Honor Thy Mother

Overview
Faction: Dark Brotherhood Quest giver: Arquen Reward: Assorted Treasure

Once you have completed your mission in the lighthouse, you will need to travel to Applegate. You will arrive to find four members of the Black Hand and the body of Lucien Lachance hanging from the rafters.

Arquen also tells you that with Lucien's death that there is an opening for a position within the Black Hand itself and that you have been promoted. You are given both the Black Hand Hood and Robe which give the same bonuses as your black hand armor with the exception of acrobatics which is replaced instead with speachcraft. Arquen then tells you that you need to wait and speak with her about "Night Mother" between the hours of 12:00 am and 3:00 am.

When you talk to Arquen at the designated time you will be teleported to the statue of the Lucky Lady in Bravil and Arquen performs the ritual to open the door to the Night Mother's lair. When she and the other Dark Hand members have gone down, follow them up to the door. Although it is not necessary, it might be a good idea to 'use' the statue to benefit from it's buff.

Once you enter the lair of the Night Mother and Arquen is speaking to her, the traitor pulls a dagger and kills two of the other members before turning on the Night Mother. Arquen yells for you to save Night Mother and you must defeat the traitor.

Once the traitor lies dead the Night Mother tells you to help yourself to any treasure in the room. She also warns you to take everything you can, because you will not be allowed back in the chamber. There are three small coffin shaped containers made of stone and reagents on the Night Mother's altar, as well as the weapons and robes of the traitor and the two dead Black Hand members. Take them all, and tell the Night Mother when you are ready to leave.

When you talk to the Night Mother she will teleport you back to the Sanctuary in Cheydinhal. At this point you will no longer be taking contracts for the dark brotherhood, but instead you will be able to speak with the Night Mother once per week to get orders of assassination for Arquen. You will also get 200 gold per week for your trouble.