Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-178.167.187.236-20130614030201/@comment-4544033-20140201193825

213.141.140.160 wrote: If Brotherhood would take contracts from their victims to kill those who ordered them, it would be twice money and twice the killing.

The problem with this is that the brotherhood lives on reputation, if it became custom to kill the people who hired you, they wouldnt go to you Technically, I don't see black sacrament as necessary ritual, just the most reliable way to get Brotherhood to know.

It is necessary, as that is how they where found by the night mother. Without her, they had trouble finding contracts. Astrid even admitted to this. With the night mother, they could get contracts from other parts of the world.

On top of this, it showed commitment, as the sacrament was illegal and taboo everywhere. By preforming the sacrament, you are showing that you do want somebody dead, and are not just spreading rumors of wanting the Brotherhood only to be a trap, or back out when they arrive.