Strife:Trading Ties (Dark Brotherhood)

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Overview
The hunt begins...
 * Quest Giver: Lucien Lachance.
 * Location(s): Vivec City Foreign Quarter, Abandoned Shack.
 * Prerequisite Quest: Ritualistic Risk.
 * Next Quest: Floating Rotten.
 * Reward: Two Daedric Dart, promotion to Terminator rank.
 * Optional Bonus: None.

Quest start
The dead drop note from the previous quest summarised:
 * The party needs to eliminate two merchants that trade with the rogue Dark Brotherhood, one called Miun-Gei and another that is linked with Miun-Gei that Lucien could not track
 * Lucien has found a temporary and hidden base of operations

The targets
Miun-Gei is easy enough to find, he is on the upper level of the lower waist works in his enchanter merchant shop.

To get the other target, Miun-Gei (whilst alive) can be convinced to give up his Dark Brotherhood contact. Failing that, there is an external note in his ledger, which is in his desk, reading: "DB Tsrazami requiring 2X chitin helmet for disguise"

Tsrazami is harder to kill, as unlike Miun-Gei's secluded shop, Tsrazami is in the populated plaza of the Foreign Quarter. Upon killing Tsrazami she carries a note which is automatically given to the party, reading: ''“Get disguises for the transport of 1 Alfiq Female to headquarters. Cat not compliant AT ALL, held in Sheogorad Aplan Ahtest"''

Finishing the quest
Meeting Lucien in his shack to complete the quest, ''he has abandoned his black hand robes for a more fitting fisherman's outfit to blend in. He is looking very well rested, and says: "Ah, my Punishers, what news do you have for me..?"''

The party is encouraged to give Lucien the note and tell of the two merchants killed. He replies: ''"Splendid, I was skeptical of your role as Punisher, you have proven yourself further, well done, Terminators. As of your reward, I still have some Daedric Darts from the old sanctuary; I am not one for marksmanship so here..." He hands the party two Daedric Darts. "I hope this is satisfactory. As for the note, it seems at least Sereyne was and is reluctant; let me decode this 'Aplan Ahtest'. You are welcome to stay here; investigating this is urgent, we MUST act."''

The party now has completed this quest and has now moved onto quest Floating Rotten.