One of the main benefits of joining Skyrim’s Thieves Guild is that the game world starts gradually filling with subtleties and hidden advantages. Though these novice cat burglars might bring more shame than pride to the Thieves Guild, more talented thieves can learn to read these symbols to navigate the nooks and shadows of Skyrim with more awareness and scrutiny.
After witnessing clumsy thieves getting brought down by Riften’s guards, it might at first seem like the guild is deserving of all the bad luck its members keep complaining about. For the observant player, Bethesda Game Studios has littered The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with a series of codes - rune symbols sprinkled throughout the cities and wilderness that have a hidden meaning.
