Sotha Sil Sotha Sil , also called Lord Seht , was one of the members of the Tribunal , the divine rulers of Morrowind . For his feats , Sotha Sil was called an architect of time , a binder of Oblivion , and the " Mystery of Morrowind " . He is known by many other titles , such as the Clockwork God , Father of Mysteries , the Inspiration of Craft and Sorcery , the Light of Knowledge , Magus , Magician , Sorcerer , Tinkerer , the " " si " " in Almsivi , and later a Saint of the New Temple . He was said to be reshaping the world from his hidden Clockwork City . Sotha Sil the Magus was one of the three God - like Kings of Morrowind , a Pillar of the Tribunal Temple , and the patron of artificers and wizards . Sotha Sil was the mightiest wizard and the wisest councilor of the First Council , and also spent time training the Psijic Order on Artaeum . He was the companion and teacher of Vivec and Nerevar . According to the Tribunal Temple Cult , Sotha Sil was the Light of Knowledge and the Inspiration of Craft and Sorcery , and Azura was the Anticipation of Sotha Sil . History . Early life . Sotha Sil was born a Chimer to the small house of Sotha in Ald Sotha , Resdayn , now known as Morrowind . He was known to have had a mother , whose name is unknown , and a sister , Sotha Nall . From one of his memories , Sotha Sil ' s mother comforted the young boy after he ' d sustained a minor injury , using the childhood nursery tale of the " Brave Little Scrib " to inspire courage in him . Another memory involved his sister , Nall , trying to convince Sil to enter an off - limits area , an idea that Sil was hesitant towards . According to one of Almalexia ' s homilies , a young Sotha Sil was playing in a Kwama Egg Mine as a child , throwing stones at small scrib s for amusement . One scrib lifted its head up and begged Sotha Sil to stop , telling him that for them , it was suffering and death when they were hit by the stones . This taught the young Chimer that what are idle amusements of one can be solemn tortures for another . Another homily tells of young Sotha laying down and gazing at the stars at night . In his passion for maths , Sil decided to count every star and give each of them a name , eventually falling asleep . When he awoke , he saw that the stars had vanished , and began to weep , learning the lesson that time cages all tasks . For unknown reasons , the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon arrived in Ald Sotha during Sotha Sil ' s youth and destroyed it , killing everyone in it including Sil ' s family . Sotha Sil was the only survivor of the attack , as Vivec was said to have rescued him . Advisorship . At some point he became an advisor to Nerevar , his wife Almalexia , and his generals . He had a number of students and companions studying under him , such as Farena Andrano . During the first Battle of the Red Mountain , Sotha Sil helped drive the Nord people from Morrowind using his skills in sorcery , accompanied by Nerevar ' s forces and King Dumac ' s Dwemer army . After this the First Council was formed . During this time Sotha Sil was praised for his diplomatic skill and was known as the greatest wizard of his time . Tensions soon grew between the two races after High Tonal Architect Kagrenac secretly attempted to transcend the Dwemer race to godhood . Due to this Nerevar declared war on the entire Dwemer and the War of the First Council began . During the war Sotha Sil was named a general of the chimer army and alongside Vivec , Nerevar and Almalexia battled king Dumac and Kagrenac in the bowels of the Red Mountain . During this battle Dumac was killed . Kagrenac used Keening , Sunder and Wraithguard on the Heart of Lorkhan , making the entire Dwemer race vanish off the face of Nirn . Though Almalexia chose to remain a Chimer and Vivec only changed half his body to become Dunmer , Sotha Sil chose to be a Dunmer . War of the First Council . After the Battle of Red Mountain , Sotha Sil learned how to use Kagrenac ' s Tools so that a mortal could tap the divine power within the Heart and turn himself or herself into a god . Nerevar forbade this divine manipulation and forced the Tribunal to make an oath not to use it . Nerevar then entrusted Kagrenac ' s tools to Voryn Dagoth ( who would later become Dagoth Ur ) while he and his advisors convened on what to do with the Heart of Lorkhan . When Sotha Sil , Vivec and Almalexia returned to lock the tools away from the world , Voryn , who had been corrupted by the heart , refused to give Kagrenac ' s Tools to Nerevar . He believed that he was entrusted to hold them and , in his madness , attacked Nerevar and his companions . During this battle Nerevar was killed and Dagoth Ur retreated into the bowels of the Red Mountain . The death of Nerevar caused the Tribunal to make use of the Heart for the good of their people , the Chimer . They went to Red Mountain , and used the tools to transform themselves into gods . Azura cursed them for breaking their oath to Nerevar and establishing a new religion by forsaking any connection with the Daedra . During this confrontation Sotha Sil taunted Azura , telling her that the Chimer did not need the Daedra anymore . Enraged by the Tribunal ' s betrayal , Azura cursed almost the entire Chimer race . From that moment on , the Chimer were known as the Dunmer , their skin turned ashen , and their eyes turned red . Four Score War . During the Four Score War with the Reman Empire , the Tribunal used many tactics previously used in the war between the Chimer and the Dwemer , which seemed to work in the beginning . The war was brought to a conclusion by the Morag Tong who assassinated King Reman Cyrodiil III in 1E 2840 . Versidue - Shaie still continued to attack Morrowind after the throne was passed down to him . Time in the Isles and Coldharbour Compact . During the end of the First Era , at 1E 2920 , Sotha Sil spent some time on the Isle of Artaeum and as a member of the Psijic Order , taught some of the new mages in sorcery and all forms of magic . After a daedric disaster at the village of Gil - Var - Delle ( caused by Molag Bal ) , Sotha Sil at the urging of Almalexia journeyed into Oblivion via The Dreaming Cave , and