The Primate : Rise to Glory Content . After Akatosh " called him out of obscurity , " as Primate Artorius has explained numerous times over the years , the young man became a priest of the Divines . He continued to serve in the temple , learning more and more as he split his time among the eight shrines that made up the holy place . His work and dedication , along with his increasing reputation for performing good works , once again brought him to the attention of Primate Jonas of Kvatch . Artorius longed to be assigned to the Cathedral of Akatosh in Kvatch . He had heard tales of the " grand palace of the Dragon God " and believed there was no other place in all of Tamriel where he could best serve and worship Akatosh . He set out to get the posting , using every avenue at his disposal to make himself enticing to the high priests and the Primate of the Cathedral . In the end , it was the event that came to be called " the Miracle of the First Shrine " that did the trick . As the story has it , when Casiras the Hunter brought his young son to the temple , the shaft of an arrow jutting from his chest , Priest Artorius immediately went to his aid . Artorius led the grieving father to Akatosh ' s shrine , and even though the child had clearly been killed by the terrible wound , he began to pray . According to reports , Artorius prayed for three straight days , never pausing to eat , or drink , or even sleep . At the end of the third day , the priest began to speak rapidly in a tongue that no one in the temple could understand . Then , it is said , a burst of brilliant light emanated from the shrine . It struck Artorius and flowed through his body , down his arms , and into his hands before passing on to the dead boy . When the glow subsided , the arrow was gone , the wound was healed , and the child was alive . Everyone said that Akatosh had answered Artorius ' s prayers . Word of this reputed miracle spread like wildfire throughout the Empire , quickly reaching the ear of Primate Jonas . He decided that if Akatosh was indeed performing miracles through one of his priests , then that priest needed to be at the Cathedral in Kvatch . Soon , Artorius was at the Cathedral , never far from the Primate ' s side , taking in his words the way a Nord consumes mead . In time , Artorius rose through the hierarchy of the Cathedral , eventually becoming Grand Sermonizer of Akatosh , second only to the Primate of Kvatch himself . It was during this latter period that the relationship between the Primate and his Grand Sermonizer began to become strained . Artorius wanted the clergy to become more involved in the growing political unrest spreading throughout the Empire , as well as with the increasing threat of the Knahaten Flu . Jonas , for his part , wanted the Cathedral to remain aloof from secular concerns . The two argued constantly about the subject , finally getting to the point where the Primate was prepared to put an end to the disagreement through any means at his disposal — including sending the Grand Sermonizer to a distant posting . Before the Primate could carry out his threat , however , he suddenly died under what some believe to be suspicious circumstances . Whispered rumors throughout the streets of Kvatch intimated that the Primate had been murdered — perhaps even by assassins connected to the Dark Brotherhood or some other clandestine organization . After all , the Primate had been preaching about the evils of Daedric cults and similar organizations , and specifically called out the Brotherhood as a pox upon the Gold Coast . Whatever the truth , Jonas ' s death opened the door for Artorius to advance even higher within the hierarchy . Artorius Ancrus was elected to the post of Primate of Kvatch . He changed his name to Artorius Ponticus and has been a stabilizing force in the region for most of the last decade .