Skyrim NPCs

Cicero

NPCNon-Killable
5 quests
held items
Location
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Dialogue

(player): Wait! She said to tell you, "Darkness rises when silence dies."

She... she said that? She said those words... to you? "Darkness rises when silence dies"?

But those are the words. The Binding Words. Written in the Keeping Tomes. The signal so I would know. Mother's only way of talking to sweet Cicero...

Then... it is true! She is back! Our Lady is back! She has chosen a Listener! She has chosen you! Ha ha ha! All hail the Listener!

(player): The Night Mother spoke to me! She said "I am the one."

She... spoke to you? More treachery! More trickery and deceit! You lie! The Night Mother speaks only to the Listener!

And there is... no... Listener!

Follow-up choices

(player): Wait! She said to tell you, "Darkness rises when silence dies."

She... she said that? She said those words... to you? "Darkness rises when silence dies"?

But those are the words. The Binding Words. Written in the Keeping Tomes. The signal so I would know. Mother's only way of talking to sweet Cicero...

Then... it is true! She is back! Our Lady is back! She has chosen a Listener! She has chosen you! Ha ha ha! All hail the Listener!

(player): (Remain silent)

Oh, you prefer to listen, eh? Of course, of course! The Listener listens! A joke! A funny joke! I get it.

Then listen to this - don't kill me. Let poor Cicero live! I attacked the strumpet Astrid, I did! And I'd do it again! Anything for our mother!

Return to the pretender, tell her I'm dead! Tell her you strangled me with my own intestines! Ha ha! But lie! Yes, lie! Lie, and let me live!

(player): Time to die, traitor!

Traitor? Me? Silly assassin. So confused, so confused... and they say I'm mad!

If I'm a traitor, so are you! Have you not heard the maiden's voice? Are you not the Listener?

So walk away! Let poor Cicero live! Tell Astrid you did the job! Stabbed, strangled, drowned poor Cicero! A tiny white lie for a dark assassin!

(player): There is only one cure for your madness, Cicero. Me.

Oh, I like that! Very good, very good! Creative!

But killing me would be a mistake! Oh yes. You would displease our mother, hmm? For she's your mother too, isn't she... Listener?

Walk away! Let poor Cicero live! Tell the pretender Astrid you did the job! Stabbed, strangled, drowned poor Cicero! One little itty bitty lie!

(player): DB07CiceroConfrontBranchTopic

You caught me! I surrender! Ha ha ha ha.

Follow-up choices

(player): There is only one cure for your madness, Cicero. Me.

Oh, I like that! Very good, very good! Creative!

But killing me would be a mistake! Oh yes. You would displease our mother, hmm? For she's your mother too, isn't she... Listener?

Walk away! Let poor Cicero live! Tell the pretender Astrid you did the job! Stabbed, strangled, drowned poor Cicero! One little itty bitty lie!

(player): Time to die, traitor!

Traitor? Me? Silly assassin. So confused, so confused... and they say I'm mad!

If I'm a traitor, so are you! Have you not heard the maiden's voice? Are you not the Listener?

So walk away! Let poor Cicero live! Tell Astrid you did the job! Stabbed, strangled, drowned poor Cicero! A tiny white lie for a dark assassin!

(player): (Remain silent)

Oh, you prefer to listen, eh? Of course, of course! The Listener listens! A joke! A funny joke! I get it.

Then listen to this - don't kill me. Let poor Cicero live! I attacked the strumpet Astrid, I did! And I'd do it again! Anything for our mother!

Return to the pretender, tell her I'm dead! Tell her you strangled me with my own intestines! Ha ha! But lie! Yes, lie! Lie, and let me live!

(player): DB07CiceroConfrontBranchTopic

Do what you will. Cicero has no fight left. In the end, Sithis will judge us both.

(player): Will the Night Mother speak to me again?

Ha! Surely you're pulling Cicero's leg!

Wait... the Listener is serious? Oh.

Well of course the Night Mother will speak to you again! She might speak now, or later, or... I don't know! But speak she will!

The Night Mother is part of you now! You get to hear voices inside your head! The rest of us should be so lucky.

(player): Cicero, did you want to be the Listener?

Oh... Well... yes. I did. I did indeed. I tried to listen. Tried so hard. But the Night Mother never spoke to poor Cicero.

The silence became almost... maddening.

Oh, but that was then! This is now! You're the Listener, and the Night Mother chose you for a reason, I'm sure! Cicero will remain the happy Keeper.

(player): What exactly does a Listener do?

Oh, the Listener, well... listens! The Night Mother speaks to you. Guides you on your path.

But when the Night Mother speaks, the Listener must obey. You must! For her word is the will of Sithis. And Sithis is the Dark Brotherhood incarnate.

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Technical data
ID
Cicero