

You can chat with him if you are interested, but your objective is to kill him. There is a door on the floor of the Inn, locate it to enter the Cellar to find your target. Now you need to find Balagog gro-Nolob in the Cellar of the Nightingale Inn. You will get a bounty for this blatant murder unless you do it while unseen, so a quick retreat or enough money to pay the bounty is key unless your Sneak is high. When he tells you the Gourmet is an Orc named Balagog gro-Nolob staying at Nightingale Inn west of Windhelm, kill him and flee the scene. Make sure you don’t kill him before you get the information you need (you will be prompted to “Kill Anton Virane” when you can actually slay him).

Speak with him and pry out the information you seek by intimidation. You’ll find Anton in Understone Keep in Markarth on the west side of the castle. Astrid suggests you speak with Festus Krex, who gives you information about a signed cookbook owned by a man named Anton Virane in Markarth.Īnton must be killed after you get any relevant information to prevent any problems for the objective, so bring any necessary equipment or items. However, the Dark Brotherhood has been unsuccessful in finding out the true identity of the Gourmet, so it is up to you to figure it out. Remember the talk of the Gourmet before the last incident with Cicero? Your next objective is to find him, kill him, then find a way to take the chef’s place at the next dinner for the Emperor. Drag Balagog’s Body to a Hiding Place (OPTIONAL).


Here is the travel schedule regardless of if you pick it up or not: The travel schedule is found on a table at the Penitus Oculatus Outpost, and you must find it in order to receive your bonus. You forfeit your bonus (a measly 100 gold and the important Olava’s Token for the Dark Brotherhood Radiant Quest – The Feeble Fortune) if you kill him anywhere outside a city, meaning that even if he runs outside the limits, which he is very likely to do, you will not receive anything. To receive the said bonus, you must kill Gaius in one of his city locations and not in Dragon Bridge or any of the connecting roads he travels on. You can refer to the list below of his locations depending on the day of the week and kill him anywhere you can locate him, or you can find the travel schedule and stalk him into a town in order to receive a bonus. You also need to look for any information on the Gourmet, the secretive master chef who will be cooking for the Emperor at a private dinner coming up soon. Gaius is on a mission to check each of the major cities in Skyrim, and it is your mission to kill him and plant a letter on his dead body. It hardly matters to a relentless assassin like you now. Someone will take care of them, or they’ll starve. Collect the Abandoned Shack Key and learn the phrase to enter the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, then leave the other innocent victims behind. Instead of leaving you and your unique talents in the crappy shack, she invites you to become a member of the elite organization. She will congratulate you on your cold-blooded nature and tell you that it didn’t matter who was the real contract because all of them were innocent. Regardless of your reasoning (or lack thereof), kill your choice and return to Astrid. Take your pick of a victim by whatever means you choose. (That means no Shadowmere or future contracts.) If you kill Astrid, you can escape from the Abandoned Shack with the key on her corpse, along with the Blade of Woe.īe forewarned: if you kill Astrid and partake on the next quest, all the future quests with the Dark Brotherhood will be inaccessible from then out. She is a difficult opponent at lower levels, so sneak attacks are wise whenever possible.
