Burning Vestige , Vol . 1 Content . By Warlock Endil This collection contains privileged information regarding the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon . In case you ' ve been living in an Ayleid ruin since the dawn of recorded history , involvement with Dagon and his ilk is frowned upon quite fiercely by most populations of Tamriel . Having this book or its companion volume in your possession could earn you suspicion from your neighbors as well as agents of the law . In many districts worship of the Master of Razors is illegal , and communion rituals involving the Daedric Prince are punishable by death . Amongst even the Daedric Princes , none are more openly concerned with the suffering of mortals . Whenever Dagon appears he leaves destruction in his wake , and contact with the Master of Razors often results in death for the conjurer — along with everyone in the vicinity . Sudden floods , thunderstorms , and other natural disasters all over Tamriel have been tied to communions with Mehrunes Dagon , and the most detailed account I ' ve read about occurred in Eastmarch . Hranvard Frostfinger , a witch of Eastmarch , is said to have sacrificed thirteen innocents to Dagon in a single night , prompting the Daedric Prince to briefly open a portal from the Deadlands to Skyrim . The only witnesses were members of the Direfrost family , a clan of witch - hunters , who managed to find and slay Hranvard . Immediately following , they came under a mysterious and brutal attack themselves . Their leader , Yllothon , was the only survivor , who later wrote in his memoirs : " We followed the stench of burning flesh for a half - mile , and we caught up to ( Hranvard ) at nightfall , by the Sea of Ghosts . She lay cackling among her thirteen victims , whose bodies had been stacked in a mass grave , encircled by spidery writing . Slaying her was an easy task — all it took was a single silver bolt . But when the deed was done , the air suddenly began to boil and crack . Fearing some residual spell , I had my men retreat up the nearest pass , where we watched the snow below catch fire , and the sky split apart with flame . We turned to flee , but it was too late . Fire poured from the wound in the air and engulfed my thirty men . I tried to help them but the flames wouldn ' t die , and wouldn ' t burn my flesh . A voice bellowed from the burning maw above , ' You will suffer better among the living . ' " Many , including members of the Mages Guild , are skeptical of Yllothon ' s story , respected as he was amongst the Direfrost hunters . They found no sign of Mehrunes Dagon at the Sea of Ghosts — save the blasted , mirrored sand . Obviously , the Direfrosts disagree : there was still the matter of thirty missing hunters . The Direfrosts have since intensified their war against the covens of Eastmarch . The Mages Guild , however , has struck the event from their records of note , citing the blasted sand at the Sea of Ghosts as a meteorological phenomenon . But I believed Yllothon was correct ; I was there , as a senior advisor on the party that surveyed that beach . Volume II of this collection contains a detailed account of everything I found at the Sea of Ghosts , including half of the " spidery circle " that Yllothon describes . Any aspiring conjurer who wants a chance at contacting Mehrunes Dagon should follow me there .