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Emperor Uriel Septim[edit]

The Night Mother[edit]

Mentioned in numerous books, with her identity mostly a mystery or matter of debate, as can be seen by differing portrayals in Fire and Darkness, Sacred Witness, The Brothers of Darkness and 2920, The Last Year of the First Era

Alternatively, you may come across a Public Notice on the door of Claudius Arcadia's house in the Imperial City's Talos Plaza District mentioning "Rituals to the Night Mother" as an "attempt to contact the Dark Brotherhood". More information on this can be gleaned by reading the copy of The Black Horse Courier entitled Night Mother Rituals! detailing Arcadia's crimes.

If you speak to Arcadia he will confirm the rumors:

"So I wanted somebody murdered! So I prayed to the Night Mother! What, is that a crime now? They even took my house, those bastards! Agghhh!"

Should commit a murder and be visited by Lucien Lachance, the Night Mother will start to take more shape and emerges as the guiding force behind the brotherhood:

"Your work, your deathcraft, pleases the Night Mother."
"And you, you are a cold-blooded killer, capable of taking life without mercy or remorse. The Night Mother has been watching, and she is most pleased."
"My name is Lucien Lachance, and my voice is the will of the Night Mother. She's been watching you. Observing as you kill, admiring as you end life without pity or remorse. The Night Mother is most pleased..."

Importance underscored by her being in the first Tenet:

Five Tenets
"Tenet 1: Never dishonor the Night Mother. To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis."
Covenant
"Know this. Every Dark Brother and Sister is a child of Sithis. He whom we call Sithis has many other names. Chaos. Doom. Discord. Sithis is the Void. We of the Dark Brotherhood serve the Night Mother, who is the bride of Sithis. The Night Mother rules her children with a terrible Black Hand."
Night Mother
"We praise our Unholy Matron. From her shadowed womb we were born, from her breast we suckle malice and pain. She loves her children, you see."

Ocheeva:

Night Mother
"To employ the services of the Dark Brotherhood, one must perform a ritual to the Night Mother. Only then will she heed their prayers for murder. It is an ancient rite, this Black Sacrament. All across the Empire, every day, people beseech the Night Mother to take the lives of others. After a person performs the ritual, they are contacted by a Speaker. Gold is exchanged, and the details worked out. So it has always been."

Others

Teinaava:"I welcome you to our family, and this Sanctuary. May you find yourself at home here, in the loving embrace of our Lady the Night Mother."
Telaendril: "The Night Mother has been smiling upon you, I hope."

Can ask others in the Sanctuary:

Antoinetta: "I've always wondered who the Night Mother really is. Some say she's an old woman who lives somewhere here in Cyrodiil, but I'm not so sure."
Gogron: "I don't know who the Night Mother is, but she pays me to kill people. My own mother should have loved me so much."
Teinaava: "The Night Mother is the Dark Brotherhood's Unholy Matron. She guides our actions, just as the Dread Father Sithis once guided hers."
Telaendril: "Our Lady is surely an ancient and powerful elf. Someday, when I am Listener of the Black Hand, I will look upon her beautiful and unholy form!"
Vicente: "The Night Mother speaks to only one member of the Dark Brotherhood -- the Listener of the Black Hand. And when Our Lady speaks, death follows."

Telaendril also adds:

Sithis
"Long ago, in an age now forgotten, Sithis came to the Night Mother and begat her five sons. So you see, his love gave birth to the Dark Brotherhood."

Arquen at Applewatch:

"We five, including you, are now all that remain. Even worse, you killed the Listener! The Black Hand without a Listener is like a hand with no thumb. Even the Listener's successor is dead! So, we have no choice but to invoke an ancient ritual. We must wake the Night Mother from her slumber, and seek her guidance! Between the hours of midnight and 3:00 AM, ask me about the Night Mother, and we will away to our Lady's home. Only then will the ritual begin."

Banus Alor:

"May we forever serve the Night Mother."
"Our troubles are almost at an end, Brother/Sister. Soon we will visit the Night Mother, and she will surely guide us."

If you speak at correct time:

Night Mother
"The Night Mother must be awakened, so that we may seek her guidance. Are you ready to travel now to her resting place?"
No. I'm not ready yet.
"All right, but don't tarry too long. Until we receive the Night Mother's guidance, the Dark Brotherhood will remain in disarray."
Yes. Let's go.
"Very good! And so it begins, the Black Hand's journey into a darkness few can imagine. Let us be off! The Night Mother awaits!"

Arquen at Crypt:

"Unholy Matron, we of the Black Hand beseech you! Reveal yourself now, most magnificent Night Mother, so that we may seek your guidance!"

References in Traitor's Diary

Bellamont:

"Enough! Enough of this! You will all suffer for the pain you have caused me! I will destroy your Night Mother, and the Dark Brotherhood will fall!"
"The Night Mother will fall by my hand! Her spirit will haunt my nightmares no longer!"

Arquen post:

Night Mother
"As the new Listener of the Black Hand, it is your task to speak with the statue of the Night Mother, and hear the words of our Unholy Matron. The statue, as you know, is located in the city of Bravil. You may speak with the Night Mother once a week, and then pass that information on to me."

When it is the time:

"Greetings, most honorable Listener. The time has come for you to hear the whispers of death. Go to Bravil, and listen to the Night Mother."

Arquen goodbye Dark18<50

"May the Night Mother hold you in her cold embrace."

Can also ask new recruits:

Night Mother
"You... you're asking me about the Night Mother? Well, I... I mean... she is our Unholy Matron! She... she speaks... to you!"

When leaving convo with them:

"May the Night Mother always watch over you, great Listener."

Refer to her in Hellos & Goodbyes:

Ocheeva:
"May the Night Mother guide you."
"Go now, dear family member, and may the Night Mother wrap you in her cold, loving embrace."
Telaendril: "Seeing you again is like a blessing from the Night Mother herself!"
Vicente: "You are like a dark gift from the Night Mother herself. Please, tell me how I can help."

Ocheeva also has special:

"Go now and rest, and may the Night Mother guard your dreams."
"I lay upon you now the Night Mother's Blessing. May she walk with you always, and guide your hand as you act in accordance with the Five Tenets."

Invoke her in combat:

"Night Mother! I beg your mercy!"
"Night Mother grant me strenght!"