Pieces of the Past Pieces of the Past is a quest available in . Background . Silus Vesuius , devotee of The Mythic Dawn cult , asks the Dragonborn to retrieve the separated pieces of a dagger named Mehrunes ' Razor that once belonged to his family . Detailed walkthrough . Initiating the quest . To start the quest , the Dragonborn must be at least level 20 and get an invitation to Silus ' Mythic Dawn Museum in Dawnstar . The invitation can be received by either waiting until he appears , or fast traveling to any major area ( village , town , city , etc . ) where eventually a Courier will approach . Another way to begin this quest is to walk around Dawnstar until overhearing someone mentioning the museum . The quest also begins by hearing a rumor about the museum from any barkeep . There will be a miscellaneous quest , " Visit the museum in Dawnstar , " in the quest log . Mythic Dawn . After receiving the invitation , the Dragonborn can speak to Silus inside his house in Dawnstar . As soon as it is entered , the miscellaneous quest will be completed . He will tell of his ancestors who were members of Mythic Dawn , the cult from responsible for the assassination of Emperor Uriel Septim VII and the resulting Oblivion Crisis . Silus wants the Dragonborn to find the three pieces of Mehrunes ' Razor . He will say the parts of the razor are with an Orc named Ghunzul , a Hagraven named Drascua , and the last with Jorgen , who lives in Morthal . As each piece is returned to Silus , he gladly accepts them and rewards the Dragonborn with a leveled amount of gold . Jorgen : Hilt of Mehrunes ' Razor . Jorgen is one of the keepers of a part of Mehrunes ' Razor , in Morthal . He will ( usually ) be near his house across the bridge . The hilt is in an adept - locked chest in Jorgen ' s house . His house can be entered by picking the novice - level lock to open it , pickpocketing the key off of him , or killing him and take the key from his body . An alternative is to speak to him and either pay him off , persuade him , intimidate him or brawl him for it . Brawling with him may be the easiest way , as he can be defeated relatively quickly . Another option is obtain the hilt during the " Rare Gifts " quest for Jorgen ' s wife , Lami . When their house is entered at night , Lami can be given the book Song of the Alchemists . The hilt can then be taken from the chest after the lock has been picked . It is not considered stolen since her request has been completed . Drascua : Pommel Stone of Mehrunes ' Razor . Drascua is holed up in a keep south - west of Markarth called Dead Crone Rock . She will be surrounded and guarded by Forsworn . She has the Pommel on her person , so it can be taken from her corpse after she is dead . There is a Word Wall where part of the Dismay Shout can be learned . On the sacrificial altar here there is a Stone of Barenziah . Note that while the quest marker points to the lower ruin entrance , one can skip much of the interior and work one ' s way up the exterior stairs to the Dead Crone Rock entrance door and proceed from there . Ghunzul : Shards of Mehrunes ' Razor . There are three methods to get the last piece found in Cracked Tusk Keep , a small Orc stronghold west of Falkreath : Once the gate is opened , the vaults can be entered . Down the narrow path , the room with the shards on a pedestal will be reached . Activating the two levers on either side of the door will allow progress towards the shards . There are numerous tripwires and arrows that barrage from the ceiling when the shards are lifted from the pressure plate on the pedestal . If the Dragonborn has the Telekinesis spell , he or she can retrieve the shards of the dagger from its pedestal by using the spell and standing in the doorway , avoiding all harm . But in doing so , it is possible to miss the chest that is in the right side of the room with the shards . Alternatively , a bucket to the right of the pedestal can be picked up and used to slide the shards off the pedestal , replacing the shards . This allows you to obtain the shards without the use of a Telekinesis spell or being damaged by the traps . You can jump over the trip wires to bypass them . The Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon . After delivering all three pieces to Silus , the quest continues at the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon , where the Razor can be repaired . There will almost always be one or two frost dragons there , due to the very close word wall / burial ground . Silus will next try to perform the task of speaking with Dagon . Receiving no answer from Dagon , Silus will ask the Dragonborn to try . Dagon will respond , and he will then explain that in order for him to repair the Razor , Silus must be killed . There are two choices : Regardless of the choice , two Dremora appear ; they can be killed and looted for the Key to Mehrune ' s Shrine and Daedra hearts . Inside the shrine , there are two more Dremora inside and three chests and some random ingredients as well as many ingots of varying metals . Should Silus survive , he will return to his home with the fragments and place them into a sealed display case that cannot be further interacted with .