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[[File:BlackHandTap2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Black Hand is represented by a literal black hand, where the Listener is the thumb.]]
 
[[File:BlackHandTap2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Black Hand is represented by a literal black hand, where the Listener is the thumb.]]
The '''Listener''' is the "leader" of the [[Black Hand]], the inner circle comprised by the best assassins in the [[Dark Brotherhood]]. A Listener visits the [[Night Mother]], who telepathically translates to them murder contracts offered by invokers of [[The Black Sacrament]]. The Listener then informs a [[Speaker]] about the contracts and an operative is sent to meet with the invoker. According to [[Astrid]] and [[Cicero]], the relationship between the Night Mother and Listener is incredibly intimate.<ref>Dialogue with [[Astrid]] in {{Skyrim|1}}</ref><ref>Dialogue with [[Cicero]] in {{Skyrim|!}}</ref>
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The '''Listener''' is the "leader" of the [[Black Hand]], the inner circle comprised by the best assassins in the [[Dark Brotherhood]]. A Listener visits the [[Night Mother]], who telepathically translates to them murder contracts offered by invokers of the [[Black Sacrament]]. The Listener then informs a [[Speaker]] about the contracts and an operative is sent to meet with the invoker. According to [[Astrid]] and [[Cicero]], the relationship between the Night Mother and Listener is incredibly intimate.<ref>Dialogue with [[Astrid]] in {{Skyrim|1}}</ref><ref>Dialogue with [[Cicero]] in {{Skyrim|!}}</ref>
   
 
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*The relationship between the Night Mother and the Listener appears to not entirely be for finding contracts, as seen in ''Skyrim'', where the Night Mother will speak to the Dragonborn about Cicero during "[[Whispers In The Dark]]" and about their safety during "[[Death Incarnate]]," as well as Astrid's fate after her death and the rebirth of the Brotherhood in the [[Dawnstar Sanctuary]].
 
*The relationship between the Night Mother and the Listener appears to not entirely be for finding contracts, as seen in ''Skyrim'', where the Night Mother will speak to the Dragonborn about Cicero during "[[Whispers In The Dark]]" and about their safety during "[[Death Incarnate]]," as well as Astrid's fate after her death and the rebirth of the Brotherhood in the [[Dawnstar Sanctuary]].
   
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Revision as of 23:02, 27 September 2016

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The Black Hand is represented by a literal black hand, where the Listener is the thumb.

The Listener is the "leader" of the Black Hand, the inner circle comprised by the best assassins in the Dark Brotherhood. A Listener visits the Night Mother, who telepathically translates to them murder contracts offered by invokers of the Black Sacrament. The Listener then informs a Speaker about the contracts and an operative is sent to meet with the invoker. According to Astrid and Cicero, the relationship between the Night Mother and Listener is incredibly intimate.[1][2]

Authority and power

Listeners are the sole authority of the guild, functioning only beneath the Night Mother herself. Listeners command the Dark Brotherhood and the Black Hand; they choose who to promote, who to recruit, and how. It is presumed that each branch of the Brotherhood has its own Listener to complete more contracts.

Known listeners

Possible listeners

Oblivion

After the death of the previous listener, the Hero of Kvatch may have become the Listener of the Black Hand had they helped Arquen eradicate the traitor in their ranks. After becoming the Listener, the Hero would have taken orders from the Night Mother weekly and brought the information to Arquen, earning 200Gold. Brothers and sisters of the Dark Brotherhood will accompany the hero if asked.

Skyrim

The Dragonborn might have become the Night Mother's Listener during the period known as the Dragon Crisis, after her Keeper, Cicero, brought her remains to the Falkreath Sanctuary. Although disappointed that he was not made Listener, Cicero congratulates the Dragonborn, mentioning that the Night Mother has gone without a Listener for a very long time.

Trivia

  • The relationship between the Night Mother and the Listener appears to not entirely be for finding contracts, as seen in Skyrim, where the Night Mother will speak to the Dragonborn about Cicero during "Whispers In The Dark" and about their safety during "Death Incarnate," as well as Astrid's fate after her death and the rebirth of the Brotherhood in the Dawnstar Sanctuary.

References

  1. Dialogue with Astrid in Skyrim
  2. Dialogue with Cicero in Skyrim
  3. Cicero's Journal, Volume III