Maul
Race	Nord
Gender	Male
Level	15
Class	Thief
Faction	Thieves Guild Black-Briars
Rank	Associate
Essential	Always
Ref ID	0003BE26
Base ID	000371D6

Maul is a male Nord and an associate of the Thieves Guild living in Riften. He is the righthand man of Maven Black-Briar, the leader of the Black-Briars. He is also the brother of Thieves Guild member Dirge. Once the player first enters Riften, Maul will warn the Dragonborn not to cause trouble. If Maven becomes Jarl of Riften, Maul will become her housecarl.

BackgroundEdit

Maul is a former member of the Thieves Guild, having left the organization after it began to decline. He was offered a job working for Maven Black-Briar, accepted, and never went back.

InteractionsEdit

After speaking with him inside Riften, he will exit the town and can be found loitering around the docks. If one wants to bring a Stone of Barenziah to him before they have joined the Thieves Guild, he will insist that the Dragonborn join the Guild before he looks at it. At this point, the quest will expand, telling the player to join the Guild.

He can tell about a boy in Windhelm trying to contact the Dark Brotherhood. This leads to the miscellaneous quest to talk with Aventus Aretino.

TriviaEdit

• Maul's default Steel Armor is randomized, and will have pauldrons at times and none at others.
• On occasion, he will help you with guards. It seems to happen more often or not when you are taking out someone and only one guard spots you doing the deed. If accidently hit during any fight, he says, "I'm on your side!"

BugsEdit

• If the player has already joined the Thieves Guild before speaking to Maul, he might still assign the quest "Talk to Brynjolf about joining the Thieves Guild" which cannot be completed. The console command for completing this miscellaneous quest is "setstage TG00MaulHandler 200."

• A bug may exist as to his addition to the quest if the Thieves Guild questline is already finished except for the city influence quests. It may be possible to become the Thieves Guild Master and still have the sub-quest "Become a full member of the Thieves Guild" of No Stone Unturned remain unfulfilled. Note: This does not effect the player's ability to complete No Stone Unturned.
• The dialogue to have Maul appraise a Stone may not show up, leaving the player having to find a different appraiser.

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)