The universe of games The Elder Srcolls is replete with all kinds of otherworldly mystical entities, both positive and negative. Somewhere they intervene invisibly, somewhere openly, and in some cases their intervention is so insignificant that if you take the main character to do a random side quest, you would never know what it might come to and what kind of reward to receive.
One of these entities is the princes of Daedra, they are often credited with divine origin. A hero meets them on his way, traveling the world of the Skyrim game. Ebonite blade is one of the unusual rewards waiting for its owner.
City rumors
To get the quest you must be level 20 or higher. This is the Dragon in the Sky quest, which involves killing the dragon Mirmulnir (the first dragon kill in the game) at the Western Watchtower, which is located near Whiterun. The quest giver is the innkeeper Hulda at the prancing mare in the Waitran tavern. She will not answer the question of how to get an ebonite blade, but she will talk about city rumors that go around the person of the Yarl Balgruf, who sits in the Dragon Land (the Yarl castle in Whiterun). They say that one of the jarl's sons is excessively cruel, the other two have an unkind eye, and it is recommended to stay away from them. Dovakin needs to talk with the Jarl about his sons.
It should be noted, no matter what time the quest will be received: before the siege of Whiterun by the troops of the Storm brothers or after. In the first case, the jarl will be in his place - on the throne in the Dragon Land - and will tell about his son’s hot-tempered and negligent behavior, asking him to talk to the boy whenever possible.
If the city has already been captured by the Storm brothers, the Jarl Balgruf can be found in the dungeons of the Blue Palace in the city of Solitude. However, the Jarl children will still remain in Whiterun.
Children of Balgruf
When undertaking to investigate the causes of the defiant behavior of the youth of the Dragon Reach, Dovakin should know that Balgruf has three children: the daughter of Dagni and the sons of Frotar and Nelkir. Frotar seems to be the most sensible of all. The boy will gladly tell that he is learning to hold a sword, but his father constantly dissuades the young man from this venture, referring to his small age. Frotaru also tends to blame the sister of Dagny for excessive spoiling.
The oddities of the Jarl's daughter come down to constant reproaches to the Dragon Reach, as well as specific culinary preferences in the form of meat with blood.
Nelkir behaves defiantly: constantly rude, rude. And at the mention of Balgruf, she will not be very flattering to mention him, mentioning that the jarl hates the Talmor, continues to worship Talos, and also makes it clear about his own indignation due to some family troubles.
Further developments will make the protagonist understand that the boy is influenced by a mysterious demonic entity that has established mental contact with him and is gradually changing the boy for the worse.
Whispering in the dark
Her name is Mephala, Princess Daedra. And she whispers from behind a door littered with hay in the basement of the Dragon Reach. From a conversation with the Daedra, it becomes clear that something valuable lies behind the door. The key to the door is either the jarl himself or the court magician Fahrengar Secret Fire, as the boy tells Dovakin.
The key can either be stolen or taken from a dead body. But keep in mind that the jarl cannot be killed. Having unlocked the door in the basement, Dovakin finds on the table a blade (katana) and the book “Beware of the blade”, which says about the destructive action of such.
One has only to take the ebonite blade of Mephala in hand, the Daedra herself will speak to the hero. She will talk about how to strengthen weapons, because the magical properties have long been lost. However, the restoration of such will be very expensive, Mephala wants the hero to kill characters who are good to him: companions, merchants with whom relations are established, close people whom Dovakin has acquired in the vastness of the province of Skyrim. Ebonite blade acquires the ability to absorb the health of the enemy, for which he earned the name “Leech” or “Vampire”.
Secrets on the way to Skyrim
Upon reaching the maximum level of pumping, the ebonite blade will notify Dovakin in the voice of Mephala herself.
If you turn to the resources of the game itself, you can find a mention that the quest could be extended. According to the scenario, the children had to completely fall under the influence of Mephala and kill their father. After the death of the jarl, his brother Hrongar was to take the throne. But the jarl is one of the key characters, and his death would break many quest chains. The quest has been changed due to the complexity of the technical implementation of the initial idea of the developers.
If you delve into the study of this issue, you can find a number of console commands on the Internet that allow you to run this script. But first, a patch must be installed that removes the “mark of immortality” from Jarl Balgruff, since the key characters of the game cannot die due to the prescribed system code.
Some unofficial patches correct plot blemishes. In particular, during the capture of Whiterun by the Storm brothers' detachments, the children of the Jarl Balgruf do not remain in the Dragon Land, but leave for Solitude with him.
Cheats for getting items in Skyrim
Ebony blade can be obtained without a conversation with the boy. There are script commands that allow you to get any thing from the game. It is enough to know the necessary script commands and id items.
But this method is not for everyone's liking, because then the game loses all meaning. With the help of cheat codes, a player can fill his inventory with the best weapons or armor and anything else (items that have everything on the way have id), pump his skills to the maximum and go through the expanses of Skyrim without experiencing any difficulties in the battle with an adversary who met by chance. You will also have to forget about impressions of fights with dragons at a high level of complexity.
In view of the foregoing, cheats are usually used by players who have already traveled Skyrim along and across, pursuing the desire to relax slightly at their favorite game and give cuffs to some dragon, without spending much time on the game.
If you play for the first time, it is not recommended to resort to cheat codes so as not to spoil the impression of a beautiful and well-designed game.