Shadows from within
This story is set before the Emperor or any of his sons were assassinated and while the Dark Brotherhood still had all of their Guildhalls working.

I wrote this to try and fill the gap of how a lot of the Dark Brotherhood's Guildhalls were attacked from the inside and why? Also until now everyone has thought the Mithic Dawn were responsible for the deaths of both the emperor and his sons, this story gives another possibility involving everyone's most hated Darkelf, Valen Dreth! This also will explain how he might have ended up in jail.

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Valen Dreth was only a young Darkelf at about the age of 9, when guards stormed his father's house in Cheydinhal.
Valen could do nothing but watch and hide under a wooden table as the group of city watchmen beat his father into a bloody mess!

"We know that you took Nebise's ring, you filthy Darkelf!" shouted one of the guards.

"Please don't...hurt me!"Pleaded Tenir, who was Valen's Father, "I...I didn't take anything!"

"Liar!" And with that, a guard lodged his blade deep into Tenir's chest. Blood dribbled everywhere and Tenir took his last breathe, he coughed up more blood and then collapsed into a pile not far from Valen's hiding place!

The guards entered Valen's mother's room and soon she could be heard screaming in pain as the guards tortured her in ways unimaginable.
Valen crept out from under the table trying not to make much noise. He approached his father's corpse and he wept quietly, unable to hold back the tears.

"Father, I promise to avenge your death! I will get these Imperial scum and I will make them pay with more than just their lives!" promised Valen to his father's bleeding corpse.

Valen heard his mother gasp for air as the watchmen slit her throat, showing no mercy!
The guards came out of the room only to find that the door was wide open and the sword that had once been in Tenir's chest had been dislodged and was now in possession of whoever had taken it!

"I bet it was the child! Valen Dreth!" stated the guard as they all quickly left the house in search of Valen.

7 years later
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Valen Dreth stabbed the Nord in the back of the skull with his dagger, killing him instantly and showering Valen in blood!
Only a few minutes ago Valen had been talking to the Nord over a drink about how many people were dying, little did he know that Valen was there only to kill him!

Valen Dreth cleaned his weapon and he left the Nord lying face down dead on the dark pier.
Suddenly a dark robbed figure appeared before Valen.

"Well done Valen, you have quite a nice bit of anger there, it could be useful. I'm here to tell you that you have now been accepted into the Dark Brotherhood! You will be posted at a guildhall in the Imperial city. You must now go there immediately .Good luck" said Lucien Lachance.
Lucien disappeared right before Valen Dreth, leaving him alone out in the cold, dark night.

Valen had been lucky and he was able to go along with a merchant caravan that was going to Bruma after he ran away from his house. Once Valen Dreth was in Bruma he was contacted by Lucien Lachance after he had killed an orc in a brutal bar fight.

Valen packed his equipment and he purchased a horse that could get him to the Imperial city. He still had no idea were in the Imperial city the guildhall was but he would worry about that later. Right now he was just focused on leaving Bruma.

He mounted his horse outside the city and he began the long ride to the Imperial city.

After what seemed like years of travelling Valen Dreth finally came to the Imperial city. Valen tied up his horse in the stables and he entered the great city. It was the greatest thing Valen Dreth had ever seen, crowds of people were rushing back and forth in between large white buildings.

Valen also noticed the large amount of guards on both the high walls and down on the ground. He covered his weapons with his dark green coat and he began to search for Lucien or anyone else dressed similar to him.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here boys!" shouted a voice from behind Valen Dreth.
He turned only to be face to face with the guards that had killed his family 7 years ago!
Their post must have been moved, to the Imperial city!

TO BE CONTINUED...