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==Current Best Route==

''Quest stages are indicated in parentheses at the end of each step when they are updated. Keep in mind that these optimized steps are within the context of the 100% speedrun route, meaning that certain items and setups are sometimes assumed to have already been performed prior to the start of the quest.''

# Talk to NPC:
#* ''↳ speech option that sets stage'' '''(10)'''
# Perform action. '''(✔ 100)'''

==Bugs==

Currently there are no known bugs associated with this quest that affect the 100% route.

==Route Logic Considerations==

There are no significant route logic considerations for this quest.

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==Script Analysis==

No script analysis has been done for this quest.

==Quest Stages==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ A Knife in the Dark (Dark01Knife)
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! Stage !! Finish !! setstage Scripts !! Journal Entry
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| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" |
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|| While sleeping, I was visited by Lucien Lachance, a representative for the assassins guild known as the Dark Brotherhood. He said that if I wish to join his "family," I must go to the Inn of Ill Omen, find a man named Rufio, and kill him. If I simply leave Rufio alone, Lachance will never visit me again.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|| The man named Rufio is dead. The next time I sleep in a location he deems secure, Lucien Lachance will visit me once more, and complete my entrance into the Dark Brotherhood.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|| I must now go to the abandoned house in the city of Cheydinhal, and attempt to open the door in the basement. When questioned, I must answer with "Sanguine, my Brother" to gain access to the secret Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. Once inside, I should speak with Ocheeva.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|| I have gained entrance into the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. I must now speak with Ocheeva.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 100
| style="text-align:center;" | ✔
| style="text-align:center;" |
|| I have spoken with Ocheeva.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 115
| style="text-align:center;" | ✔
| style="text-align:center;" |
|| Lucien Lachance, the Dark Brotherhood's representative, has been killed. He was my link to the mysterious assassins guild, and now that link has been severed... forever.
|}