
You might run into Brynjolf during your time in Riften, who will begin the quest chain for them.Couldn't interact with the space, just kept falling until I landed at top of stairs. You can get them back to their former glory by helping them take care of business and eradicate their competition in the Rift. Once an establishment to be feared across Skyrim and Tamriel, it's now been reduced to a gang of petty thugs and criminals. There's a certain group Riftenites who are also down on their luck: the Thieves' Guild. Should you accept, you can kill her, and everyone in Riften will thank you for it, or at least turn a blind eye to your wanton murder.

When you go to investigate, he's actually trying to call the Dark Brotherhood to put out a contract on Grelod the Kind.

You can think of the little children and confront Grelod:Īt some point, you'll get a rumor about a boy potentially summoning things in Windhelm. She keeps the orphans in a state of fear and is all around not a good person. The head of the orphanage, Grelod the Kind, does not live up to her name. Ask around and see if you can help people out: by completing miscellaneous objectives, people tend to act a little more up-beat. With all the worrying and fretting about their conditions in Riften, a lot of citizens just need a helping hand. Improving the quality of life of the citizenry


There are a number of things behind the state of Riften: some are solvable, others are Riften-by-design.
