to make a choice: either leave the Valen Forest or be thrown into prison. And he was only given one day to say goodbye to his family. Thanks to a contract completed by Niruin during the Silver Crescent, the client at that time was Delvin Mallory, the good old man of the Skyrim Thieves Guild. Hearing that he was desperate, he introduced Niruin to the former guild leader Gallus, and he has been staying at the Broken Flagon ever since.
In the end, he told Wu Chen from the bottom of his heart that although he had given up a lot, he had no regrets at all.
A wood elf thief from Valen Forest who doesn't care about money but just wants some excitement. Judging from past experience, he is indeed a 'man of great fortune and longevity'.
As the saying goes, "Thieves also have their ways." In Cyrodiil, the Thieves Guild has three laws that every guild member must abide by.
First, never steal from a union member.
Second, never kill anyone in action.
Third, don’t steal from the poor.
Breaking any of the three laws means being expelled from the Thieves Guild. If a member commits murder, he must "pay in blood" to the guild elders before he can rejoin the guild.
The third rule was to protect farmers and beggars. There is a good relationship between the guild and the beggars. The guilds and their masters, the Gray Foxes, protect beggars and the poor from the power of the Empire and other factions. In turn, the guild will receive great benefits. Beggars serve as the eyes and ears of the guild. Beggars in each town gathered information and became spies for the Thieves Guild.
You must know that the "Green Covenant" believed by the wood elves in Valen Forest also has a creed that cannot kill.
It fits perfectly with the three laws of the Skyrim Thieves Guild.
So the lord granted the wood elf thief master Niruin the "Grey Fox Mask of Nocturnal". Become the new Gray Fox and lead the Thieves Guild.
Nocturnal's Gray Fox Mask is a demonic artifact that once belonged to Nocturnal. It is made of dark leather and covers the wearer's face. Nocturnal is revered as a goddess by the thieves of Tamriel. But her reputation as "Lord of Shadows" sometimes leads certain thieves to try to steal an item from her to prove their greatness. Since Nocturnal is often depicted wearing her cloak and mask, legend has it that these two items were stolen. As it stands, the story of Nocturnal's stolen cloak may be fiction, but at least one story of the stolen mask is credible. It is said that the mask has left Nocturnal and is no longer hers. It appears to have been stolen by a thief named Emer Dareloth, the leader of the Thieves Guild and the first Corvus Umbranox. Although Nocturnal placed a curse on the mask, meaning that the mask's bearer's name would be lost to mortal memory: "Whoever wears it is lost in the shadows. Unknown to all who meet him." His true nature. His identity will shock all history and records. Memories will remain hidden in the shadows, and all those who encountered him will refuse to bear his name in their minds. He will be masked Known and known only by the mask.”
But by rewriting history with The Elder Scrolls, this curse was broken.
The mask is engraved with the devil's words "The shadows walk with you." This sentence is also often used as a code word among thieves, or as a compliment to Nocturnal, or it may be the literal meaning. The Nightingales of Nocturnal believe that the correct meaning of this sentence refers to their destiny after death, that the souls of Nightingales travel to the eternal twilight and become part of the shadows, which will also be the shadows that will help the thieves in their work in the future.
After the Mask of the Gray Fox was stolen by Emer Delros, the mask cursed by Nocturnal was passed from his hand to the next Master of the Thieves' Guild. This forces each generation of Thieves Guild Master to wear the cursed gray fox mask and be forgotten by everyone.
Although the story is considered by most to be a fictional legend, the identity of the Gray Fox has persisted for three hundred years, except that these individuals lost their personal identities and became unknown as mask bearers. People believe that gray foxes have supernatural and wonderful stealing abilities. At the same time, gray foxes are also regarded as heroic beings by beggars and the lower-class people of Cyrodiil.
The curse was finally broken in 3E 433. At that time, Corvus Umbranox, the gray fox, asked a thief from the Thieves Guild to steal an Elder Scroll from the Imperial Library. Umbra Knox then used the scroll to rewrite history and lift Nocturnal's curse. Without the curse, the guild leader was able to function normally, and the Thieves Guild became more and more prosperous. Ambranox regained his identity and title of Earl of Anvil, and the mask was passed on to the next Guildmaster, the master thief who helped him steal the Elder Scrolls. Although the curse is gone, the mask still conceals the wearer's true identity and is still believed to be the Gray Fox.
As of 4E 201, the Gray Fox remained a highly respected character among rogues. Now, the lord has returned to tradition and appointed the latest generation of gray foxes.
Of course, the most intriguing part of this Gray Fox legend is the way the Thieves Guild lifted the Curse of Nocturnal: using The Elder Scrolls to rewrite history.
In other words, this is exactly the same as the Lord rewriting "The Elder Scrolls: Dragon" into "The Elder Scroll: Scarlet Dragon".
