The Crimson Dirks (Faction)

The Crimson Dirks were a group of bandits that operated sometime during the Fourth Era in Cyrodiil, Elsweyr and Skyrim. Formed by the Nord Tyra Blood-Fire, the Dirks raided various warehouses and caravans,The Crimson Dirks, v2 and had became a target of the East Empire Company.The Crimson Dirks, v5 The Dirks disbanded after accidentally killing a Penitus Oculatus agent, resulting in reprisal from the Empire.The Crimson Dirks, v7
==History==
===Formation===
The Dirks' founder, Tyra Blood-Fire, formed the group from a desire to see its members reflect her own qualities. Growing up on the streets of Balmora and seeing how the Great Houses operated, she wanted her group to be more than common bandits whom she saw as short-sighted and disloyal. Tyra sought the assistance of the Dunmer named Reaver whom she met while begging. Reaver, now a wealthy noble living in Skingrad, connected Tyra with her first members in exchange for gold: Aesrael, an Altmer hunter; Peladius, a disgraced Imperial guardsman; and Antonius a hedge mage and a drunkard. Among the four Dirks, Reaver himself was their first target. They killed his estate's guards, bespelled the servants and loaded all the gold they could find into wagons. Tyra, her work unfinished, assassinated Reaver in his bed chambers, leaving only the gold that was originally owed to him.The Crimson Dirks, v1
In the following year, Tyra had greatly expanded the Dirks with the addition of Casival, a Dunmer scribe; Yakhtu gra-Orkulg, an Orsimer blacksmith; the twins Erwan and Edward, Breton battlemages; M'Sharra, a Khajiit thief; the brothers Fathrys and Ehlheil, a Bosmer archer and mage, respectively; Pale-Eyes, an Argonian warrior; Zaharia, a Redguard leader; Urgnok, an Orsimer warrior; and the Nords Skjol and Bjormund, also warriors.
===Activities===
As the group raided warehouses and farms from Bruma to Dune, Tyra aspired for the Dirks to grow in influence across all of Tamriel. One night, the Dirks attacked a caravan of monks and priests escorting supplies destined for a temple. Among the supplies was an Amulet of Talos. Tyra, understanding that the Thalmor in the area were known to ransack caravans suspected of aiding Talos worship, instructed Yakhtu to create replicas. The Dirks would plant the fake amulets on caravans they raided, convincing the guards that the destroyed caravans were the work of the Thalmor.
While in Elsweyr, Edward and Peladius had killed a Khajiit merchant during a card game before the merchant was able to send a letter she had written earlier outing them as criminals to the Dominion.The Crimson Dirks, v3 Some time later, in an attempt to impress Zaharia, Fathrys died at Yorgrim Overlook in Skyrim trying to recover the armor of Ulfnir Bone-Skin.The Crimson Dirks, v4Events of "Tilted Scales" in 
After recovering a ring during a raid, Erwan became convinced that it was cursed when coin started to dry up, new guard patrols appeared in the Dirks' preferred areas and the East Empire Company became aware of their activities. As a new group of smugglers appeared near them, the Dirks had intended to flex their muscle and return with more members or a cut of their profits. The smugglers, however, turned out to be Daedric cultists and took Erwan and some others captive. Erwan was able to use the ring to cast a spell of hysteria, forcing the cultists to kill each other, and allowing them to be eventually rescued by their comrades.
With the East Empire Company taking a keen interest in their activities, the Dirks were forced to take on more simple crimes and petty thievery. The now-destroyed Daedric cult, however, had left them with a supply of valuables as well as enchanted weapons and fine goods from warehouses in Anvil and Chorrol. As their luck seemed to have been turning around, they made contact with a merchant noble to assist them with laundering their goods. During the meeting, the noble was killed by an assassin who also injured Casival. The assassin slit his own throat to avoid capture, but Aesrael was able to determine that he was a member of the Imperial intelligence service, the Penitus Oculatus, sent to assassinate the noble for conspiring with the Thalmor.
===Dissolution===
Due to their involvement in the death of a Penitus Oculatus agent and having been seen meeting with a noble whom the Empire knew to be in league with the Thalmor, the Dirks disbanded to avoid the Empire's attention. Sometime after the botched meeting, the guards became aware of the Dirks base of operations and planned to raid it. Knowing that they could not move their loot, the Dirks gave as much of their ill-begotten fortune as they could to beggars and threw the rest into the water. The Dirks then traveled north together in small groups until the border of Skyrim where they separated.The Crimson Dirks, v9
==Members==
*Tyra Blood-Fire (founder)
*Aesrael
*Antonius
*Bjormund Wind-Strider
*Casival
*Edward
*Ehlhiel
*Erwan
*Fathrys
*M'Sharra
*Pale-Eyes
*Peladius
*Skjol the Tongueless
*Urgnok
*Yakhtu gra-Orkulg
*Zaharia
==See also==
*The Crimson Dirks (Book)
==Appearances==
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==References==
Category:Lore: Factions