Does anyone know where i can get an ebony shortsword or daedriec longsword/katana in morrowind.

If you like to try the TES program, you can drag and drop one of the swords into morrowind at any location or house in the game. Restart the game and just pick it up. I made one for myself for the begining of the game and just droped it next to the bridge at Seyda Neen. Or if you are strong enough go to a Daedriec Ruin and pick up all the stuff on an alter below the statues and a Daedric will appear and fight you. They leave all types of weapons, axes, swords, staffs, knives, but don't try this unless you have some strength speed and armor and a good weapon to start with. Good luck!

If you don;t want to cheat you can go daedra hunting (lords and regulars or even golden saits) since they will have doedric items. You can find wild ones or summon and take their items. For summoning you have to be very fast since the body will dissappear along with any items after one or two seconds.

You're actually a bit wrong. Golden Saints can have a variety of deadly weapons and any shield up to the legendary Daedric Tower Shield. If you're looking for some of the better shortswords, I recommend that you go to the Vassir-Didanat Cave near Balmora... Here's instructions. This references someone you need to find later in the main quest, so consider yourself warned for *SPOILERS.*

I'm sure you're familiar with the quest where you go to the Egg Mine and put a violent end to the lives of a few unfortunate poachers. When you go down the River Odai, you may happen to notice a bridge spanning the river. If you get on that bridge heading across the river in a generally easternly direction, and follow the direction that the bridge points to, you'll reach a wall of mountains. Very, very, very near there is the Vassar-Didanat cave. (Heck, you might walk right onto it.) Go in, leave.

Then, find Dram Bero, who is hiding in the St. Olms Canton's haunted manor. If you speak to him about the Vassar-Didanat Mine, he'll be so grateful that he'll give you a daedric weapon of your choice. Nice guy, huh? Select "short blade" for a Daedric Wakizachi, which completely owns the Ebony Shortsword. (Note that I think that the Ebony stuff looks way cooler, though.)

You can get items off of summond creatues but you have to be very fast and take it before it disappeares. I do it all the time. It is all about speed and timing, once you get it down it is quite easy.

Golden saint have random items. They have glass, ebony, daedric, or dwemer weapons. They also are the only way to get the best shield in the game, the daedric tower shield.

Also this is about getting daedric weapons and not only ebony. Next time before you make a post read the othe ones before, especially the first one to know what it is about, Ebecad.

if you want an ebony shortsword that bad, there is one in Rethan Manor (or maybe the bal isra-located manor, i forget) that has it. just steal (or accept if its your Great House) it.

Ebecad, I was tempted to delete your post because it is not of relevance to the topic. However I feel you are mistaken in your response and should be advised accordingly.

The word 'the' is, as you no doubt know, the definite article, implying uniqueness of the noun that follows. The noun may be singular or plural as 'the ancient Greeks'. In either case the entity so described is 'unique' or a 'unique group'. By beginning your sentence 'The Daedric Dai-Katana' you imply that there is only one. It would have been grammatically accurate to use the indefinite article 'A Daedric Dai-Katana' or to qualify the unique group 'Daedric Dai-Katanas' by saying, for instance, 'One of the Daedric Dai-Katanas'.

Therefore, whether or not you knew there was more than one Daedric Dai-Katana does not come into it. It is not what you posted. Cmac had every right to reply as he did.

Quote: 1. Golden Saints are ONLY equipped with a Daedric Dagger, Netch Leathetr Shield, and a Daedra's Heart (no ebony shortsword there) Quote

WRONG!!!! Golden saint`s have daedric longsword too. (or maybe it was a short sword dont remember )

Actually I too have encountered Golden Saints with all manner of equipment on them, I've taken Ebony, Glass and Daedric items off of their corpses, although this might be dependant on the level of your character.

Edit: I see Corbett can verify this as well. My mistake.

Go to Dren Plantation

That is an accepted abbreviated form of The Giant Tortoise 'species' and refers to a specific group 'Giant Tortoise'. It certainly can be misconstrued by those who do not have English as a first language but not by others. You can equally say 'The Daedric Dai-Katana is a weapon that causes considerable damage.' Where the words 'weapon type' are assumed. In other words 'the' always refers to a unique item or a uniquely defined group. However you read it, the rule could not be applied to Ebecad's post.

Since we are obviously caught up in THE subject of grammar as it applies to THE English language.....

QUOTE: Therefore, whether or not you knew etc., etc.

Is completely wrong, also.

THE beginning of this sentence should have read "Therefore, whether you knew or not etc., etc."

So there.

And THE tortoise sentence was correct. I urge everyone, please, be sure of yourselves when you flame on others. The world is already an hostile enough place.

Okay, it is my fault this has gone off topic, please any further posts on topic.

And Emperor_Ike, there is no flaming in my post, nor if you read what I said was there any suggestion that the tortoise sentence was wrong. If you look back over the posts you will observe that the discussion centres around Ebecad's post 'The Daedric Dai-Katana belongs to a Dremora in a Daedric ruin'. Even if you apply the plurality of type to the use of 'the', and I agree you can, there is only one way to read the sentence. However many Daedic Dai-Katana's there might be in the game THEY ALL belong to a Dremora in a Daedric ruin. As cmac pointed out, this is an incorrect assertion. And this is not a piece of pedantry. Whether or not you consider my sentence structure to be ungrammatical, the meaning is clear and anyone can understand it. The post under discussion was wrong. If anyone wants to continue to dispute this with me, please do it by PM.