Shadowscales

Shadowscales are Argonians born under the sign of The Shadow in Black Marsh. They are trained from childhood in the art of stealth and combat. Shadowscales serve their province as assassins. They have historically been used by the King of Argonia as a means to end conflicts and wars without major bloodshed, and to gather information on potential foes. Not all Argonians born under the Shadow become Shadowscales though, and it is possible for Shadowscales to leave the order. Dialogue with No-Fingers A shadowscale may sanction people to death for heresy Dialogue with Slim-Jah, but to kill another Shadowscale without sanction is considered a grave heresy.
==Disappearance==
It has been implied by Veezara in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary near Falkreath, that the Shadowscales no longer exist. This has been hinted by his saying "I am the last of my kind, my order is extinct." This could be because of the events that occur in , the usurpation of power by the An-Xileel, or more likely a side-effect of the decline of the Dark Brotherhood.
In Cicero's Journal, Volume I he talks about how the listener, Alisanne Dupre, and another Dark Brotherhood member named Rasha were deciding on whether to re-open a Shadowscale training facility in Black Marsh known as Archon, but they then abandoned the idea because they lacked the resources to do so.Cicero's Journal, Volume I
==Known Shadowscales==
===Oblivion===
*Ocheeva
*Scar-Tail (formerly)
*Teinaava
===Skyrim===
*Veezara
===Online===
*Akeenus
*Batar-Meej
*Haj-Tulm
*Neer
*No-Fingers (former)
*Nuwisha
*Okalg
*Pale-Heart
*Radithax
*Silent-Moss
*Slim-Jah (former)
*Ushmeek
*Sulahkeesh (retired)
==Quests==
*The Renegade Shadowscale – Teinaava asks that the Hero of Kvatch eliminate a renegade Shadowscale.
*Scars Never Fade – The Vestige helps a former Shadowscale kill another former Shadowscale to avoid putting their tribe at risk of being killed by the Aldmeri Dominion.
==Trivia==
*In , even if the Hero is an Argonian born under the sign of The Shadow, Teinaava will state that the Hero is not a Shadowscale. This implies that the Argonian Hero was not born in the Black Marshes.
*In , Argonians may comment that the Dragonborn reminds them of "The Shadowscales of old," presumably if one acts in a stealthy manner or has a high skill level in the thief-related skill trees.
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==References==
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