Proctor Luciana ' s Journal , Vol 3 Content . Date : 16 Sun ' s Height , 1E 2722 ( ? ) It ' s been over a year , and Sotha Sil still hasn ' t returned from the Cogitum Centralis . Marius ' s health continues to deteriorate . He spends most days in his room , studying or conducting his alchemical experiments . I ' m pleased to report he has a rare gift when it comes to potions and tinctures . He loves to forage for reagents . Of course , finding living ingredients can prove difficult in the Radius . I restrict his adventures in herbalism to an hour a day . He resents me for it , but he ' s smart enough to know why he can ' t remain outside the walls of the fortress for long . The Factotums tell me that each passing day makes Marius ' s condition more serious . I hope that Lord Seht emerges soon . Date : 5 Second Seed , 1E 2724 ( ? ) Three years and still no sign of Sotha Sil . The other Clockwork Apostles tell me it could be decades or even centuries before he returns . Obviously , Marius and I don ' t have that kind of time . We ' ve settled into a comfortable routine nonetheless . While I attend to matters in the fortress and help tame portions of the Radius , Marius tinkers away with his flasks and alembics — laboring for the glory of Sotha Sil . He keeps pestering me about limb replacement , saying that a brass hand could help increase accuracy during sensitive measurements . I keep telling him " maybe next year , " but I ' m not sure how much longer that will work . He ' s strong - willed . Bull - headed even . Can ' t imagine where he gets that from . His experiments continue to astound . To everyone ' s surprise , he invented a palliative that reduces his heartbeat to a quarter of its natural tempo without any obvious side effects . The factotums estimate it might increase his life expectancy at a commensurate rate . But again , nothing ' s certain . Direct intervention by Sotha Sil remains his best chance for recovery . If the Clockwork God doesn ' t come out of seclusion soon , I may have to take matters into my own hands . Date : 14 Sun ' s Dusk , 1E 2728 ( ? ) Marius turned sixteen today . At least I think it ' s sixteen . Time inside the Clockwork City moves in mysterious ways . We celebrated with a trip to the top of the Clockwork Basilica . I had to carry him most of the way , as he doesn ' t have the stamina for long walks anymore . I ' d never actually been to the top of the tower before . Sweeping vistas are meant for poets and lovers — I am neither . I spend my days in the dusty streets and the lantern - lit hallways of the basilica — shielded from the raw immensity of the city . But as I watched Marius marvel at Seht ' s bands sliding along the glass of the Celestiodrome , and the harsh desert of the Radius stretched out below , something moved inside me . I saw that this city truly is my home — more of a home than Cyrodiil ever was . I see now that I will never return to Tamriel . I will live and die here in the Clockwork City . Date : 22 Second Seed , 1E 2730 ( ? ) Things move quickly now . I found Marius slumped next to his alchemy table this morning — barely responsive . I moved him to his bed , summoned one of our foremost clinicians and a handful of factotums to watch over him , and prepared for my journey into the Cogitum . The more senior apostles urged me to reconsider , but patience is a luxury I can no longer afford . Only Sotha Sil can save Marius . If I can wake Lord Seht from his dreams , I know he ' ll do what ' s necessary to save my son . May Seht bless these honest labors . Time to go .