Have you ever thought about what would happen if you talked to Maven Black-Briar at the reception at the Thalmor Embassy while being a member of the Thieves Guild? What will she say then? To find out, I went to Riften, where I helped Brynjolf frame an innocent person. After that, I continued the Thieves Guild storyline until I personally met Maven Black-Briar.
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Pretty sure she has more dialogue if you had finished the Thieves Guild questline and also if your actions helped her gain additional power in Riften.
Now try the dark brotherhood!
You dont actually have to frame the innocent vendor.
You get Brynolf to start distracting the crowd. Drop the ring and wait until the distraction is over and you can still join the guild ☺️👍🏼
Maven blackbriar is probably one the most dangerous characters in Skyrim
Don't know if you made a video of this, but when you do a truse, ceasefire or whatever when doing guest, The fallen. When you haven't chosen a side (storm cloak or imperial) and you manage to let broth parties agree to a temporary truse. Markarth and Riftin are being changed command plus new Jarls are being appointed.. so does that somehow impact your relationship with the previous jarl.. like do you lose statuses or what..?
“Framed an innocent person” RIP brand-shei
She’s a Khunt. One of the only reasons to side against the empire in riften. Without console commands, you can’t destroy her legacy
Thats what she said
Video idea: is it possible to get attacked by miraak's cultists without knowing ur a dragonborn and if it then is what happens
Bro she broke the first rule of fight club 😮
I swear, they put such a surprising amount of effort into this scene that most people blow through in 25 seconds 😅 I swear there's been like three or four of these Thalmor party guest easter eggs, and I wouldn't be surprised to see more.
How stupid and ignorant is she if she thinks she knows everyone in Skyrim and hasn't heard of the legendary Dragonborn and their antics at this point?
I'd rather watch "Here is what happens if you talk to the Maven while being the one who completely annihilated dark brotherhood and thieves guild…"
Sadly you cant kill thieves guild completely, and dark brotherhood dying has no impact, but the idea of making her freak tf out is amusing
Maven the reason to use the enchant alchemy loop and brew a 1.000.000 seconds stun poison give it to her and sit it out. Sorry Todd if you would have made her essentially I wouldn't have to use glitches.
What about if your guildmaster
Maybe if when you are the leader could be a third option, but I doub it
My man is the expert in elongating his sentences, you know his school essays always reached the word limit
Um you do if you want money!
I would like to see her try to blow my cover as a master wizard ,every body gon get fire stormed
I didn’t even notice she was there, ngl.
It’s wild how starfield just didn’t have any of this
Why does she sound like not a total b there?
just say you joined the thieves guild jfc
Purposely fail the framing mission and you still have brad see the dark elf as a merchant trader for selling gooods too
Did Bethesda Hide a Lost Septim? Yes. Will They Do It Again? Definitely and Rune’s Akaviri Connection Might Change Everything!
A Thief in Riften… or a Lost Heir to the Empire discovered?
You’ve come across Rune he’s that minor character in the Thieves Guild. He has no memory of his past, only a name given to him because of strange runes found on his stone and the wreckage of the ship that carried him as a child. But what if this forgotten orphan isn’t just another random NPC?
What if he’s a Septim?
What if he’s the descendant of Uriel Septim V, the Emperor who “died” in Akavir?
What if Bethesda was/is setting up a story about a hidden heir—a bloodline that mixes Imperial royalty and Akaviri heritage and underworld and nobility—but the idea was scrapped or better yet KEPT HIDDEN?
Because when you dig into it, the clues are all there in classic ESU next title fashion.
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1. Rune’s Mysterious Origins – A Shipwreck with Unknown Runes
Rune tells us he was found at sea as a baby, with no memory of his past. The only clue? The wreckage bore markings no one in Skyrim could recognize.
That means the writing wasn’t:
✅ Nordic
✅ Dwemer
✅ Daedric
✅ Aldmeri (which the Thalmor would have identified)
Anyone else…
So what was it?
There’s one forgotten civilization in Elder Scrolls history that used a unique script almost no one in Tamriel could recognize: Akavir.
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2. Uriel Septim V’s “Death” in Akavir (Or Was It?)
In the late Third Era, Emperor Uriel Septim V launched an invasion of Akavir. After two years of fighting, his forces were wiped out at the Battle of Ionith. Officially, he died there.
But Elder Scrolls lore loves hiding the truth behind “official” history.
What if Uriel didn’t just die in Akavir? What if he left descendants?
What if, decades later, one of those descendants—or someone who knew the truth—tried to bring his bloodline back to Tamriel or snatch him away shipwrecking or being deliberately sunk.
And what if that attempt failed catastrophically—leaving a single survivor, a baby, and heir stranded in Skyrim’s troubled waters?
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3. The “Opposite” of Martin Septim’s Hiding Place
Before and during the Oblivion Crisis, the Empire hid Martin Septim in a monastery. That makes sense—he was in a place of learning and safety and- righteous sacrifice.
Everything was scripted from birth and built for him to be the hero and self sacrifice he was meant to become and ultimately lived up to.
But if another Septim heir needed to be hidden after the Septim dynasty fell… the safest way to do it would be to do the opposite especially if their end goals would be different.
Not in a monastery. Not with nobles. Not in Cyrodiil. Not in safety or pious service.
Instead?
• Dump him in Skyrim, where no one would expect a lost Septim heir to be to reignite the Empire.
• Erase his past, so even he doesn’t know who he is-classic.
• Let him grow up as a nobody—a simple thief in the underbelly of Tamriel, where no one will ever look.
Riften’s Thieves Guild is the perfect place to hide a lost heir. After all, who would ever suspect a Septim of pickpocketing in the Ratway or living in an Abby?
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4. What Bethesda Originally Planned for Rune
Here’s where it gets even more interesting. Bethesda has stated everything it originally planned for Rune is done. So what if he’s not supposed to have a bigger role in Skyrim itself like speculation and it’s as they say, I think he’s going to possibly be tied to the original plan for the return of the dragons and a Septum coming back for his throne. If that’s true, then Rune’s backstory might have been connected to more then a mysterious stone—which makes perfect sense if he’s the heir of Uriel V, the Emperor who tried to conquer the land of dragons back but stuck without a clue to who he is Skyrim.
But why was this storyline cut? Was it too ambitious? Did it interfere with the Last Dragonborn’s narrative, definitely Todd told us.
But whatever the case, Rune’s strange, unresolved backstory suggests Bethesda might have left behind pieces of a scrapped storyline on purpose—one that could have tied Tamriel and Akavir together for the first time since the Reman Dynasty.
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What This Could Mean for Elder Scrolls’ Future
Bethesda has kept Akavir a mystery for decades. We’ve seen their influence (the Blades, Tsaesci armor, the Dragonguard), but never the land itself it’s been drip-fed.
If Rune is connected to Akavir, it could mean:
-The Septim bloodline isn’t truly gone honestly we all know this.
-Akavir might return in a future game—possibly even as an invading force especially over a lost heir.
The next Elder Scrolls story might finally explore the connection between Tamriel and Akavir again, revealing a lost history and new future we’ve never seen before.
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So… Who Is Rune?
A lost heir to the Empire and blood descendant of Uriel Septim V, hidden in the underworld of Skyrim a polar opposite to his predecessor?
A bridge between Tamriel and Akavir, whose past was has been erased right in plain sight?
Or just another NPC with wasted potential meant to flavor a faction?
What do you think, was Rune meant to be something more? Or am I reading too deep into one of Skyrim’s last unsolved mysteries?
I have part 2
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