Morag Tong in Cyrodiil?

[Sarya]

One assassin matters quite little, what I said (and as I understood the author) was about establishing the organisation itself on Cyrodiil territory - and I really thought that was clear enough.

[Khet]

What would Morag Tong even do in Cyrodiil? They are the official, approved assassin guild - something Cyrodiil has no place for. Besides, they are used as a means of war between Morrowind, Dunmer, Houses - who have no authority in Cyrodiil as well. So, why would they be in Cyrodiil? Why not any other assassin guild? Why is the Dark Brotherhood not good enough?

 

 

Without reading the rest of the thread to see where it's going I'll answer this question directly, and as best as I can without revealing too much about my plans which could potentially ruin the storyline of my mod for some people.

 

Now, with that said I chose the Morag Tong because it was honestly the only other 'assassination' guild I knew of save for the Dark Brotherhood. Now, as we all know you can join the DB and also become the leader of it. This posed a problem in and of itself because the assassin I'm using in my mod is directly trying to oppose the players efforts (no more prodding will reveal what efforts those are, nor how they are opposed) so it would NOT make any sense for a DB assassin to be opposing the leader of the guild without some superfluous and unnatural twist.

 

That said, since learning that there were infact Morag Tong assassins in Cyrodiil I've done some more looking and there's nothing preventing a MT to track a target outside of Morrowind and into Cyrodiil (which is what happened in Mehrune's Razor) which fits perfectly into my storyline for my mod.

 

 

I'm sorry if there was some confusion before, and after thinking about your post a bit more while writing the above I realized it was possible you had thought I meant creating the entire MT organization within Cyrodiil, which is not the case. Instead, I just wanted to know if a single assassin would track a target outside of Morrowind borders, or if once the target left Morrowind they would be considered 'safe' from the Morag Tong.

[Sarya]

I doubt Morag Tong would hesitate to follow an enemy... but once the target is not an enemy but a mere contract, I think they are not supposed to. They are, as you know, official. And Cyrodiil does not tolerate assassins, whoever they target, dark elves or not. So, normal contracts, I think, end outside Morrowind. Well, of course an assassin could try to pursue his target for some reasons, whether simple pride or whatever, but I don't think he's allowed. Enemies, of course, is different business. But enemies are always special for everyone.

 

Why would Cyrodiil laws matter to them? Easy. This is called "Imperial province" thing, as Morrowind is Cyrodiil's property, currently. So, it's "keep your slaves and assassins if you like, but within your own borders".