Seriously, Beth made the Dark Brotherhood pretty much dead, Thieves guild is struggling, and the blades are demolished.
Dammit, Bethesda! Which group will you dismantle in the next game?

In the next game....The DB is back,The Thieves guild got the eyes,The Blades have reclaimed their position as the emperors bodyguard.

The TG actually grows pretty well. They gain all their influence back.

If bethesda continues to dumb down their games i surely doubt there will be much guild depth really. The guilds in this game have little to no meaning

blades mostly because whole empire was torn by war and oblivion crisis
thieves guild should thrive in this corrupt times but their storyline is a bit stupid so nvm them
db had some internal problems but they are more or less fine depending on your choice - 2 out of 3 cool chars survive in any case

Pretty much. Having influence in all major holds and having the Guards in your pockets is certainly a good position
And I would argue that the Dark Brotherhood is also in a good shape. The hierarchy of the Nightmother is restored. The non-believers are dead. The Dark Brotherhood gaining a massive spike in their reputation because of

So the player character can save them and rebuild them, I guess.

Thieves guild doesn't count: unlike other guilds, they are not unified across Tamriel but every province has its own criminal syndicate.

anyway, Beth kills the guilds because they got tired of them and are likely changing to province-specific guilds.


Reclaimed? Blades THEMSELVES left the Empire because Medes were not Dragonborn ;
And since our Dragonborn is the last Dragonborn and they served the Emperor only because he was a Dragonborn, they will very likely never be Empire's Spy Force again... and very likely cease to exist altogether.


On other hand, they no longer have sanctuaries in Tamriel besides the Dawnstar one. And seeing how Sithis abandoned Morag Tong in an similar situation, I can see Beth killing of DB for good and introducing a new Assassin's Guild.

No they didn't. They were still serving the Empire up until the end of the Great War.