Brynjolf

Brynjolf is a Nord thief and a member of the Thieves Guild in the city of Riften in Skyrim. Brynjolf is a human who works as a thief for a secret organization known as the Thieves Guild in the land of Skyrim.

Physically, Brynjolf is 6 foot 1 inch in height with an athletically toned and broad muscular body build. Brynjolf has fair-toned skin, medium-length dark reddish-ginger hair down to his shoulders, and green eyes.

Brynjolf also has slight stubble along his chin matching the color of his hair and he has a few tattoos across his body though he plans to get more. Brynjolf is considered very handsome, mysterious, charming, and deadly.

Brynjolf is currently the second-in-command at the Thieves Guild, below only Mercer Frey, the current Guildmaster. Brynjolf is first encountered upon entering the Riften Marketplace for the first time, or if it is after dark, in The Bee and Barb tavern.

He approaches the Dragonborn and offers to let them in on a job on which he is working. If they accept, this starts the quest. He says that he will create a diversion in the market. While everyone is distracted, the Dragonborn must break into the stall belonging to the Argonian jeweler Madesi, steal his ring, and place it into the Dunmer merchant Brand-Shei's pocket without getting caught.

The ring is under the stall inside a locked strongbox, not in the display case. If the Dragonborn is successful, after Brand-Shei is arrested, Brynjolf will happily say that he found the right person for the job.

He then directs the Dragonborn to the Ratway, an underground tunnel system underneath Riften, explaining that there is a tavern there called The Ragged Flagon, and if they can get to it, they can join his organization.

If the Dragonborn fails to plant the ring, they will still be asked to go to the Ragged Flagon and join the Guild. Upon reaching The Ragged Flagon, Brynjolf will be impressed. After then asking the Dragonborn to collect some debts owed to him from several of the shopkeepers or business managers in Riften, namely Keerava, Haelga, and Bersi Honey-Hand, he will then introduce the Dragonborn to Mercer Frey, the Guildmaster, and induct the Dragonborn into the Thieves Guild.

Brynjolf helps the Dragonborn by providing information and advice for future jobs. During the main line of quests for the Thieves Guild, Brynjolf and the Dragonborn become Nightingales, like guildmaster-turned-traitor Mercer Frey, to assist Karliah with seeking revenge on him for his various crimes against the Thieves Guild and their patron Daedra in Nocturnal.

After in the Thieves Guild, Brynjolf can be found wandering around the cistern and the flagon. Brynjolf will nominate the Dragonborn to be the guildmaster after the completion of the city influence jobs given by Delvin and Vex, and also give them the Tribute Chest Key and the Amulet of Articulation.