I'm experiencing a strange visual issue that seems related to Ahzidal's Armor of Retribution. I'm running on PC, with no mods installed, and all 3 DLCs active.

Upon first picking up and equipping Ahzidal's Armor of Retribution, I didn't notice anything strange. Then I went back to the mainland and visited Kynesgrove, where Delphine and Alduin & his dragon friend were waiting for me.

I didn't wait for Alduin's speech; as soon as Sahloknir started manifesting, I started attacking him with my Ancient Nord Battleaxe. He went down pretty quickly, but I noticed that since then (and I believe during the fight as well), whenever I draw or sheathe my battleaxe, or whenever I make a standing power attack, in first person mode I can see what looks like a dark fleck of dragon skin attaching to the axe handle. It doesn't appear when I draw or sheathe a bow. Haven't tried one-handed weapons yet.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the way Sahloknir's skin was reattaching itself to his body as I was attacking him.

Regardless, the effect stops when I unequip Ahzidal's Armor of Retribution. So I'm not sure if the issue is the armor itself, or the way I just bull-rushed through that quest stage without being patient.

Annoyingly, the effect is there even when I reload an earlier save, from before I attacked Sahloknir.

Any thoughts?

Just as a follow-up, I learned that the first-person visual bug appears to be associated with wearing Ancient Nordic Armor and wielding a 2-handed weapon. Nothing Sahloknir-related. Since Ahzidal's Armor of Retribution is visually identical to Ancient Nord Armor, that must be why I'm experiencing this annoyance.

At any rate, I wonder if there is any way to fix this visual glitch. Is the location of the first-person 'camera' perhaps to blame? If so, would it be possible to adjust it and avoid the glitch?

Hallo, JaberkatysHusband !!!!

Well, have you the unofficial patches installed ???

You could just sell your battleaxe and buy a new one, and see what happens with this dragon skin attached to your weapon.

You could before buying a new battleaxe, wait for 31 days (in-game).

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> Regardless, the effect stops when I unequip Ahzidal's Armor of Retribution. <

There is a mod for an alternate Ahzidal War armor set. !!!! (You can try that on a new save, in case something goes wrong. !!!)

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52828/?

(Just copy paste the DraugrMashupArmor.bsa and DraugrMashupArmor.esp to your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data folder.

Run BOSS, and after that check the mod in your skyrim->data files menu. !!! (if it's checked (V))

How you get the armor:

Go to Dragonreach in whiterun and when entered go to the room on the left with all the food. There will be a chest on the closet, open it and get the items !
(Female and male armor.)