I'm doing the Dark Brotherhood questline, and now I need to choose either to kill Cicero the jester or let him live. I've been looking up a bit and read that if you kill him you get 500 gold but if you let him live he can be a companion later on.
Now my question: Is this confirmed? And does anyone know if there are any other advantages and disadvantage over killing him or not killing him?
Best Answer
He has 500 gold on him as well as his gear. Since you can pickpocket him and receive higher grade gear at the Dawnstar Sanctuary, it is really not lucrative to kill him. If you have completed the quest line for the Dark Brotherhood, and Cicerio is still alive at that point, he will indeed become a Follower.
Leaving him alive thus results in more benefits for you...