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If you want to obtain some strong weapons inThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, then you should try the different Daedric artifacts. You get them as rewards from Daedric quests, and unlike other weapon rewards, they aren’t leveled. That means it’s always the best at any level for your character.
One of the weapons you can acquire is theEbony Blade, and it’s a weapon given to you by the Daedric Prince of Murder and Lies, Mephala. Of course, since it’s her domain, you’ll also need to lie and murder your way into getting this weapon.
How To Start The Mephala Quest
Like most Daedric quests in the game, this quest needs you to be at a certain level, as well as have an offering for the shrine. To start the Mephala quest, you’ll need to beat least level 15. You will alsoneed a singleNightshadeto offer to the shrine so that Mephala will talk to you.
You will also need to interact with the shrinein-between midnight and dawn.
Where To FindNightshade
To start the quest, you’ll need tooffer aNightshadeto Mephala’s Shrine.Nightshadecan be bought fromany alchemy vendorin major cities, as well as Mages Guilds. you may also findNightshadein the wild.
The best place to look for them is along theroad in-between Skingrad and Kvatch.
Where To Find Mephala’s Shrine
To get to Mephala’s Shrine, you’ll need to headnortheast of the Imperial City. The Shrine is located to the south of the ‘a’ in ‘Heartlands’ in the forest area. The area can spawn leveled enemies, so keep that in mind when going there.
How To Complete The Mephala Quest
Once you have all the prerequisites,interact with Mephala’s Shrine in-between midnight and dawn. The Daedric prince will then give you a task to go to a nearby village where a Dunmer and a Nord family live. You will need to use trickery and deceit tomake the two families kill each other.
The village is Bleaker’s Way, and it’s to thenorthwest of the Shrine. Head over there and look for the two family leaders:Nivan Dalvilu, the Dunmer, and Hrol Ulfgar, the Nord. Ask them about each other to find out who they are. You will then need tokill them and plant evidence that they killed each other.
To do this, go to Nivan Dalvilu’s house to the north of the village andtake theDalvilu Cermonial Daggeron top of a table near a bed. (Yes, the weapon has a spelling mistake; they’ve retained it from the original game.) You will then need toget the Ulfgar Family Ringinside Hrol Ulfgar’s house.
You will need to break into their house at night, and their doors are locked. You can lockpick them normally, or use theSkeleton Keyor spells to unlock them. You can also get an unlock spell via the Tower Stone, although you can only use it once a day.
Once you have the two items, wait till night and break into their homes and kill them without alerting anyone.Kill Hrol Ulfgar and plant theDalvilu Cermonial Daggerinside his corpse. Thenkill Nivan Dalvilu and plant the Ulfgar Family Ringinside him as well.
Killing the two will count as murder and will start the Dark Brotherhood quest line if you haven’t already.
Once you’ve done the dark deed,talk to any of the NPCs inside Bleaker’s Wayand choose the dialogue options for both Nivan Dalvilu and Hrol Ulfgar. This will trigger a fight between the two families, resulting in one wiping out the other.
How To Get TheEbony Blade
Once you’ve made both the Ulfgar and Dalvilu families attack each other, go back to Mephala’s Shrine. Interact with the shrine tocomplete the Mephala quest, and Mephala will give you theEbony Blade.
TheEbony Bladeis a one-handed katanathat has an on-hit enchantment thatsilences the target for ten secondsandabsorbs their health for eight points.
