Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10870829-20130615162944/@comment-10961437-20130617122755

Zaleena Moonblade wrote: He might be psychotic, but his reasons for attacking Astrid and leaving were correct. She abandoned the Tenets of the Dark Brotherhood and undermined the Night Mother's authority continually. Not only that, but she also betrayed the Listener later on, effectually breaking the Creed again, which nearly caused the destruction of the whole Brotherhood. Ever played Assassin's Creed? Same thing happens in the beginning. In short, Astrid deserved to die, at least by Dark Brotherhood standards. Cicero may have been off his rocker, but he at least had a respect for the Tenets and honor for the Brotherhood, which were worth more than Astrid's false sense of leadership and vision in a brotherhood of assassins that required strict rules. So I spared Cicero.

Yes, he was following the Tenets of the dark Brotherhood. But, quote me on this, "Never kill a Dark Brother or Sister. To do so is to invoke the wrath of Sithis", is actually one of the five tenents of the Dark Brotherhood's five tenents. Not only did Cicero break this Tenent, but he also broke another Tenent, the tenent that explains to not betray any dark brother or sister. Im taking an educated guess and saying that Cicero had actually betrayed TDB before Astrid had started to betray the Tenents by trying to communicate with the Night Mother before talking to the other members of TDB. Astrid was a betrayer but, according to many sources of information, astrid didn't deserve to die, just get kicked from the Dark Brother Hood. After all, she is a member.