Mehrunes ' Razor Mehrunes ' Razor , also known as the Dagger of the Final Wounds , Bane of the Righteous and Kingslayer is a Daedric Artifact associated with the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon . It is a unique dagger said to have the power to take lives with only one blow . History . Second Era . The Argonian Trouble - Finder may have briefly came into possession of the dagger from a merchant in Ebonheart prior to 2E 582 , before tossing it into a river after being chased by cultists of Mehrunes Dagon . Third Era . Yagrum Bagarn in his work " Tamrielic Lore " states that no bearers of Mehrunes ' Razor have been recorded . The Dark Brotherhood has coveted the powerful artifact for generations and the decimation of its ranks during a vicious power struggle is believed to have involved the Razor . Despite this statement by the renowned specialist the bloody trace of Mehrunes ' Razor may be followed over the centuries . One of the earliest sources hints that it may have been in the possession of Master Neloth for a while . Neloth , a powerful mage and Councilor of House Telvanni on Vvardenfell in Morrowind , used the dagger to improve the performance of his otherwise cowardly troops in a conflict with Master Gothren , another Telvanni Councilor . According to the source , he lost the dagger to a group of gifted acrobat s . It is not known whether the thieves ever returned the weapon to its former bearer . At the close of the Third Era Mehrunes ' Razor lay rusted and forgotten inside Alas Ancestral Tomb in the Molag Mar region on Vvardenfell . According to Mehrunes Dagon himself an unworthy bearer , possibly one of the above - mentioned acrobats , had been in possession of the artifact prior to his or her death . An unnamed hero said to have been the Nerevarine won Mehrunes ' Razor by retrieving it from the depths of the tomb and having it returned to its former glory by the Daedric Prince himself . The next trace occurs only a few years later in eastern Cyrodiil . The Telvanni mage Frathen Drothan has gathered the Drothmeri Army and headed towards the ancient Ayleid city Varsa Baalim where he believed Mehrunes ' Razor was to be found . He planned to retrieve the epic artifact and use it to free Morrowind and its Dunmer people from the reign of the Empire . His plans were frustrated by the Hero of Kvatch , however , who entered the ruin to claim the weapon for themselves . The Ayleid city of Varsa Baalim itself was according to scholars built around the so - called Nefarivigum , a construct erected by Mehrunes Dagon in order single out worthy pilgrims to whom he would award his artifact . The labyrinthine city of Varsa Baalim should protect the Nefarivigum and hinder any adventurer who seeks the dangerous weapon for themselves . Fourth Era . About two centuries later the Razor has shattered into pieces and in the possession of three different people within Skyrim . The Last Dragonborn was sent by the Mythic Dawn devotee Silus Vesuius to retrieve the pieces from the Nord Jorgen in Morthal , the Hagraven Drascua at Dead Crone Rock , and the Orsimer Ghunzul inside Cracked Tusk Keep . After gathering the remnants of the mighty blade the Last Dragonborn offered them to the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon . They were faced with the choice to either kill Silus Vesuius in return for the restoration of the blade or to spare his purchaser ' s life and thus abandon the chance to wield the Razor . It is unknown whether the hero claimed the weapon by killing the innocent or whether the pieces of Mehrunes ' Razor still await the day of their reunion . Powers . Mehrunes ' Razor has the power to slay an enemy with only one blow . Its chances to do so are around 1 % . It is said that Mehrunes Dagon himself can claim the souls of those it strikes .