A/N: I have been waiting to post this one for ages! I just wanted the next one written first. This is the one linking the Nightingales back in with the main plot, in which Brynjolf returns to the Reach only to find out all Oblivion's broken loose...

Summary: Their business in Windhelm concluded, it's time for the Nightingales to fence the Eyes of the Falmer, only to find doing so is going to be trickier than they thought, particularly when thanks to recent events elsewhere, their potential buyer turns out to be no longer in a position to help. Fortunately, Karliah's old contacts are able to save the day. Meanwhile, General Tullius and Legate Rikke are trying to track down their missing High Queen, and the mess in the Reach left in her wake is going to require some difficult decisions...

Notes on the Rhanic:

Daro - stop

Vi dim ta gelynai - we're not your enemies

Mi chara ap [name] a [name] - I'm a friend of [name] and [name]

Mi gwybod Y Brenin - I know the King

Gwelta yn danu - please (lit. you will see a benefit (from what I'm asking)

Ond gado mi [name] gwelych - just let me see [name]

Yin Rhanaic siarad - she speaks the Reach-tongue

Anas beth? - now what?

Anfaid yenai an Ia-Mor - send them to the Void

Tylwyth Mor - Dunmer

Lleidr bach - little thief

Lleidrai - thieves