Hey everyone

I was just wondering if anyone could answer these questions about the Night Mother and the Dark Brotherhood.

1. Does the Night Mother know who the target is when she informs the Listener of a client?
2. If she does know, will she still inform the Listener if the target is one of the members of the Dark Brotherhood, either with the client knowing their affiliation or not? She did kill her own children, so I can't imagine she'd spare her metaphorical ones.
3. If she does inform the Listener, does that Brother or Sister have to complete the contract?This scenario seems to put the assassin between a rock and a hard place, because whatever they do, they violate the Five Tenets.
4. Does the client have to know the target's identity or can hire the Dark Brotherhood with vague information, such as "I want you to kill the man who murdered my daughter," or "My brother was killed in a bar fight in Windhelm, find the man who did it and kill him" and other less than specific requests? In Skyrim, they give you some generic NPCs, but I think that's so they didn't have to record a thousand different names in the dialogue for these Radian quests.

Thank you kindly.

1. Yes
2. Considering some events during Oblivion and Skyrim, the Night Mother has no issues allowing Brothers/Sisters becomigng a contract. Usually, ther eis a reason for it though. (Betrayel, incompetence, etc.)
3. Whether she would inform the Listenter or not, is moot. Any contract given to the Listener is supposed to assigned and filled out. The will of the Night Mother and Sithis are not to be questioned. Concerning breaking the Five Tenets, there have already been cases where the tenets have been set aside, for the greater good of the Brotherhood.
4. I believe the client doesn't have to know, but most do. I cannot confirm or deny this though.