Lucien Lachance

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Lucien Lachance is a fictional character in the PC,Xbox 360 and PS3 video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Lachance is a Speaker for the illegal, underground society known as the Dark Brotherhood, an assassin's guild. The player can gain entrance into the Dark Brotherhood by committing a murder and sleeping in any isolated room or location that the Dark Brotherhood 'deems secure'. When the player awakens, he or she will be confronted by Lucien Lachance who offers the player the honour of becoming a member of the Dark Brotherhood after completing a test which involves murdering another character named Rufio, who resides at the ironicly named "Inn of Ill Omen," north of the town of Bravil.

Lachance dwells at Fort Farragut, an abandoned ruin of a fort located northeast of Cheydinhal. During the Dark Brotherhood questline, the player is required to visit Lachance there to receive new orders.

Later in the game, during the "A Kiss Before Dying" Dark Brotherhood quest, Lachance confronts the player once more, albeit on less friendly terms. Lachance informs the player that s/he has been systematically killing off members of the Black Hand, the Brotherhood's leading body, and Lachance is here to put an end to that, and thus the player. However, he realises that the player was just following orders, and the Dead Drop orders that Lachance has been placing for the player have been switched by a traitor.

Thus begins the "Following a Lead" quest, where the player hunts down the traitor. Eventually, the player meets up with Lachance once more at the abandoned farm named Applewatch, west of Bruma. However, he's too late and the player is met with the grisly sight of Lachance's strung-up and mutilated body. The remaining members of the Black Hand killed Lachance, mistakenly believing him to be the traitor.

The player is promoted to the rank of Listener, and the ex-Speaker of the Dark Brotherhood's story comes to a grisly end.

[edit] Trivia

• Lachance is one of the most loved characters in Oblivion, his character and persona praised by a multitude of fans. He also has some particularly memorable lines, one of the most memorable ones being;

"Dear Brother/Sister, I do not spread rumours; I create them".

• Lucien Lachance is voiced by Wes Johnson, who also voiced the Imperial Males, the Arena Announcer, and Dremora in Oblivion.

[edit] External Links

Lucien Lachance Fansite: http://www.lucienlachance.net/forum/