issued a meeting in Coldharbour with the eight most prominent Daedric Princes : Molag Bal , Boethiah , Azura , Hircine , Hermaeus Mora , Malacath , Sheogorath , and Mehrunes Dagon . Although the exact terms of the pact are unknown to most of the inhabitants of Tamriel , what is known is that the Princes had agreed not to answer any summoning by any amateurs until the war between Morrowind and the Reman Empire ended . Only the Psijics could counsel with the daedra , along with a few nomadic sorcerers and witches . Sack of Mournhold . Sotha Sil ' s pact with the Daedric Princes failed to prevent the destruction of Mournhold , as a Dunmer witch named Turala managed to summon Mehrunes Dagon , and asked for its destruction . Sotha Sil and Almalexia were too late to prevent the destruction , but after fighting countless hordes of Dremora they managed to banish the prince of destruction back to Oblivion . Although Mehrunes Dagon had been defeated , Mournhold had all but been destroyed . The Three Banners War . Sotha Sil had a few assistants in the Second Era , the most notable being Barilzar , who later retired from his service . During the Three Banners War and Molag Bal ' s invasion of Tamriel , Sotha Sil was travelling often , with not even Vivec knowing where he was . In the city of Ebonheart , the populace turned to Disciple Sildras for comfort due to an expected attack by the Daggerfall Covenant . Sildras , however , had began to lose faith in the Tribunal ' s protection of the city . This was not until the Vestige came and at Sildras ' s urging prayed at the shrines to the three gods . During this time , the Vestige encountered the Servant of Sotha Sil , an apparition sent by the god to communicate with his worshippers . Varen Aquilarios also warned the Vestige that a war involving the Daedric Princes would occur when Sotha Sil opened the gates to his Clockwork City . Clavicus Vile , one of the princes not bound by the Coldharbour Compact , made a deal to give Sotha Sil ' s staff Sunna ' rah to the later Failed Incarnate Conoon Chodala , who used it to steal Vivec ' s divine energy . Barbas later took the staff and used Vivec ' s stolen power to travel to the Clockwork City , but was successfully stopped by the Vestige and Barilzar . Troubles of the Tribunal and return of Dagoth Ur . In 3E 417 , Almalexia and Sotha Sil visited the Red Mountain for their annual divine bath . The reawakened leaders of the Sixth House and Dagoth Ur ambushed them and stole two of Kagrenac ' s Tools , Keening and Sunder . Vivec rescued Almalexia and Sotha Sil , but failing to recover Keening and Sunder , the Tribunal retreated from Red Mountain in disorder . The Tribunal grew weaker without access to the Heart . During this time a citizen of the empire bearing the signs of Nerevar reincarnated appeared . This citizen continued to exhibit more and more of the specific criteria of the Nerevarine , and eventually rallied the three great houses House Hlaalu , House Redoran , and House Telvanni and defeated Dagoth Ur while severing the Heart from the mortal plane . Later Life and Death . Later in life , it is believed that Sotha Sil grew weary of mortal imperfections , and retired to his Clockwork City . It is here where he reshaped life — some say the world — into an image he found pleasing . Sotha Sil died at the hands of his long - time friend and fellow Tribunal member , Almalexia . In madness , she , after losing her godhood due to the releasing of the Heart of Lorkhan by the Nerevarine , transported herself to the Clockwork City by using Barilzar ' s Mazed Band and slew him . Even as he died , he kept his silence , much to the chagrin and further provocation of Almalexia . His burnt , limbless corpse can be found in . Legacy . Initially , no one believed the Nerevarine when they told them about Sotha Sil and Almalexia ' s death , other than Helseth Hlaalu , Barenziah , and Vivec . After the collapse of the Tribunal temple , Sotha Sil was renamed a saint , alongside Vivec and Almalexia in the New Temple religion , and was believed to be either dead or have disappeared by the citizens of Morrowind . Personality . In life , Sotha Sil , spent time counseling , guiding , and protecting mortals , and was known to love them perhaps more than either Vivec or Almalexia . Sotha Sil was said to have felt the stress of each of his people , but gave them no more load than he knew they could bear . He was close to Almalexia and Vivec as Vivec called him a " brother " during his conversations with the Nerevarine and when Almalexia arrived on the Artaeum she embraced Sotha Sil when she saw him . Eventually , He became almost completely detached from the real world after the loss of Sunder and Keening . He slowly lost touch with the affairs of the Dunmer , the rest of his fellow Tribunal , and eventually all of Tamriel . Almalexia had falsely proclaimed that Sotha Sil had gone mad after killing him , as to attribute the Fabricant attacks on Mournhold to him . Sotha Sil shows strong signs of determinism , believing that his actions are already set in time , no matter the morals of his actions , since they are inevitable . Because of this , he feels almost trapped , but do not consider himself a prisoner since he can ' t see a way out of this logic . While differently from Vivec and Almalexia he doesn ' t see himself as a god , he gazes upon existence with admiration , and puts effort to perfect everything he can no matter what role he must take , being watchful of every detail reality can offer and its implications in the past and future . Physical appearance . In 1E 2920 , Sotha Sil had the appearance of a Dunmer in a white cloak , and was known to have maintained this apparel in 2E 583 . Sil was rather tall for the average Dunmer , towering above even most Altmer . He wore a mask with three large spokes protruding from its top that covered most of the left side of his face , yet left the rest of it exposed . His left arm was replaced by an advanced robotic limb , and he wore light metallic pauldrons on his shoulders , yet often walked around barefoot . By 3E 427 , Sil had his lower body replaced by machinery , with multiple wires and cords keeping him held up .