Broken Azura's Star

The Broken Azura's Star is found in Ilinalta's Deep on The Black Star quest.

Azura's Star was broken during Malyn Varen's experiments to find a way to prolong his life; he believed that storing his soul inside the Daedric Artifact would prevent him from dying. Unfortunately for him, one of the properties of the Star is that black souls&mdash;the souls of sentient, mortal beings&mdash;cannot enter it. As such, he began a quest to manipulate the Star's properties. He was ultimately successful, leaving a Broken Azura's Star behind within Ilinalta's Deep.

After acquiring the Broken Azura's Star, the Dragonborn can bring it to either Aranea Ienith or Nelacar, both of whom will task the Dragonborn with evicting Malyn Varen's soul from the artifact. With this completed, Aranea purifies the Star into a refillable Grand Soul Gem, while Nelacar turns it into a refillable Black Soul Gem.