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Cicero's breakdown where he threatens you and goes on about how it should have been him, then says it's a joke and stays loyal made me like him a lot lol.

If you attack Cicero near Shadowmere, he'll side with Cicero and attack you.

Not even the horse wants him dead.

“That’s not a Horker, that’s my wife!” - Cicero

Cicero is very easy to underestimate but the fact that his madness does not take away his intellect nor his fighting prowess is genuinely terriffying. He takes down Vizeera, manages to in canon RUN AWAY from a werewolf ON FOOT and runs ACROSS THE PROVINCE which is much MUCH larger in lore and severely injures the said werewold while he himself didn't get critically injured. Besides his voice when doesn't pitch it is even pleasant.

Cicero a man out of time, defying the gods and fate for Sithis, and the Night Mother. He is a true Dark Brotherhood assassin. Once you realize how much Cicero had to go through in order to make it to Skyrim, survive in Skyrim and still be loyal to Sithis, and the Night Mother. Well you will understand why Sithis cries out from the void to spare him.

Ghost "i have a thing for jesters" charm

My mouth literally fell open when 29:41 I saw the ghost say Sithis doesn't want Cicero to die

Honestly I think Cicero attacking you when you first encounter him at the Dawnstar Sanctuary makes perfect sense. He knows you are listener and ordinarily that would be enough to earn his loyalty, but ultimately his loyalty is to Sithis, the Night Mother, and the traditions of old. He's been watching you follow Astrid's orders, he sees you as loyal to her and her ambitions, not to the traditions he holds in such high regard. As he mentions his initial assumption (which is a correct one) is that you have been sent by Astrid to kill him. He feels ultimately betrayed by the very faction he's poured his absolute everything into, and he projects that emotion onto you as his ultimate betrayer. It is only when you choose to spare him that he fully realizes he was wrong about you and commits himself to aiding you instead.

Ironically, this moment goes both ways. He has a preconceived notion about you, but you probably also have a preconceived notion about him. This, aside from your orders, is what drives you to conflict. This moment serves as the ultimate test of what future you will bring to the brotherhood.

I never kill Cicero any more in playtgrough. He is one of the best followers in Skyrim. Not just on Assassin missions.
My fave, yet one of the most irritating lines Cicero says is, "Oooo that tickles" when I ask him to carry some booty after mission completions. He's weird, but one of the most entertaining NPCs in the game.

I can't think of a single quest, character or interaction in Skyrim that had me hooked and enthralled more than Cicero and his story did from beginning to end. He is my favorite character in the game and it isn't even close - the writing, voice acting and even all the little animation flourishes like his dancing combine to create such a memorable character. Lovable for some, loathsome for others, but impossible to forget.

When you give Cicero stuff to put in his inventory he giggles and says you’re tickling him. Great companion

This is probably the most memorable scene for me! "Damndest Wagon Wheel!" That line has been said by me almost on a daily basis due to my work commute driving past a restaurant called the Wagon Wheel. My wife can not understand my plea for sanity, as there is a certain "madness" that has befuddled me.

Cicero is the very definition of an interesting and well designed NPC. From the clothes, the voice and his speech patterns you notice him right away and get curious about what his deal is. Then you meet him again and learn his story and want to know more, and the finale is just perfect. Good lore, unquie design and he can become a follower.

Not all voice acting in Skyrim or other Elder Scrolls games for that matter is necessarily very good, but Cicero's VA did a perfect job, all props to Andy Morris!

A pair of dumping-victim kittens my husband and I rescued are pseudo-black cats that we named Lucien and Cicero. Lucien is very reserved and deliberate in his behaviors, while Cicero is an extremely vocal, goofy little mama's boy who follows me all over and spends hours every day in my lap. When Cicero wants something from me (to be scooped up, food, treats, etc), he lets out these long, loud "MYYYYAAAAA" calls as he looks up at me. My husband sometimes goofs on me and Cicero by matching his pitch and length of call, but says "Night Motheeerrrr!".

I love my precious little Void babies! <3

Astrid’s own personal Starscream. Love this little oaf.

Cisero's always been my favorite NPC. I spared him on my first Dark Brotherhood playthrough (wow, that's quite a few years ago now), the deciding factor being LaChance's words, and I never regretted it... well, I was half-regretting it for a few seconds when he was pretending to've returned for revenge, but that turning out to be a prank on his part put a genuine smile on my face. The only benefit you gain for killing him is looting his gear... and while Cicerso makes it work reasonably well, it's never suited me... so I see no point in killing him. His voice gets right up to that fine line between funny and annoying, but never quite crosses it for me. I just like the guy. 🤡🔪

Andy Morris definitely needs to voice Kefka if it's ever required.

Well, it's not Cicero who's trying to kill you. It's the dark brotherhood dead ghosts, if you have a summon of any kind out. They will not attack Cicero from the start, meaning he is not tagged as being the aggressor in any way (the fact that he says he surrenders also doesn't matter, trust me. Companions and summons alike will happily chase a naked defenseless humanoid crying out in pain and surrendering, just to kill them). I think it might have something to do with our newness to the brotherhood, and "allegiance" to the Skyrim brotherhood. Because while they're not bad they have all clearly shirked the original practices of a real sanctuary and operate a whole lot more like the petty thieves guild. He's taunting you because he's angry that we, the listener, have assumedly come here to kill him (since we don't run around being like "Cicero! Please let's start a new brotherhood! A real one tied to tradition! I come in peace!" And instead go murdering the spirits of long dead members in silence to get to him. Kinda ominous you know 🤷🏻‍♂️