Deadric Artefacts: Mehrunes Razor

As you all might now there are new Skyrim media and previews arriving this week and I will cover as much as I can and that begins at this very moment, my children.

You remember Mehrunes Razor? The little dagger you could gain if you underwent horrible trials in some Oblivion DLC (Take a moment to laugh at the pitiful Horse Armor DLC.) Well, it seems as if it is back. In one of the previews, the player describes that he went to a small keep called "Cracktusk Keep," which was occupied by Orcs, proving to be rather hostile - I'm thinking Hurray!

After being killed by the keeps "captain" a couple of times, our hero finally manned up and kicked his sorry ass! In his room he found a key to the keeps treasure vault and guess what he found inside? The avatar of Pete Hines, also known as Tinky Winky!!! <--- That was a lie!

What he actually found was the shards of Mehrunes Razor, suggesting that we'll be able to reforge this glorious piece of rather evil weaponry and if I know us right, we will [Insert evil laugh here.]

Biggest time-skip, ever! (The Septim Empire crumbles)

If you played Oblivion, you definitely remember the death of Uriel Septim VII, given that it were inevitable and the very first thing that happened in the game.

Maybe you are not aware of this, but Uriel Septim was actually with us since the very first game, were the imperial battlemage Jagar Tharn used the staff of chaos to imprison him in a dimension of his own creation. Tharn the disguised himself has Uriel Septim and ruled for 10 years until the player character freed the real Uriel Septim and defeated Tharn.

Given that he is alive until Oblivion, I can easily convince you that the time that passed between Arena and Oblivion is less than a hundred years. In fact it is only 34 years.

With Skyrim coming up, we are facing the the biggest time-skip so far, with 200 years having passed since Oblivion. I thought that we should have a look at something crucial, which shocked me to my inner core!

Those of you who played Oblivion, are aware that the last of the royal Septim bloodline, which are also dragonborn BTW, died. I am of course talking about Martin Septim, son of Uriel Septim VII. He forfeits his body in order to summon the avatar of Akatosh, whom the Nords call Alduin (the antagonist of Skyrim.) Akatosh then defeated Mehrunes Dagon and forced him back into Oblivion forever.


After this event, Chancellor Ocato takes over the emperors duty until a new emperor can be chosen. Unfortunately, this never happens and somewhere between The Oblivion crisis  and Skyrim, an altmer named Titus Mede takes over the Empire and thus makes the Altmer race the ruling race, stealing the power from the Imperials. Whether he, or his son Prince Attrebus Mede, will have a role to play in Skyrim, remains to be seen.