Sword

Nordic

Ancestral Sword of Clan Ice-Blade

A 0-damage quest sword from The Gray Cowl Returns!, found in Silverdrift Lair.

The Ancestral Sword of Clan Ice-Blade is a quest item added by The Gray Cowl Returns! Creation. It looks like a Nordic Sword, but it is a family heirloom rather than a fighting weapon.

How to get it

During The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal, the sword is found in Silverdrift Lair. You bring it back to the graveyard in Riften as part of the quest. The quest line is tied to the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal.

Enchantment

Clan Ice-Blade Enchantment: Turn Undead, 1 point for 1 second.

Stats and handling

The sword deals 0 damage, weighs 12 and cannot stagger. Poisons still work on it, though. It counts as a One-handed sword.

Smithing

It cannot be tempered.

Known issues

It can be disenchanted, and the resulting enchantment has no name.
The Turn Undead effect never wears off.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strength: a nice piece of lore and a display item.
Weakness: useless in combat – zero damage.

Tips

Don’t try to fight with it; keep it for the quest and display it afterwards.

Added by the The Gray Cowl Returns! Creation, part of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition. Details checked against UESP and summarised in our own words.

Quest reward from

Characters linked to this weapon

Nocturnal

Nocturnal in Skyrim: Daedric Prince of night and patron of thieves who names you a Nightingale and greets you at the Twilight Sepulcher in Darkness Returns.

Where it appears

Riften

Riften is the canal city of the Rift – autumn forests, the Black-Briar family, the Temple of Mara and the Thieves Guild beneath its streets.

Silverdrift Lair

Silverdrift Lair in Skyrim: trap-filled tomb southeast of Dawnstar – hidden handles, the whale puzzle, two skill books and the Disarm Word Wall.

Sources checked: UESP (Creation article + The Gray Cowl Returns! item list), via UESP wikitext