Bound Sword (Skyrim)

Bound Sword is a Novice-level Conjuration spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. When activated, an ethereal version of the Daedric Sword appears in the hand the spell was cast from (the overcharged version appears by default in the right hand). Sheathing dispels the Bound Sword and other Bound items. Finishing moves can be performed with Bound Swords equipped. All bound weapons can be Poisoned.

Base Damage
This weapon has a base damage of 9 and a base damage of 14 after the Mystic Binding perk is applied.

Skills
Casting the Bound Sword spell levels Conjuration, while landing successful blows with the weapon increases One-Handed. Thus, Conjuration governs the magicka cost of the spell and One-Handed governs the damage of the weapon. Apparel enchanted with "Fortify One-Handed" increases the bound sword's damage as it would with any physical one-handed sword.

Perks

 * Soul Stealer: All bound weapons instantly Soul Trap enemies killed with them, if the player has a large enough Soul Gem in their inventory.
 * Oblivion Binding: banishes any summoned creature and turns any raised ones.
 * Mystic Binding increases the damage of all bound weapons.
 * Also affected by all One-Handed Perks that effect swords.
 * Casting Bound Sword creates noise, which can cause casters to be detected while Sneaking. This can be resolved by learning the "Quiet Casting" perk.

Attributes

 * Weight: 1
 * Value: 49
 * Form ID: 0009E2A9

Locations

 * Farengar Secret-Fire sells this spell tome at Dragonsreach.
 * Phinis Gestor sells this spell upon reaching Conjuration 25.
 * Calcelmo sells this spell tome in Markarth.

Trivia

 * Thalmor Soldiers and Falmer favor this spell.
 * When approaching some friendly NPCs with a Bound Sword equipped some people react to it and make positive remarks, such as "Oooo, such pretty colors" and "Beautiful!". Guards are unimpressed, though.
 * When Dual Cast with Conjuration Dual Casting, the spell only summons one sword for an extra amount of time. It appears in the left hand, with the right hand still equipped with the spell.  Pressing the buttons one after the other, instead of at the same time, can remedy this and equip both at the same time, but with no extended time in the first place.