Daedric Quests: Mephala - Ebony Blade - ????

Alright so basically I wanted to do a short post on this very odd weapon called the "Ebony Blade". It basically looks like a larger version of the Blade's sword and is classified as a greatsword, it also has a leech health enchantment on it. So that all sounds normal whats weird about that? Well upon receiving the blade you're instructed by Mephala to return the blade to its former glory by slaughtering your followers. Sinister. I had no problem doing this so I went by all the people who liked me and starting killing them off one by one and the blade powered up from 19 base to about 23 base. Not a huge improvement. However, in addition to the slight base attack power going up you also get a rather large bump in the amount of health that the blade leeches from your opponents. I read that the max drain for the blade is 30 points so that makes it about 54 total damage per hit if you have it maxed out.

Now to add a bit more weirdness to this thing I can't seem to upgrade it (It won't even show up on the grindstone) and it doesn't get a bonus from the "Barbarian" perk (Boosts damage with two handed weapons). That was a tad bit frustrating since if you could upgrade the damage on this via perks or smithing (or both /godmode) you'd end up with a massively powerful weapon with a heavy leech enchantment. Disappointing. So, right now we have a weapon classified as a "weapon", "greatsword", "unpredictable life sucking rape-stick", and yet it doesn't get a boost from anything that says it boosts those things (I wish there was a perk to upgrade rape-stick damage). I also noticed that over time the sword will power back down to its original 19 base but I am not positive if the leech enchantment weakens as well and since you have a limited amount of followers to murder this means you'll have to keep making friends to feed your blade.

Solution to this problem: Marriage

Getting married will allow you to have a prime target for your cursed blade to feed on. Murdering your spouse will cause the sword to jump up to it's max power and you'll hear Mephala say something like "Excellent work..." notifying you that you've powered the blade up.

Last thing about this weird ass weapon: It seems to have a vastly superior attack speed in comparison to its other greatsword counterparts and appears to have a speed closer to that of a regular sword rather than a two-handed weapon. I'll need to experiment more with this weapon to make sure I learned everything but that is essentially it for now.

How do I get this damned weapon?

Simple quest. Talk to the inn keeper in Whiterun about rumors until she tell you that the Jarl's child is sick. After you begin the quest talk to the Jarl either in Whiterun or in the basement of Solitude's Blue Palace (It's where he goes if you oust him from his throne in Whiterun during the Stormcloak campaign). After asking him about his son you're sent to talk to him in Dragon Reach and the weird kid directs you to Mephala's door and she basically tells you to go back to the kid and find a way to unlock the seal on the door. After talking to the kid again he directs you to either the Jarl or his court mage. You can steal the key from either one of them but if you're like me and have a bounty of 20k+ in every region you can just murder the mage and take the key from him that way. After unlocking the door you get your cursed blade to do whatever you want with. Enjoy!

Feel free to comment on any other aspect of the blade I don't know about yet. I'll update this if I find anything else out about it!