Oblivion:The Purification

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Detailed Walkthrough
3 Tips
4 Journal Entries

Things at the Sanctuary have gone sour, and the Brotherhood can't afford chance or weakness. ^edit

Quest Giver: Ocheeva at Cheydinhal Sanctuary
Location(s): Cheydinhal, Fort Farragut
Prerequisite Quest: Permanent Retirement
Next Quest: Affairs of a Wizard
Reward: Shadowmere, promotion to Silencer, whatever you steal from your brothers and sisters.
Fame/Infamy: Infamy +1
ID: Dark10Sanctuary

Lucien Lachance's hideout.

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Read Lucien's letter to you.
Meet him in Fort Farragut.
Eliminate everyone in the Sanctuary.
Return to Lucien for your new contracts.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Of Secret And Shadow

The "Of Secret And Shadow" mini-quest directs you to talk to Ocheeva. She tells you that you have received a letter from Lucien. Apparently the Black Hand itself has a task for you. For more details, you need to travel to Lucien's current residence in Fort Farragut, just northeast of Cheydinhal. The letter also warns you that you must not speak to anyone in the Sanctuary about the letter and you should be careful about the residents of the fort.

[edit] Fort Farragut

The tower is full of undead and traps and may prove somewhat difficult if you aren't prepared. However, you can bypass everything and enter through the secret door. This door is located just outside Fort Farragut, inside a hollowed out tree immediately northwest of the fort's tower. When you find Lucien, he tells you about the assassin among the assassins that you may have already heard about. He tells you that you are not a suspect because you are too new a member, but the assassin is definitely in the Cheydinhal Sanctuary. Lucien informs you that you must perform a Purification upon the Sanctuary. This means that you must kill every member of the Dark Brotherhood in Cheydinhal that Lucien names (Schemer and the Dark Guardian are above suspicion for their own reasons). You are temporarily exempt from the normal restrictions of the Five Tenets.

[edit] Elimination

You should have no problem killing the Sanctuary members. Lucien gives you some items which may help you in your mission, and you don't have to fight all the members at the same time. Even if other Dark Brotherhood members are present while you attack a Dark Brotherhood member, they will not turn hostile towards you. This enables you to pick off the Sanctuary members one by one. Just be careful not to attack one while the Dark Guardian (the skeleton that patrols the entrance hall) is nearby, as it will turn hostile toward you. The only people who may give you trouble are Gogron gro-Bolmog, Teinaava, and Vicente. Teinaava and Vicente have good swords and Gogron has heavy armor (not to mention his enchanted battle axe). If you want, use poisoned apples on the Orc and the Argonian and use garlic on Vicente (there is a note in his desk revealing his weakness to garlic). Getting rid of Telaendril may be tricky, as she is absent from the city on Loredas and Sundas. One way to determine her whereabouts is looting Ocheeva's corpse and acquiring Telaendril's note. You can also follow her quest marker on your map. If you don't want to follow her around, you can wait until Middas, when she returns to the Cheydinhal Sanctuary. Alternatively, you can find her near the Mages Guild on Turdas. You can choose an appropriate dialogue option to infuriate her and prompt her to attack you. If you run to any nearby guards, they will take care of her for you, saving you the trouble of fighting and an unnecessary bounty.

[edit] Introduction to Dead Drops

Once you have killed everyone, return to Lucien. He tells you that you will no longer be receiving your contracts face-to-face but instead from letters in "dead drops." Each dead drop location will be revealed to you once you have completed your previous contract. The dead drop will hold your reward and the next contract. Lucien tells you the location of your first dead drop and gives you his horse, Shadowmere. Shadowmere is a very fast and strong horse, and is the only "quest essential" horse, meaning that she cannot die. She is extremely helpful for getting to the various dead drops and locations of the upcoming contracts.

[edit] Tips

There is no consequence for speaking to other family members about the letter; you won't have described the nature of the orders. Feel free to raise the topic with them.
If you are a high level and you take the hollowed out tree entrance, go through the gate and you will find all the undead have been killed. Some carry rare items worth stealing.
If you were planning to get the "Dark Gift" from Vicente's non-contract quest Darkness Eternal, this is your last chance to do so.
The same applies to the The Renegade Shadowscale quest given by Teinaava.
The barrel in Lucien's room contains ten poisoned apples (which will respawn). See Poisoned Apple for details on how to use these apples for assassinations. Even if you do not intend to use them, the apples have a decent monetary value and will sell for a decent amount of coin.
Inside Vicente's desk is a note indicating that he is vulnerable when in possession of garlic. Putting garlic in his inventory will render him weaker than usual.
Vampires have a strong weakness to fire, so Vicente is easier to defeat with fire damage.
Leading Vicente outside into the sunlight is another alternative to poisoned apples, garlic, or an outright attack.
If a family member is proving difficult to kill, there are several tables that can be used as a barrier while spellcasting.
You can get the City Watch to help you out - just pickpocket one of your targets until you get caught. The target you pickpocketed should come after you. Escape to Cheydinhal proper and the guards should come to your aid. Test this method with Gogron gro-Bolmog; it may not work as well for other Sanctuary members.
Try using a bow, then yielding to the member you are attacking. You could also sneak up behind your target and attack, then immediately yield.
Don't forget to loot the chests in the Living Quarters. You can find keys to the chests on the bodies of your victims.
You can try to pickpocket your targets' armor and weapons while they are asleep, making them much more vulnerable when you attack them.
The unique items sold by M'raaj-Dar are not available after you kill him (they are in an inaccessible merchant chest, and cannot be looted off his corpse). After finishing the last Dark Brotherhood quest (Honor Thy Mother) one of the Dark Brotherhood Murderers will provide access to M'raaj-Dar's spells, but not to the equipment.
If you have a high Sneak skill, wait until night time when most of them are asleep and sneak attack them.
A good way to kill most of the members is to wait while the mark and M'raaj-Dar are both in the training room. While M'raaj-Dar is practising his magic, you can push the target sister/brother into the line of fire and M'raaj-Dar will kill the mark for you. This will not work on some characters, as they never enter the training room. To keep the target from walking away, talk to them every few seconds, as they will not move right after you talk to them.

[edit] Journal Entries

Of Secret And Shadow (Dark09RetirementFIN)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I must accept a contract from Ocheeva.
20		I have spoken with Ocheeva, and she has given me sealed orders from Lucien Lachance himself. Apparently it is an urgent matter, and I must read the orders as soon as possible.
30		I have read the sealed orders from Lucien Lachance. I am to meet him at Fort Farragut, which is in the wilderness northeast of the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. Apparently, he has a special assignment for me.
100	0	I have reported to Lucien Lachance at Fort Farragut, and received my special assignment.
The Purification (Dark10Sanctuary)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I must kill every Dark Brotherhood member in the Cheydinhal Sanctuary -- Ocheeva, Vicente Valtieri, Antoinetta Marie, Gogron gro-Bolmog, Telaendril, M'raaj-Dar and Teinaava. Because I am now working for the Black Hand, I am no longer bound by the Five Tenets, and should employ any means necessary to Purify the Sanctuary.
20		The Purification is now complete. Every Dark Brotherhood member based out of the Cheydinhal Sanctuary has been killed. I must now report back to Lucien Lachance at Fort Farragut.
100	0	I have reported back to Lucien Lachance at Fort Farragut. He has advanced me to rank of Silencer and given me his own horse, a magical steed named Shadowmere.

Notes

Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in random order.
If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage quest stage. Where quest is the internal name of the quest, and stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.