Why am I cutting off heads?

I have several hours of gameplay under my belt and have enjoyed using the finishing move when I kill people. However, instead of running people through to finish them off, my character has started cutting off their heads. Does anyone know if this is a reflection on my characters personality (good/evil), or could it be because I recently got to level 25?

Solution 1:

Both the One-handed and Two-handed skill trees each have a perk which gives a chance to decapitate enemies on a power attack. For One-handed its called 'Savage Strike' and for Two-handed its called 'Devastating Blow'. Did you by any chance take either of these perks recently? This could explain why you suddenly started decapitating enemies.

And no, it is not a reflection on your characters personality (good/evil). As far as I know(and someone correct me if I am wrong) there is no good/evil stat system in Skyrim. It does track your crime but that in itself cannot be considered as the same as a good/evil morality system.

For more info:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:One-handed

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Two-handed