Being a Dark Brotherhood Listener... an alternative way?

[Skyei]

Hey I was wondering if there is any other way to get to speaker in the DB without killing all your pals at cheydinal sanctuary and killing off 98% of the Dark Brotherhood.

If there are any interesting variations on the quest to speakerdom please do tell

[Lucien]

Well im the Speaker amd from what i know u have to kill them , and if u dont want infamy in some DB quest you can tell them your gona kill them and they will become aggresive and attack you and the guards will kil them. Dont know if it works for that quest.

[DM8954]

If they attack first it's self-defense and you don't need the guards to step in.

There may be mods out there (for PC) but most people who join DB enjoy all the killing, it seems. Ha ha.

[Mystical]

I was heartbroken when I first realized I killed all my pals. D=

Though it was fun...

... but they were from the DB. D=

[pooshoe]

command prom by press the button to the left of 1 type kill on all of them go to lucien bla bla bla go back to the sanctuary use resurrect

[Doran Dragonfriend]

depends if your on 360,PS3 or PC, if your on 360/PS3, then your SOL. B ut PC has a resurrect console command that can resurrect them all and still be able to continue on with the DB quests.