Worshiping the Illogical Content . The Clockwork Apostles dedicate their lives to many things . The words of our Sermons , laid before us by the ever - faithful Deldrise Morvayn , Fourth Tourbillon . The will of our god Lord Seht , the Mainspring Ever - Wound , the Divine Metronome . The driving forces of inspiration , of innovation , of discovery in all forms , magical , technological , spiritual . But we often forget , in our pursuit to unravel the mysterious of our world , that we are also subjects of the Tribunal . I have found throughout my long tenure that many of my pupils have a hard time grasping the threefold nature of our belief within the Tribunal . Still , despite the repetition of these questions , I never rebuff this curiosity . Rather , I try to encourage it , for there is an abundance of contradictions within our piety towards Lady and Lord Vivec . After all , the worship of these deities seem to almost challenge the beliefs we hold so true within our order . Why are we told to worship these often puzzling deities alongside our sound and steady Clockwork God ? Why must we follow not one god , but three ? Yet even this seemingly simple fact is but a misconception , for in this sequence we have found truth . ALMSIVI is but one entity , not the fractured creation that many perceive it as . It only appears fractured in the forms our gods have taken , but rather than separate deities they are all one portion of a welded whole . Regulated in their irregularities . Lady Amalexia and Lord Vivec , who are only consistent in their inconsistency , still create the order of our truths . They are the tock within our Lord Seht ' s tick , the wheel that forever goes forward but only to circle itself . They are the truths of our chaotic present , the irregular oscillations that we must weld together . Within them we find the aspects of our humanity , the soul which merges with the machine , ambition which merges with beneficence . The act of faith itself seems contradictory to the importance we hold on evidential certainty . But not one among us is completely machine , cold and logical without the emotions which bind us together . No , we are welded beings , as varied and complex as our three gods . Fractured parts which have come together to create our individuality . How does one devote themselves to such aspects ? To these traits of Nirn which are not logic and order , our guiding principles ? The Sermons tell us to understand their limitations . To pay heed , but know the boundaries of their scale . Know that these are the principals needed for our current world , Nirn - Prior , and shall be but an addition to the whole which is Nirn - Ensuing . Hold tight their words , their laws and limits . Know that they are the echoes of a fractured selves , welded whole . Know that the Sublime Piston gives and takes in equal measures , sundering the Named pursuits of lesser mer . We must tear apart that which will be welded whole once more . Beliefs , structures , laws , one day outdated and unneeded . And so we pay our respects to these aspects of our deities . Without faith towards ALMSIVI we ourselves become sundered from the truth . Speak the names of Lady Amalexia and Lord Vivec with respect , with piety . Listen to their words and heed their laws when necessary . They are the broken cogs that reflect ourselves , to be as venerated as the truths that we honor .