Lore:Sword of Jyggalag

The   is a     created by  , the Daedric Prince of Order. It takes the form of a giant claymore of perfect symmetry, made of a silver crystalline material that is similar to the longswords wielded by the  . It has been compared to the  ,  although it is unknown if the sword holds as much symbolic power. It has a unique enchantment that allows those that gaze upon its edge to see the past, present, and future flow as one.  
History
The sword was originally created and wielded by Jyggalag himself. Despite his absence and obscurity, replicas of the sword were in existence circa  .  During the   of  , Jyggalag used the sword in his final assault on the  , where he was defeated by Sheogorath's mortal Champion. Free of his curse, Jyggalag departed the realm to roam the voids of  , and his sword was placed in the palace's throne room as a trophy.  

Sometime in the Fourth Era,  Sheogorath attempted to suppress all memories of Jyggalag, and destroyed all traces of him, save for his librarian Dyus and the Sword of Jyggalag, which was lost to him.  In order to force an audience with Sheogorath, the Dunmer Talym Rend, under the guidance of Dyus, was directed to the last remnant of Jyggalag, a surviving  . There Talym defeated the remnants of order, and recovered the Sword of Jyggalag.  The sword managed to give him an audience with Sheogorath.  

On the 2nd of First Seed,  , a  ic mage named Thoron came into contact with a lump of Sheogorath-shaped amber, granting him a vision of the lands of Mania.  As he subsequently descended into manic insanity, Thoron began collecting items related to the Shivering Isles from all over  , hoping to use their connection with the realm to once again reach Mania.  In 4th of First Seed, 4E 200, Thoron set up a camp near Solitude's rock arch, but a dire situation would occur whilst he was trying to connect once again with Mania. He would accidently summon the powerful Golden Saint Staada, and thus was forced to flee. He relocated to Solitude's sewers, where he discovered a manifestation of the Shivering Isles had taken shape in the form of a Root Tunnel deep within the sewer system. With his new lair established, Thoron hired bandits to retrieve for him artifacts originating from the Isles.

Thoron's investments would pay off, as in the 15th of Midyear,  , the bandits had come into possession of the Sword of Jyggalag. From deep within the root tunnels, Thoron did the Sword's bidding, and cut a deeper wound between Tamriel and the Shivering Isles, allowing items such as madness ore and amber to appear all over the province in seemingly impossible locations.  The Sword ultimately tried to manipulate Thoron as its goal was the destruction of the Shivering Isles.  His ritual was stopped circa 4E 201 by the  , who killed Thoron and removed the Sword from the heart of the burgeoning Root system.  Staada subsequently learned of the Dragonborn thwarting Thoron's machinations, and wrote to them to arrange a meeting.  She requested the item Thoron used as the focus of his rituals, although the details of this proposed exchange are unknown. Indeed, it is unknown if the Dragonborn traded the Sword (or a different item), or instead chose to bind and summon her using powerful   magic. 

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See Also
For game-specific information, see the Shivering Isles, ESO, and Skyrim articles.

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