Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-18750685-20151107221226

Both Content and Maximus are correct.

The Dark Brotherhood accepts contracts by and on anyone -- pay them enough and even an orphanage is fair game.

However, I think what Maximus wants to say is that the Brotherhood's political alignement resembles Fundamentalism -- the practice or belief that following a code or creed extempts any and all acts of aggression, violence and otherwise criminal behaviour.

By obeying Sithis and the Night Mother, their contracts are not limited to personal gain, but rather in the service of a deity, something greater than them. Akin to the Mythic Dawn and Mehrunes Dagon.