This one time , I broke into an abandoned house and found a kid performing some sort of ritual , I asked him what was going on and he said he was trying to summon a group of assassin ' s , he thought i was one of them . So I played along and helped him out , he wanted me to kill the owner of an orphanage in a city just south of where we were . So I killed the women , and returned for my reward . The next day , after falling asleep I awoke in some sort of abandoned shack in the middle of nowhere . A mysterious women was there , and so where 3 people with hoods over their heads , bound , and kneeling on the floor . The mysterious women told me she is from the group of assassins , the dark brotherhood and that I stole one of their kills , so to repay the debt I had to kill one of the 3 prisoners . Long story short , I killed a bunch of people yada yada yada , killed an emperor , became leader of the dark brotherhood . yada yada yada and here I am today !