Lucien Lachance
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Lucien Lachance was a Speaker of the Black Hand, the core of Dark Brotherhood. He is the first contact and recruiter for the player into the Dark Brotherhood. For much of duration in the Dark Brotherhood, he is the Speaker overseeing the player. His only formal residence in game is Fort Farragut, which is located east of Cheydinhal.
He will give you the Blade of Woe upon the A Knife in the Dark quest, and a horse named Shadowmere upon completing The Purification quest.
After committing a cold-blooded murder, Lucien Lachance will appear to the player the next time player sleeps at a safe and secure location. He will give player the first Dark Brotherhood quest A Knife in the Dark. At completion of the quest, He would instruct player on how to locate and enter Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary in Cheydinhal.
The player can kill him to get the Black Hand Robe and Hood. Attacking him as a member of the Dark Brotherhood is a violation of the Five Tenets and will invoke the wrath of Sithis.
Lucien's "Rumors" set of dialogue is quite humorous. If the player asks him for rumors before the completion of A Kiss Before Dying, he will say cryptically, "Dear [brother/sister], I do not spread rumors, I create them." If the player asks after completion of the quest, he will become quite angry and say, "Are you mad? My life is on the line, the Black Hand itself is after me!!!! This is no time for meaningless gossip!!!!!!" This is similar to Arquen's set of "Rumors" dialogue (she says simply, "This is no time for idle chatter!"). If you have the Knights of the Nine plug-in he may say something about the murders in the Chapel of Dibella.
Lachance can be killed in the quest A Knife in the Dark, though this makes it impossible to join the Dark Brotherhood.
After completion of A Knife in the Dark, player does not receive further contact from Lucien until the quest Of Secret and Shadow during which Lucien promotes the player to the rank Silencer. After "Of Secret and Shadow", player would receive instructions from him in the form of Dead Drop Orders for two more Dark Brotherhood quests: Affairs of a Wizard and Next of Kin. After which, the Dead Drops are intercepted.
Player resumes contact with Lucien at the completion of A Kiss Before Dying. At that time, Lucien informs the player that they have been deceived. He would then give player the following quest Following a Lead. During this quest, other Speakers of the Black Hand kill Lucien. At the end of this quest, Lucien's mutilated corpse can be seen in Applewatch hanging upside down, mutilated by the 4 Speakers (Arquen, Mathieu Bellamont, Belisarius, and Banius). Apparently Arquen feasted on his remains.
