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[Ihoe]

Many of us Don't know the story Behind rufio so Here you go: "Cladius Arcadia", the man In the imperial prison Arranged Rufio's assassination. Caught when Arranging that assassination, the imperial Soldiers Threw his ass to prison. why he arranged that?
If the player accuses Rufio in that Dark brotherhood quest "The Knife in the Dark" of having done something to deserve death, Rufio makes the following comment:

No! Please! I didn't mean to do it, you understand me? She struggled! I... I told her to just stay still, but she wouldn't listen! I had no choice!

This may mean that Rufio accidentally killed Claudius Arcadia's wife or daughter when he had a struggled with her (attempted to rape her).This shows that Rufio is far from the innocent old man he appears to be, and Claudius Arcadia is not wholly evil. This is quite possibly one of the darkest side stories in Oblivion, though most players will probably not talk to Rufio before killing him, and therefore never realize what he had done.

I found it in Claudius's Journal:
Entry 3: It worked! Last night I was visited by someone, a representative from the Dark Brotherhood! The Night Mother heard my prayers! The money was exchanged, and the man promised me I would have satisfaction. I don't know where he's hiding, and neither does the Dark Brotherhood, but as soon as he's located, Rufio will die!

Why this is the worst part is that The Background of this Assassination remains Uncompleted to novice and amateur players. so such Dark and intresting "Chain of events" story remains hidden to certain users. I investigated this because I wanted to know Why that Rufio, innocent looking old man (which he was not) had to be killed and What assassination did "Claudius Arcadia" arrange. I hope this Helps Anyone Looking for Dark brotherhood backstory.

Cheers,
IHOE

and know that oblivion is filled with interesting things like this, another one is the horror of "Dive Rock"

[kungfubellydancer]

Wow, I never knew that, nor did I stop to think about why Rufio had to die. When playing video games I tend to be very much emotionally unattached....Anyway, thanks for this information!

[Ethre]

The horror of dive rock - I set up a little memorial there each time I kill the matron.

I hadn't pay much attention to Rufio's story, although I do talk to him before killing him. Thank you for the update

[Elraine Kiyoshi]

Interesting background story, never read the journal, will have to look it up. This is an interesting addition and will help with my heavy RP characters and also gives a good reason for even some of the 'goody goody' ones to join the Dark Brotherhood[even if only temporarily].

[dezdimona]

very cool,thanks for posting that!

[simonp92]

i was aware of it,,

but still a cool post:D

[Natsu666]

yeah i knew this all already because its an updateless sidequest but i didn't know that people didnt know this

nice post

[tyreil829]

why would a old man rape her?

Sheppard

[Ihoe]

why would a old man rape her?

Sheppard

According to my Experience, there is no Difference Between an old man or Youngster. it could be only the chance of rape or cheating that Caused that, Anything else Would Need Strong proof, and Due to Oblivion's Details about that story, it means "Claudius Arcadia" Caught Rufio at scene and Was Extremely Desperate About what happened.
It could have been many other things about this story, Like Rufio Was the Husband of the woman he killed, and Claudius was the woman's Brother, or maybe Rufio Was some Mangy thief that barged into Claudius's house and caught by Wife or Daughter of him, then when telling to shutup and stay still, she tries to escape and Rufio Kills her, Suddenly claudius is Awakened by the Struggle and sees Rufio looking at the Body of his victim. Rufio Escapes the house and Runs South to get the hell away from What he has done, and Claudius, that knows the Rituals of the night mother (Although he Said they were a bunch of Bluffs) begins to perform it and so it goes on and on. this needs more Proof than the Rape thing, so as that was Logical, I said He tried to rape her.
Many other things, but I don't have the time to write them.

[Lainge]

Well that's good to know, I was just about to go kill him now anyway. This time I'll actually talk to him, usually I just fire an arrow up his ass.