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I accidentally killed the orphanage lady before I started the quest. She just pissed me off, sadly it will not acknowledge that I have finished the quest and I haven't been contacted. Is there another way to join the Dark Brotherhood?

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If you talk to the Aventus Aretino afterwards his reaction is the same, and then after you sleep the Dark Brotherhood comes for you.

I just confirmed this. Ran in and murdered her, I didn't get a bounty even though all the kids watch, and then I went to Windhelm to talk to Aventus and the quest starts and ends all within the first conversation with the boy.

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  • Yea, gotta talk to Aventis Arentino before it does the quest thingy.
    – Selonianth
    Commented Jun 4, 2013 at 6:53
  • I feel compelled to point out that it's NOT true that his reaction is the same. Here is a video showing how it's different (and, I would argue, much cooler): youtube.com/watch?v=o_xRZDfHeuY
    – Reginald Blue
    Commented Sep 20, 2020 at 22:58
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If you haven't talked to Aventus Arentino before, it's perfectly fine. You can just talk to him after and after about two or three text boxes, you get a text box that says you've killed her already. After that, the quest is completed. Then you can carry on and go to sleep (in the game) and the Dark Brotherhood will snatch you up and everything will go just as the same as if you talked to Aventus Arentino before you killed Grelod. Hope this helps.

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You just have to go back to Aventus. A dialogue box will come up saying that you have already killed her!

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