Our history with their guild is long and complex, and near-invariably bloody. But in brief, they turned away from Sithis to seek the Tribunal's favor. Our Mother disagreed, and earned the Dread Father's favor. Our conflicts are therefore not only over territory, but our splintered faith.

[And he'd thought the Brotherhood had been lucky when the Oblivion gates started opening: Yes, the world had become more dangerous for everyone. But Morrowind had been hit particularly hard, and the Morag Tong with it. The legion was likewise distracted.]

They think us too secular and debauched, but they rejected their faith to seek official sanction and accept the boundaries of mortal law.