Assuming the "We Know" note seen in the Quakecon footage a while back is a note given to the PC to by a member of the Black Hand to notify them the PC has been observed by the Dark Brotherhood, I'm wondering what choices the player will have to make in order to get that note. The obvious answer is to kill someone but I hope not just once like in Oblivion. I'm hoping it will depend on distance from the DB location. For example, say the DB is located in Solitude. If the PC kills one person in Solitude, there will be a higher chance (not 100% chance, maybe 85%) of receiving that note. But if the PC kills three people in Whiterun, there will be a lower chance of receiving the note. And so on and so forth.

But this is how I imagine what happens after PC receives the note. PC goes to sleep for a little while and then comes a loading screen which triggers the first DB quest when you end up in the DB Sanctuary after being kidnapped by a member of the DB. Kind of cheesy, I know. But that's kind of how I see it.

Discuss everything Dark Brotherhood.

I'm wondering how you get that note.
Does a DB member just walk up to you and hand it to you? Doubtful.

quite like the idea of the Brotherhood kidnaping you, though I doubt its the case

i think the DB has like, eyes and ears in all places in skyrim. that or sithis and the nightmother witness the murder and (im assuming seeing your fate of the most bad ass thing to happen to the skyrim DB chapter) request your membership.

EDIT: TRANSLATE: 1 murder anywhere in the game = DB get
oh and kidnapping idea, GENIUS

We know note? I don't remember that in any footage..

Twas' the "unexpected" Quakecon footage.

Personally, I hope there's a group of assassination quests that aren't Dark Brotherhood affiliated and after completing one or more of these 'freelance assassinations,' then the Dark Brotherhood would contact you.

Sithis may or may not be an actual entity. Some think of him more as an idea, more or less just representing chaos and putting a face to it(chaos).

umm, Link?

That's also a pretty good idea. Like a test but they could be from people part of the DB that you do not yet know about until you pass the test(s). And could be a very good and valid reason to get a note that says "We know."

@Crescent. Can't. It's not legal footage. Do I have to spell it out? It was LEAKED!

Stop right there, criminal scum!

And I read somewhere, at least I'm sure I did, but there was this one guy previewing the game and was attacked by bandits, while searching their corpses, he found the note on one of them. And highlighted the fact he had murdered someone earlier on.

now that could be interesting... it's like not only do they know who you killed, but they also knew you were going to kill that bandit. The Dark Brotherhood really are THAT good.

I like the idea of them kidnapping you and forcing you to fight your way out of a dungeon as a test. Well, I assume that's what you meant by kidnapping.

Maybe a member of the black hand leaves it in your pocket as you sleep. You won't realise it's there until you stumble across it when you awake

the black hand are always watching :stare:

and your avatar is the reason a lot of misspelled google words can lead to horrific pictures :cold:

Can anyone please put a link to this video if their is one?

maybe the DB hire a member of the thieves guild to put it there so you don't notice? Or it's like in Oblivion, maybe they'll kidnap you and put you in loads of life threatening situations(like a long obsticle course) and at the end of the Cave/House/Mansion/Castle etc, there will be a DB member waiting to take you to the DB headquaters? i like it, so many different ways, it's exciting

Probably just "LULZ WE KNO U KILLZ THAT NPC JOINS USSSSSSSS!!!!".

We can't I just said in my last post to you that it was leaked. It's against the forum rules to post unofficial footage that was recorded by a non-staff member.

The night mother states in Oblivion that you were chosen from birth by Sithis. If you choose this dark path I am certain she already knows of your existence. This is why the DB have been watching you all this time.

sorry, forgot to add something, and like halfway around the obsticle course you find the note on a dead body/in a chest etc

You will get a note in your house (if you do not own a house you'll get it when you sleep at a motel) in the night and you'll find it pinned down to a wall with a 'Dark Brotherhood' dagger. You have to 3D examine that dagger in order to find the Dark Brotherhood's HQ and upon arrival in the HQ you'll need to show the Dark Brotherhood member guarding the entrance BOTH the note and the dagger. My friend told me and he played at PAX. Hope it's true.

Spoilers much?

If I were doing, it would work like this:
Selection: Anytime the player kills someone that the game suspects of being an innocent, the action would be noted like in Oblivion. However, additional requirements would be imposed - you would have to not get caught (edit: not just avoid arrest, but avoid getting a bounty put on you in the first place), and a single kill wouldn't be enough - several would be needed. This helps establish that the player is a potential assassin (ie not getting caught, not just a one-time thing), and establish plausibility - this way the DB isn't required to know about every single kill that ever happens even in utmost secret, just a lot of otherwise hidden kills.
Recruitment: I was thinking of something like Daggerfalls, with a mysterious untracable note arriving (slipped in to your pack or conveyed by disposable courriers or some other such untraceable route) suggesting that the DB would consider you competition if you didn't join up now, and giving details on how to perform your join-up quest. But the kidnapping idea above in this thread sounds nice too.

YOU RUINED IT FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!! lol, i joke, sounds cool