The Rueful Axe is a Daedric artifact created by the Daedric Prince, Clavicus Vile, as part of a terrible bargain.[1] It takes the form of a large iron battleaxe engraved with images of werewolves, although it is actually made of ebony.[2] It is enchanted to steal the strength of anything it strikes, as well as a bane for beasts.[1]
HistoryEdit
Circa 2E 582, a number of visual replicas designed in the Rueful Axe's image were seen throughout Tamriel.[3]
Sometime after the end of the Great War, circa 4E 180, the Warrior came across the Rueful Axe in their journey. The weapon is thought to have been looted from an extravagant chest.[4]
Clavicus Vile gave the axe to Sebastian Lort, a powerful Breton conjurer whose daughter was a worshipper of Hircine and cursed with lycanthropy. To cure his daughter, Sebastian prayed to Vile for his aid. In response, the Prince gave him the axe, allowing him a means of "curing" his daughter-- by slaying her.[5]
In 4E 201, Clavicus Vile tasked the Last Dragonborn with retrieving the axe from Sebastian. He was residing in a cave named Rimerock Burrow in Haafingar, Skyrim. In return, the Dragonborn requested that Vile would forgive Barbas, whom he had banished to Tamriel. Vile gave the Dragonborn the option to, either keep the Rueful Axe and use it to slay Barbas, temporarily vanquishing him to the Void, or going through with the original deal in which Vile would take both Barbas and the Axe in return for the Masque of Clavicus Vile. It is unknown which option the Last Dragonborn chose.[6]
GalleryEdit
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See AlsoEdit
- For game-specific information, see the Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, and Blades articles.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Rueful Axe description in Blades
- ^ The Rueful Axe in Skyrim
- ^ Rueful Axe outfit style in ESO
- ^ Artifact acquisition methods in Blades
- ^ Barbas' dialogue in Skyrim
- ^ A Daedra's Best Friend quest in Skyrim