Destroy the Dark Brotherhood and acquire Shadowmere

Alright, so you decided that murder and mayhem isn't for you.

Decided to do the "right thing" but disappointed that you can't acquire what is probably the best, no scrub that the very best horse in Skyrim?

Well now you can. Lucien Lachance bequeathed his stead to his successors as the leaders of the DB but how did he do it?

Did he leave some tangible artifact that lets you acquire the beast? Well it seems he did, only you must have missed it previously!

Once you get the orders to take out the Dark Brotherhood from Commander Maro you can acquire the beast but you'll have to retrieve the "Deed of Shadowmere" left to future leaders of the Dark Brotherhood by Lucien Lachance, currently in the posession of Arnbjorn who is Astrid's partner!

So what do I have to do?

Head over to the Dark Brotherhood's hideout near Falkreath. Once you get near the door you should get a

message onscreen that the mod has been activated.

Then head on inside and kill Arnbjorn and retrieve the Deed of Shadowmere from him. Or loot his corpse if you've taken him out previously. Or pickpocket him, that works too.  Then head outside and you should see Shadowmere arise from the dead! Or wherever it is he arises from, either way he shows up in the Black Pool as per usual.

Having trouble? Take a look at this HD video (mod activation message appears top left at 2:27)

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So how does it work?

There is an invisible triggerbox outside the sanctuary that once you've reached a certain quest stage on a DB quest makes Shadowmere appear and plays some special FX at the same time. I simply added an extra section that alternatively checks to see if you've reached a certain stage on the "Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!" quest and that you've also acquired the Deed of Shadowmere from Arnbjorn's person, be he dead or alive. Its very lightweight it simply adds a note (the deed) and modifies a vanilla script. Thats it.

So why did you make it?

Eh, I was disappointed with the reward for destroying the dark brotherhood, a measly 3000 septims and a thank you from Ma