The Purification

Faction: Dark Brotherhood Quest giver: Lucien Lachance Reward: Shadowmere

Walkthrough
When you talk to Lucien Lachance in Fort Farragut, he will give you a task - exterminate all Dark Brotherhood members in Cheydinhal Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. There are 7 members in all that who need to be exterminated:


 * Ocheeva
 * Teinaava
 * Vincente Valtieri
 * Antoinetta Marie
 * Gogron gro-Bolmog
 * Telaendril
 * M'raaj-Dar

Fast travel to Cheydinhal. Get into Cheydinhal Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, and start killing. They are not difficult to kill, because they do not help each other out when attacked. The only thing you should watch out is the Dark Guardian, as it will help your poor member to kill you.

There are many ways to exterminate them. You can just kill anyone in contact, killing one by one using sneak attacks, or use the Poison Apple which Lucien Lachance gave you. Using Poison Apple is too slow, which you need to remove all foods at the Living Quarter, put the Poison Apple inside a cupboard/crate/box, wait until someone pick it up, and eat, and die. Feel free to kill them in any way, because your objective is to make sure all 7 members dead.

All Dark Brotherhood members are inside the Sanctuary 24/7, except for Telaendril. She will be roaming around Cyrodiil. To kill her, simply wait until Middas, she will be inside the Sanctuary, or, alternatively, take Telaendril's Ocheeva Note from Ocheeva's dead body, and search for her.

5 Dark Brotherhood members carries a key which opens their chest in the Living Quarter. Go into the Living Quarter and open each chest (there is 1 chest next to each bed).

After you kill all 7 members, fast travel to Fort Farragut. When you reach Lucien Lachance, he will explain what to do next. All Cheydinhal Dark Brotherhood members are dead, so you can't get any contracts there. You will rank up, to a Silencer, and get contracts from Dead Drops. The dead drops contains all you need to know for the current quest.

Lucien Lachance will give you a horse named Shadowmere upon completing The Purification quest.The horse is waiting outside the fort. Shadowmere is a very fast horse.

The first dead drops in located at Hero Hill. Your orders are in a secret hollow inside the moss-covered rock ontop of the hill. Ride the horse to Hero Hill, approach the moss-covered rock, activate the Hollow-Out Rock,and get your Dead Drop Orders #1. This starts the quest Affairs of a Wizard.