However Bellamont tracks down one or more Lucien's dead drop locations and begins switching the orders with contracts of his own. The player becomes Lachance's new Silencer, receiving 'dead drop orders' from the Black Hand. Lucien orders the player to carry out the Purification whereby everybody in the Sanctuary is killed, hopefully including the traitor. Ignorant of this, the Black Hand narrows down the betrayal to this Sanctuary and decides to eliminate the traitor by using drastic measures. The culprit is a highly ambitious family member by the name of Mathieu Bellamont, who before the game begins is promoted to the rank of Silencer under Speaker Blanchard (whom he later kills), and thus leaves the Sanctuary.

This rot is gradually traced to the Cheydinhal Sanctuary, under Speaker Lucien Lachance. Brotherhood members have been found murdered, and some suspect an 'assassin amongst assassins'. However, as the player may learn if they join the Brotherhood, all is not as well as the 'family' would like to admit. ListenerДЄt the time of Oblivion, the Black Hand appears to operate well with Ungolim as its Listener, living in Bravil, and its various Speakers and Silencers strategically scattered across Cyrodiil. These identifications are all based solely upon game lore as mentioned in the notes the game does not actually define a Black Hand faction. This section lists all people who are identified as Black Hand members at any point during the game details are provided in the history section. The membership of the Black Hand changes significantly during the course of the Dark Brotherhood questline. She will offer her guidance and appoint a new Listener. If the Black Hand suffers a crisis and is left leaderless, it will appeal to the Night Mother. For a particularly dangerous contract or mission, a Speaker might deploy his Silencer. Here, the Listener receives a list of those people who have prayed to the Night Mother for murder, and passes these contracts on to the Speakers, who visit the worshipper concerned, arrange the details of the contracts, and pass the orders on to their respective Sanctuaries. This statue is the hidden entrance to the crypt of the Night Mother. The Listener of the Black Hand visits the statue of the Lucky Old Lady in Bravil at regular intervals. The Silencers are described as 'nails' or 'talons'. Lucien Lachance describes the Hand as having 'Four fingers and a thumb, if you will'. The Hand operates in secrecy, and the Silencers will likely only know the identity of their particular Speaker. Each Speaker has an assistant known as a Silencer, a personal assassin who handles that Speaker's most dangerous contracts. It is made up of one Listener (the leader), and four Speakers, each responsible for a separate group of Brotherhood members in a Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. The Black Hand is the ruling council of the Dark Brotherhood.

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