Our Story

Our story is one you have likely already heard, muttered quietly by shadows in dark corners in the Refuges beneath the streets of Tamriel's many cities... Though of course, now that you are here, having found your way into our little nest by some grace of Nocturnal, it is now your story, as well.

In The Beginning
A long time ago the Thieves Guild was a magnificent order - family - of criminals with an iron-fist influence that stretched across the Reman Empire, of course back then they were not known as a guild, as that term only came about with the rule of the Akaviri Potentates in the early years of the Second Era.

They were a myth to most, a shadowy army of thousands, whose fingers reached into the deepest pockets of civilisation, crushing any opposition that arose to test them.. though of course, luck only goes so far.

The Sundering
None of those who remain knows exactly what happened. Some speculate the guild's leadership was killed in the Soulburst, while others believe they were betrayed from within, only to have the Soulburst compound the problem - whichever story is true, the effect is clear for all to see. The guild was shattered in the massive upheavals, allowing the seeds of the "criminal gangs" you see everywhere to take root across Tamriel while the guild dwindled away in the dark.

Those who could - those who had been away from Cyrodiil at the time, or those just plain lucky enough to survive the Soulburst - scattered and went into hiding, trying to make sense of the situation, and find somewhere to shelter while the world burned under Molag Bal's grasp. Others infiltrated the criminal gangs that had arisen from our suffering, clawing their way to some level of influence where possible, as they waited to see which way the world would turn.

Darkness Falls Again
Though of course, as we know now, the world did not fall. A great hero arose as the world burnt and put an end to the Daedric Prince's madness before his plans could be completed.

As the Daedra began to disappear from the face of Nirn, the shadows began to stir; in the back alleys, the woods, and the mountains. We knew that now was our opportunity to reclaim what we had lost, and we would not sit idle.

So now you're here. Now you know... I hope somewhere in this you've found some enlightenment in this little story, because now it is yours.