After hearing of the passing of his sister, Pjofr wanted to step into Smaref’s life and take the role of his guardian. They obtained the boy’s consent to transfer his family’s lands over to them, and sent him to Riften. Smaref was left an orphan and last of the Ice-Blades, and the scoundrels began manipulating him. By 4E 201, They succeeded in making her cause of death look like it was due to an illness. Erikur, the Thane of Solitude along with other conspirators plotted to kill Pjofr’s sister, leaving her son, Smaref, as easy pickings. Scoundrels then targeted the Ice-Blade clan, attempting to steal their wealth. Instead of becoming the head of the Ice-Blade clan, he left it, pursuing his own interests out of greed, and as a result the clan declined. Īt an unknown time, the Gray Cowl made its way into Skyrim, and so did the mantle of the Gray Fox to a Nord by the name of Pjofr Ice-Blade. By 4E 201, the Gray Fox remains a revered character among thieves. Even without the curse, the Cowl still had the ability to cloak the true identity of the wearer, and it was still identified with the infamous Gray Fox. Umbranox regained his identity and his title as Count of Anvil, and the Cowl was passed on to a new guildmaster. Without the curse, the past guildmasters were able to work openly, and the Thieves Guild became more prosperous. Umbranox used the Scroll to rewrite history and remove Nocturnal's curse. The curse was broken in 3E 433, when Count Corvus Umbranox, the contemporary Gray Fox, organised the theft of an Elder Scroll from the Imperial Library in the Imperial Palace. He was viewed as a hero by the beggars and the lower classes of Cyrodiil, but he was hated by the nobility and the Imperial Watch. Legends propagated around the mysterious master thief, who was thought to possess immortality and supernatural thieving abilities. Thought to be a myth by most members of the public, the identity of the Gray Fox came about over the course of three hundred years, as the guildmasters lost their individual identities and became known only as the bearer of the Cowl. This forced the guildmasters to work under the persona of the Gray Fox. History Īfter having been stolen by Emer Dareloth, the cursed cowl was handed down from one guildmaster to the next in the Cyrodiil branch of the Thieves Guild. The Office of the Unseeing Eye, a section of the Cult of the Ancestor Moth, expressed a desire to find the cowl in order to see if the curse does exist, and research further on how to remove it. The Nightingales of Nocturnal believe the true meaning of the phrase is a reference to their fate after death, when their souls journey to the Evergloam and become one with the shadow, the cloak that covers their fellow thieves. The phrase is also used as a code between thieves, either as a form of praise to Nocturnal or a literal expression of hope. The cowl is inscribed with the phrase "Shadow hide ou" written in the Daedric Alphabet, though as is common in the Daedric alphabet, the letter Yahkem (Y) is omitted from the inscription. He shall be known by the cowl and only by the cowl." This curse was broken when history was rewritten through the use of an Elder Scroll. Memory will hide in the shadows, refusing to record the name of the owner to any who meet him. His identity shall be struck from all records and histories. His true nature shall be unknown to all who meet him. "Whosoever wears it shall be lost in the shadows. It appears to have been stolen by Emer Dareloth, a guildmaster of the Thieves Guild, although a curse bestowed upon the cowl by Nocturnal meant that the name of cowl's owner is lost to mortal memory. The story of the theft of Nocturnal's cloak is probably fiction, as is at least one story of the theft of the cowl, but the cowl is known to have left her possession. As Nocturnal is usually depicted wearing a cloak and a cowl, it is around these two items that legends have arisen. Her reputation as the Mistress of Shadows has sometimes led thieves to attempt to steal an item from her to prove their greatness. Nocturnal is revered as a god by thieves across Tamriel. It takes the form of a dark leather cowl, which obscures the face of the wearer. The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal is a daedric artifact that once belonged to Nocturnal.
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