Sotha Sil
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Sotha Sil is a fictional character from the game Morrowind, one of the three living Gods of the Tribunal Temple.
[edit] Sotha Sil In Morrowind
According to legend, Sotha Sil was one of the advisors of Nerevar, the Hortator of the Chimeri people.
Sotha Sil visited the village where Vivec's parents lived, and told his mother that she bore his "brother-sister".
He is known to be one of the three greatest advisors of Nerevar, and he is generally regarded to be the oldest of the Almsivi. Sotha Sil is said to be the one who divined the use of Kagrenac's Tools, which allowed the ascension of the Tribunal. He was the most reclusive of the Almsivi, residing in his Workshop, somewhere in Morrowind; stories of its location range from beneath the black marsh, to in a bottle on the mantle of Almalexia. He is known to be one of the Psijic Order, a reclusive group of mages residing on a constantly-shifting island of the Summerset Isles.
He lost his lower body and left arm at one time, although the exact ways in which he lost them remains debated.
He fought alongside Almalexia in the Battle against Mehrunes Dagon, and was once the most active of the Tribunal.
He supposedly descended into madness, though many of these details come from the account of Almalexia (see below).
[edit] Sotha Sil in Tribunal
Sotha Sil was murdered at the hands of Almalexia in roughly the year 426 of the Third Era. His body is discovered by the Nerevarine, still wired into the advanced technology of the Clockwork City, only moments before the final climactic battle with Almalexia and her sword Hopesfire.
Almalexia complains that while killing him, he remained silent, despite her taunting:
"..Sotha Sil...he always thought himself our better, shunning us, locking himself in this hole. He spoke not a word as he died. Not a whisper. Even in death, he mocked me with his silence!"
After luring the Nerevarine into Sotha Sil's Clockwork City, she would kill him. Publicly, she would turn the Nerevarine into a martyr, saying that his death while ending Sotha Sil's "madness" was heroic:
"Nerevarine. Here it ends. This Clockwork City was to be your death. You were to be my greatest martyr! The heroic Nerevarine, sacrificing all to protect Morrowind from the mad Sotha Sil."
Through propaganda, she would position herself above King Helseth and Lady Barenziah, making her the sole protector of Mournhold. Finally, she would turn her sights towards Vivec and depose its God-King, leaving her the only living God of all Morrowind:
"Fear not. I will tell the tale myself when this is done. I will tell my people how with your dying breath you proclaimed your devotion to me, the one true god. Your death will end this prophecy and unite my people again under one god, one faith, one rule by my divine law. The puppet king will lay down his arms and bow to my will. Those who do not yield will be destroyed."
Ultimately, her plans are stopped by The Nerevarine.
The news of Sotha Sil's death is not common knowledge, and he continues to be revered by the Dunmer as one of the sacred Almsivi. The player has the option of informing NPCs of what took place, but most will not believe it.
Vivec says the following of Sotha Sil and Almalexia if the player speaks to him after ending the Tribunal Expansion:
"I presume she killed Sotha Sil. I thought she might harm me. And I presume she tried to kill you, Nerevarine... But death comes to all mortals -- and we are all mortal now... It is futile to deny one's fate. But, nonetheless, I'm afraid I find it all very, very sad that it should end this way, something that began in such glory and noble promise."
