Oblivion:Blades

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This article is about the faction. For the skill, see Blade. For the class, see Blade Class. For the weapon type, see Blades (weapon type).

The Blades

The Blades[edit]

Jauffre is the current Grandmaster. When you first bring Brother Martin to Cloud Ruler Temple during the Weynon Priory quest, Jauffre offers to make you a member of the Blades. You can choose whether to accept the offer or decline; if you decline, you can ask Jauffre at any later time about "Join the Blades" and become a member. Jauffre will not offer you membership if his Disposition is below 40, in which case, use a Charm spell to temporarily boost his disposition. Also, Jauffre cannot offer you membership if he dies (which is possible during the quests Defense of Bruma and Light the Dragonfires). If you want to eventually join the Blades, you may want to be sure to join before those quests or else keep Jauffre alive.

The primary advantage of joining the Blades is that you can use anything in Cloud Ruler Temple (beds, a free horse, free weapons in the Armory, books, etc). You are given an Akaviri Katana upon joining. There is no advancement in this faction, nor are there any associated quests. It is not necessary to join the Blades to complete the Main Quest.

There are three total ranks in the Blades in Oblivion: Knight Sister/Brother, Captain, and Grandmaster. Only the lowest rank is available to the player.

Blade members in Oblivion[edit]

Current Members
Achille
Arcturus
Baragon
Baurus
Belisarius
Caroline
Cyrus
Ferrum
Fortis
Glenroy
Jauffre
Jena
Pelagius
Captain Renault
Roliand
Captain Steffan
Former Members *
Alain (ghost)
Brother Piner
Casnar (ghost)
Rielus (ghost)
Valdemar (ghost)
Yellow Team Hero

There are two Factions for the Blades. Blades contains most of the NPCs listed above while Character gen Blades contains Baurus, Glenroy and Captain Renault–the three you meet at the start of the game.

* These NPCs are not actually part of the Blades faction, but are included here for completeness.

Notes[edit]

  • Though the Blades are an established authority in the Empire, they do not pursue the common duties of law enforcement: Blades will not arrest you if you are caught committing a crime or if you have a bounty on your head.
  • The Order of Talos serves an auxiliary function for the Blades, secretly offering shelter and assistance to traveling Blades as well as providing a way for retired Blades to continue serving the Emperor in a more subdued fashion. A chapter-house of the Order, Weynon Priory, is involved in the Main Quest.
  • Curiously, you do not receive any Journal update upon joining the blades.
  • The Blades are not a faction from which one can lose membership.