Pieces of the Past

Background
Silus Vesuius, devotee of The Mythic Dawn cult, asks the Dragonborn to retrieve the separated pieces of a dagger named Mehrunes' Razor that once belonged to his family.

''Silus Vesuius, the owner of a museum dedicated to the Mythic Dawn cult, wants to hire me for a job. He'll give me the details inside his house in Dawnstar.''

Quick walkthrough

 * 1) Once level 20 is achieved, a courier arrives with an invitation from Silus Vesuius. Alternatively, the quest can be activated by walking around Dawnstar, where townsfolk will mention the museum.
 * 2) When speaking to Silus in Dawnstar, the Dragonborn can agree to collect the artifacts.
 * 3) The scattered pieces of Mehrunes' Razor can be retieved.
 * 4) The hilt is in Jorgen’s house in Morthal
 * 5) The pommel is available from Drascua at Dead Crone Rock
 * 6) The blade shards are in Cracked Tusk Keep
 * 7) At the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon, killing Silus will allow Mehrunes’ Razor to be obtained.

Initiating the Quest
To start the quest, the Dragonborn must be at least level 20 and get an invitation to Silus' Mythic Dawn Museum in Dawnstar. The invitation can be received by either waiting until he appears, or fast traveling to any major area (village, town, city, etc.) where eventually a Courier will approach. Another way to begin this quest is to walk around Dawnstar until overhearing someone mentioning the museum. The quest also begins by hearing a rumor about the museum from any barkeep. There will be a miscellaneous quest, "Visit the museum in Dawnstar," in the quest log.

Mythic Dawn
After receiving the invitation, the Dragonborn can speak to Silus inside his house in Dawnstar. As soon as it is entered, the miscellaneous quest will be completed. He will tell of his ancestors who were members of The Mythic Dawn, the cult from responsible for the assassination of Emperor Uriel Septim VII and the resulting Oblivion Crisis. Silus wants the Dragonborn to find the three pieces of Mehrunes' Razor. He will say the parts of the razor are with an Orc named Ghunzul, a Hagraven named Drascua, and the last with Jorgen, who lives in Morthal.

As each piece is returned to Silus, he gladly accepts them and rewards the Dragonborn with a leveled amount of gold.



Jorgen: Hilt of Mehrunes' Razor
Jorgen is one of the keepers of a part of Mehrunes' Razor, in Morthal. He will (usually) be near his house across the bridge. The hilt is in a locked chest in Jorgen's house. His house can be entered by picking the novice-level lock to open it, pickpocketing the key off of him, picking the lock of the chest where the Hilt is located (an adept chest in front of his bed), or killing him and take the key from his body. Another option is to speak to him and either pay him off, persuade him, intimidate him or brawl him for it. Brawling with him may be the easiest way, as he can be defeated relatively quickly.



Drascua: Pommel Stone of Mehrunes' Razor
Drascua is holed up in a keep south-west of Markarth called Dead Crone Rock. She will be surrounded and guarded by Forsworn. She has the Pommel on her person, so it can be taken from her corpse after she is dead. There is a Word Wall where part of the Dismay Shout can be learned. On the sacrificial altar here there is the quest item Stone of Barenziah.



Ghunzul: Shards of Mehrunes' Razor
There are three methods to get the last piece found in Cracked Tusk Keep, a small Orc stronghold west of Falkreath: Once the gate is opened, the vaults can be entered. Down the narrow path, the room with the shards on a pedestal will be reached. Activating the two levers on either side of the door will allow progress towards the shards. There are numerous tripwires and arrows that barrage from the ceiling when the shards are lifted from the pressure plate on the pedestal.
 * 1) Inside the front door, Ghunzul can be killed in his room (there are a few other orcs to beware of). His body can be looted to find the vault key, or the other one on his dresser can be taken. Down the stairs from his room to the right of the entrance, the box can be unlocked, revealing a button to open the gate.
 * 2) Outside, there is a novice locked door to the right of the main entrance. Using this method will allow the Dragonborn to skip the Orcs up above in the main room, however he or she will need to pick an expert lock in order to access the button and open the gate.
 * 3) There is a hatch on the roof of the Keep that grants access directly to Ghunzul's room.

If the Dragonborn has the Telekinesis spell, he or she can retrieve the shards of the dagger from its pedestal by using the spell and standing in the doorway, avoiding all harm. But in doing so, it is possible to miss the chest that is in the right side of the room with the shards.

The Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon
After delivering all three pieces to Silus, the quest continues at the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon, where the Razor can be repaired. There will almost always be one or two frost dragons there, due to the very close word wall/burial ground. Silus will next try to perform the task of speaking with Dagon. Receiving no answer from Dagon, Silus will ask the Dragonborn to try. Dagon will respond, and he will then explain that in order for him to repair the Razor, Silus must be killed. There are two choices:


 * 1) Kill Silus: Mehrunes will repair the dagger and give it to the Dragonborn.
 * 2) Spare Silus: Receive 500, but the dagger is not received.

Regardless of the choice, two Dremora appear; they can be killed and looted for the Key to Mehrune's Shrine and Daedra hearts. Inside the shrine, there are two more Dremora inside and three chests and some random ingredients as well as many ingots of varying metals.

Should Silus survive, he will return to his home with the fragments and place them into a sealed display case that cannot be further interacted with.

Trivia

 * The pieces of the dagger can be obtained before visiting Silus and the hilt can be looted. Obtaining one of these pieces will not initiate the quest. Talking to Silus will still be required.
 * If Dawnstar is visited on the Dark Brotherhood Quest Contract: Kill Beitild, and the courier invitation has already been received, the quest journal will say that the quest Visit the museum in Dawnstar has failed if the killing of Beitild is witnessed and a bounty is accumulated. The only way to begin the quest is to overhear a conversation about Silus or by directly talking to Silus.
 * If Dead Crone Rock was cleared of all the inhabitants including Drascua before doing this quest, Dead Crone Rock will be repopulated with opponents except for Drascua. Drascua will still be dead with her body still in the place where she was killed. Her corpse will now hold the Razor piece. Note that if she was killed on top of the tower and her body fell off, it will be necessary to search around the base of the tower for it during the quest.
 * At low enough of a level, the Dremora may use Iron Weapons, rather than Daedric ones.
 * Killing Silus before speaking to Mehrunes Dagon will result in the quest failing. The shards of the razor cannot be interacted with and the shrine door cannot be opened.
 * The Dragonborn may return to The Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon and the Dremora will reappear offering more Deadra Hearts.

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