Prerequisites: Complete Dark Brotherhood Quest: Bound Until Death

Intersecting Quests: Dark Brotherhood Quest: Bound Until Death, Dark Brotherhood Quest: The Cure for Madness

Locations: Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Dragon Bridge, Penitus Oculatus Outpost, Markarth, Guard Tower, Understone Keep, Riften, Mistveil Keep, Solitude, Castle Dour, Emperor’s Tower, Windhelm, Bloodworks, Palace of the Kings, Whiterun, The Bannered Mare, Dragonsreach

Characters: Astrid, Cicero, Gabriella

Enemies: Gaius Maro

Objectives: Speak with Gabriella, Kill Gaius Maro, (Optional) Steal Gaius Maro’s travel schedule, Plant the Incriminating Letter on Gaius Maro’s body, Report back to Gabriella

Eyes on the Penitus Oculatus

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This quest begins once you complete Dark Brotherhood Quest: Bound Until Death.

Objective: Speak with Gabriella

After your talk with Astrid, she recommends you speak with Gabriella, who was also working on the details of the next contract while you were away.

Optionally pass by Veezara (who you can speak with regarding his help during the escape from Solitude); then converse with Gabriella, who tells you your next target, a man named Gaius Maro—apparently an agent of the Emperor’s security force known as the Penitus Oculatus...