Oblivion:Hackdirt Brethren

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The Hackdirt Brethren are the hostile inhabitants of the caverns underneath Hackdirt. They wear ragged pants and are equipped with clubs. With their weak attacks and lack of armor, the brethren are generally easy to kill, except for the fact that they frequently attack in large groups. Also, their ability to detect you is unusually good, making it very difficult to sneak past them. Invisibility and/or 100% Chameleon are necessary if you want to avoid fighting them.

Many players will not encounter the Brethren until they start exploring the Hackdirt Caverns, since the Brethren rarely emerge above ground. However, if you sleep in Moslin's Inn, six brethren will attack you in your sleep. Also, if you commit a crime in Hackdirt, the brethren will typically surface and attack you.

Hackdirt Brethren (RefID: 0002813E/00092C5A/00092C5C)
Location	Hackdirt Caverns
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	PC-3	Class	Barbarian
RefID	0002813E/00092C5A/00092C5C	BaseID	000280C6
Other Information
Health	7.6×PC + 12.1 (PC=8-22)	Magicka	1.5×PC + 94 (PC=4-104)
Respons.	100	Aggress.	80
Respawns	Yes
Faction(s)	HackdirtBrethren; Hackdirt monster faction

Hackdirt Brethren (RefID: 00092C59)
Location	Hackdirt Caverns
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	PC-1	Class	Barbarian
RefID	00092C59	BaseID	0009FD71
Other Information
Health	7.6×PC + 27.3 (PC=6-20)	Magicka	1.5×PC (PC=2-102) + 97
Respons.	100	Aggress.	80
Faction(s)	HackdirtBrethren; Hackdirt monster faction

Hackdirt Brethren (RefID: 00092C5B)
Location	Hackdirt Caverns
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	PC-2	Class	Barbarian
RefID	00092C5B	BaseID	000981C2
Other Information
Health	7.6×PC + 19.7 (PC=7-21)	Magicka	1.5×PC + 95.5 (PC=3-103)
Respons.	100	Aggress.	80
Respawns	Yes
Faction(s)	HackdirtBrethren; Hackdirt monster faction

Hackdirt Brethren (RefID: 00092C58)
Location	Hackdirt Caverns
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	PC-2	Class	Barbarian
RefID	00092C58	BaseID	0009FD72
Other Information
Health	7.6×PC + 19.7 (PC=7-21)	Magicka	1.5×PC + 95.5 (PC=3-103)
Respons.	100	Aggress.	80
Respawns	Yes
Faction(s)	HackdirtBrethren; Hackdirt monster faction

[edit] Related Quest

• A Shadow Over Hackdirt: Seed-Neeus's daughter Dar-Ma has gone missing.

[edit] Notes

• Although hostile to you, you can receive a bounty of 40 gold if you are seen assaulting a member of the brethren that hasn't started to attack you yet.
• Be careful if you head above ground to gain space as it is easy to become embroiled with the village's residents, killing one of whom will gain you a murder bounty of 1,000 gold leading to problems with the law.
• The Brethren have a limited vocabulary, keeping their shouts mostly to things like "Outsider! Kill!", "Where...go?" and "You!...Die!", though they may also use phrases from standard Imperial NPCs.
• The Brethren have unusually large eyes compared to most NPCs