Prerequisites: You must be Level 20 or higher

Intersecting Quests: None

Locations: Cracked Tusk Keep, Cracked Tusk Vaults, Dawnstar, Silus Vesuius’s House , (aka the Museum of the Mythic Dawn), Dead Crone Rock, Hag Rock Redoubt, Hag Rock Redoubt Ruin, Morthal, Jorgen and Lami’s House, Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon

Characters: Courier, Jorgen, Lami, Madena, Mehrunes Dagon, Silus Vesuius

Enemies: Cave Bear, Drascua, Forsworn, Forsworn Briarheart, Ghunzul, Orc Bandit, Orc Hunter, Snow Bear

Objectives: Miscellaneous: Visit the museum in Dawnstar, Speak to Silus inside his house, Retrieve the pommel of Mehrunes’ Razor, Retrieve the blade shards of Mehrunes’ Razor, Retrieve the hilt of Mehrunes’ Razor, Bring the pommel stone to Silus, Bring the blade shards to Silus, Bring the hilt to Silus, Meet Silus at the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon, Speak to Mehrunes Dagon, Kill Silus, Reforge Mehrunes’ Razor, Claim Mehrunes’ Razor

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Dead Oaths on Dead Lips

When you reach Level 20, visit any city in Skyrim; Riverwood is a fine example. When you reach the city, a courier approaches and delivers a message regarding the opening of a new museum up in Dawnstar. The owner is handing out invitations; you can visit at your earliest convenience. This doesn’t begin the quest yet, just a Miscellaneous Objective that piques your interest.

Miscellaneous Objective: Visit the museum in Dawnstar
Target: Silus Vesuius’s House, in Dawnstar

As you near Silus Vesuius’s House in Dawnstar, he is out on the porch having a heated discussion with Dawnstar’s Court Wizard, Madena. The argument centers around Silus refusing to bury his family’s legacy. Madena eventually gives up talking to him and leaves, allowing you to greet Silus and visit the Museum of the Mythic Dawn. You can ask him more about it, and he reveals it contains artifacts from a group that once toppled an Empire. Silus also has a job you’d be perfect for. This quest now officially begins.

Objective: Speak to Silus inside his house
Target: The Museum of the Mythic Dawn, in Dawnstar

The museum takes up about two-thirds of Silus’s house. You are free to peruse the cabinets before speaking to Silus; he offers commentary as you inspect each display case. You discover the tapestries were hung in hideouts where the mysterious Mythic Dawn would meet and plot.

The scabbard has Oblivion Gate iconography etched into it, a key symbol of Mehrunes Dagon, the patron Daedra. The case of books are commentaries on the Mysterium Xarxes, written by the cult’s leader, Mankar Camoran. The burned paper is all that remains of the fabled Mysterium Xarxes, the blasphemous book written by Mehrunes Dagon.

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Finally, the robes were worn during the Mythic Dawn’s secret meetings, where they plotted to bring Dagon into Tamriel...