Blackwood Company

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The Blackwood Company are in competition with the Fighters Guild, but are much less scrupulous and will accept any job. As you advance in the Fighters Guild, you will encounter them more and more often. They are based in Leyawiin and their headquarters are directly across from the Fighters Guild Hall. The Blackwood Company members use the intoxicating sap from the Hist Tree to boost their combat prowess. When consumed by a non-Argonian, Hist Sap exhibits hallucinogenic properties which can send the drinker into bloodlust. The Hist Tree that the Blackwood Company uses was smuggled directly from Black Marsh, is located in the basement, and is a well-guarded secret. Gallons of the tree's sap are drained daily to fuel its members.



The Company's second-in-command, Ja'Fazir will explain that "Blackwood" refers in part to Blackwood Forest but that it also carries a reference to the "thoghatt", or "charcoal warriors" of Khajiit tradition.

Members

Ri'Zakar
Ajum-Kajin
Geel
Hears-Voices-In-The-Air
Ja'Fazir
Jee-Tah
Jeetum-Ze
Maglir †
Oleed-Ei
Rana
Sings-Like-Thunder

† Maglir only joins at the start of the More Unfinished Business quest.

There are also ten anonymous "Blackwood Company Guards" who you can meet:

Three Argonians in Glademist Cave
Four Imperials also in Glademist Cave.
One Imperial, one Argonian, and one Khajiit who accompany you during the Infiltration quest.
One dead "Blackwood Company Member" will also be found in Forsaken Mine. He is not officially a member of the Blackwood Company, but faction membership was probably considered irrelevant given that he is always dead.