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Player Information

Name: Zen
Personal Journal: aresvallis
Age: 27
Contact Info: through my journal, gmail: clandestinesuit or aim: Zenzendazoto
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Character Information

Character Name: Lucien Lachance

Character Series: The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Character Age: Could be anything but possibly in his early 40s
Character Gender: Male

Original Canon

Canon Point: Just before the point where he dies- sometime after his last conversation with the player character. See the uesp link for further background information.

Background Link:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Lucien_Lachance

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Spectral_Assassin

Lucien is a Speaker for the Dark Brotherhood, a respected murder and member of the ruling body of devoted followers of Sithis. Though not much is known about his past, he hints that he had traveled extensively in his youth, touring Skyrim as he meted out death to unfortunate victims . Sometime in his past, he executed a contract in which he killed a mother in front of her son. This act eventually led to his death at the Black Hand's blades, due to the son working actively to frame Lucien as a traitor to the brotherhood. Lucien caught on to what was happening, but far too late. As his agent attempted to bring the real traitor to justice, he was caught and tortured before being brutally ripped apart.

Personality:

Lucien is accurately described as a psychopath. Through and through, he is a murderer. He will happily murder someone who gets in his way and not feel a bit of remorse for it. Killing is his one passion in life, and it does not matter who- a guard, a child, a random thief. He will happily slay them all should he desire so. Usually he desires so, and he is not shy about using creative methods, like poisoned apples, or other people in order to kill.

Out of the positive traits he possesses, he is intensely loyal to his cause and completely devoted to his god, Sithis and the Dark Brotherhood that serves Sithis. He has a sort of an "awareness" of the Brotherhood, which he considers his family, headed by the Night Mother whom he also reveres as she is Sithis' Unholy Matron. Because of this, and his loyalty, he abides by the Five Tenets to not turn a hand against another Brother.

 Lucien is a Speaker for the Brotherhood, and exhibits leadership and administrative qualities. He might have been a politician in another life, as he indicates he spreads lies and rumors in his efforts for the Brotherhood. He also is something of a social butterfly, enjoying dark, gruesome talks with new recruits, the family, and no doubt the other members of the Black Hand.

Be careful if you engage him in a conversation about death, Sithis, or the Brotherhood, as he often waxes poetical and philosophical, with metaphors and flowery speech, and hints that he enjoys the finer things in life, like etiquette, fine art and the social graces of high society. In interactions with others, he is be smooth and eloquent, speaking with a soft, almost poetic tone and manner of speech, and a subtle humor and wit. He can subtly make fun of and poke at those he is speaking to, without them even realizing it. Word play is part of his game, whether he is in the middle of blood and guts or a rowdy tavern. When visiting the Sanctuaries, he is amiable, even friendly with his dark family. His dark humor is appreciated and he talks about his conquests and terrors with relish, knowing the others will enjoy the story as much as he does telling it.

He does have a sort of sense of justice, though justice in his own hands is swift and harsh- if he catches you stealing from him, he will have an exceptionally morbid treat for you. Likewise, as far as he is concerned, he is above thieving, believing that to be for lesser lifeforms and the thieves guild- he has a strong personal and professional pride as a murderer, and does well enough at it that he does not even need extra income.

Murder is an art form for him, with money being only an afterthought. When he is going in for a kill, he taunts his foes to distract them, reveling in their anguished cries and tormenting them that he is sending them to the dark void as an afterlife. To him, there is no such thing as a clean fight, for why would death be fair when life definitely is not?

When on a contract, a stealthy mission that did not have stipulations to the contrary, he would first poison his victim, paralyzing them for some torture- something he learned from the years with the Brotherhood and the Blackhand. With a helpless victim, he would whisper nasty, violent messages as he sharpened his knives, congratulating his victim on being yet another sacrifice to Sithis and how they will enjoy the silence of the void.

He is adept at being quiet, secretive and stealthy. Not only is it a part of who he is as a Dark Brother, he has to be discrete in order to practice his craft without hassle from the law or unnecessary and irritating questions popping up. He would rather avoid all of that trial for murder mess some people get into.

Abilities:  Lucien is an assassin. He is silent, deadly, and adept with all forms of blades, and has had plenty of experience killing with other, more unusual things, such as poison apples. Though he sometimes uses magic to aid him in his cause, casting powerful chameleon and invisibility magic, he feels that this is far to impersonal to actually kill with, and prefers sneaky, though hands on approach when killing in person.

Sample Entry:


This place... it was strange. Like being wrapped up in a white box. Lucien felt the material of the blanket underneath him, feeling the softness- never before had he felt such fine cloth, even finer than what many nobles wore. Shifting, he slid his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up, finally noting what he was wearing, and scowled. White was definitely not his color.

"Dread Father, whoever is responsible for this will feel my blade before the day is out," he growled to himself, looking around the room for something- anything decent to wear. Preferably his robes. That was when he noticed the letter, and carefully picked it up. 

"Tamriel?" Lucien whispered, in utter awe at the words scripted therein. "Tamriel... Mundus is destroyed? By Sithis, what an idea!" He had to admire the sheer, absolute power that killing an entire world would take. It must have been Sithis himself behind it. Only the Dread Father himself could silence an entire world.  Hesitating then, looking around the room again, "But this... this must be a plane of Oblivion- though I do not recognize where."

The puzzle was intriguing, and Lucien was eager to explore this place, poking into the closet on one side of the bed he had woken up in, and then at the trunk at the bottom. With a satisfied chuckle, he pulled out his Black Hand robes, quickly and efficiently shedding the white jumpsuit. Properly attired now, with his blade by his side, he felt ready to face whatever this place had to offer him.

Surely, it was better than waiting for a sure fate on Applewatch Farm.