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Let the Family Take you In

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Sithis be with you,
On your way,
Let him guide,
Let him stay,

The Night Mother watches,
As you kill.
Don't fear;
Don't cry;
Don't give in.
She will be there,
When you are only
Vaguely aware,
Of her comforting presence:

Let the family take you in...

Never die,
Never fear,
Never mourn,
We are here.

The Black Hand watches,
As you kill.
Life is short;
Life is cruel;
Life gives in.
They will be there,
When you are only
Vaguely aware,
Of their ice cold presence:

Let the family take you in...
I'm not even sure WHAT this is.

This was inspired late at night -- or early in the morning, I can't remember -- by thinking about the Dark Brotherhood and Black Hand of Oblivion. They're known for their cold-blooded members, contracts and killings... But not for the sadness they endure -- i.e. Purifying the Sanctuary (Yes I know that only happened twice -- three times if the player goes ahead with it -- but that's not the point) and members becoming insane and having to be dealt with (I remember Gogron Gro-Bolmog saying at one point that he had seen Lucien ''deal'' with a member who had broken one of the Five Tenets).

This... thing, a poem of a sort, I suppose, is... Well, put it together with the Instrumental ''One Eye Open'' by Hal Goldstein -- Can be found here: [link] -- and you get what comes to my mind when I think of the more depressing side of the Dark Brotherhood.

A.K.A I'm being a depressing spacktard, and this is what I think of. xD

Dark Brotherhood/Sithis/Night Mother/Black Hand/ect (C) Oblivion (C) Bethesda
One Eye Open (C) Hal Goldstein
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<3 Simply amazing.