Lucien Lachance

[Lucien Lachance]

Lucien Lachance is a an Imperial assassin and a Speaker of the Black Hand, the core governing body of the Dark Brotherhood. He is the first contact and recruiter for the player into the Dark Brotherhood. For much of the player's membership in the Dark Brotherhood, he is the Speaker overseeing the player. His only formal residence is Fort Farragut, which is located east of Cheydinhal.

After the player commits a cold-blooded murder, Lucien Lachance appears the next time he or she sleeps at a safe and secure location. He gives the player the first Dark Brotherhood quest, A Knife in the Dark. Note that when Lucien appears to the player for the first time it is possible to kill him and end all Dark Brotherhood quests. Following the completion of the quest, he will visit again during the player's next sleep to instruct the player on how to locate and enter the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary in Cheydinhal.

After completion of A Knife in the Dark, the player does not receive further contact from Lucien until the quest The Purification starts, during which Lucien promotes the player to the rank of Silencer. After "The Purification", the player receives instructions from him in the form of Dead Drop Orders for two more Dark Brotherhood quests: Affairs of a Wizard and Next of Kin, after which the Dead Drops are intercepted.

The player resumes contact with Lucien at the completion of A Kiss Before Dying. At that time, Lucien informs the player that they have been deceived. He then gives the player the quest Following a Lead. During this quest, other Speakers of the Black Hand murder Lucien after being led to think that he has deceived them. During this quest, Lucien's mutilated and stripped corpse can be seen in Applewatch and it remains there afterwards. Whether during this questline or at any other time, upon his death Lucien's body never disappears.

Lucien wears a Black Hand hood and Black Hand robe. He also carries a silver shortsword, a lockpick, some gold, and a set of spare clothing (laced leather pants, a dark green shirt, and stitched leather shoes).

Once you have reached the final Dark Brotherhood quest and the second version of Lucien is activated ("LucienLachanceHunted"), his possessions are limited to include only his robe, hood, sword, and a lockpick. At this point he is no longer a member of the Creatures faction.

You can strip him of his possessions at only one point in the game, which is after he gives you the quest A Knife in the Dark. He will use a chameleon spell on himself, but if you're fast and your aim is true, you can take him down. This is the only point in the game where he is alive and considered non-essential. Killing him will, however, prevent you from joining the Brotherhood.

He does not offer any services.


Related Quests

A Knife in the Dark: You must prove your worthiness to join the Brotherhood.

The Purification: Things at the Sanctuary have gone sour, and the Brotherhood can't afford chance or weakness.

Affairs of a Wizard: The first Dead Drop contract at Hero Hill, to stop a Necromancer from achieving immortality.

Following a Lead: What have you been doing, puppet?



Notes

-In the game, it is stated that Lucien is a Speaker of the Black Hand. However, in the construction set, Lucien is only listed as a Murderer in the Dark Brotherhood. The information listed in the summary box is the construction set faction, because this is the information that controls the NPC's disposition, dialogues, and responses to scripts; see Factions for details.

-There are actually two different versions of Lucien. Up until the final Dark Brotherhood quest you interact with the character internally identified as "LucienLachance" (RefID 0002FD77, FormID 000224ED). In the final quest he is replaced by "LucienLachanceHunted (RefID 000034B0, BaseID 000034AF). The two characters have different statistics and different scripting.

-"Lachance" literally means "The Luck" in French. "Lucien" is also a common French name. These would tend to imply that he is a Breton, as Bretons most commonly have French names. However, despite his name, he is Imperial. It's possible that either his race or his name was changed for some reason, leaving a minor inconsistency.

-If you kill Lucien before he disappears after your first meeting, you will not be able to join the Dark Brotherhood since your only contact is now dead.

-He is voiced by Wes Johnson, although his voice is noticeably different from that of other Imperial Males.


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