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.
Legendary Origins
According to legend, Sotha Sil was one of the advisors of Nerevar, the Hortator of the Chimeri people. According to the 36 Sermons of Vivec, Sotha Sil visited the village where Vivec's parents lived, and told his mother that she bore his "brother-sister". Sotha Sil's activities are relatively obscure, rarely mentioned in the literature of Morrowind. 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, although he supposedly descended into madness (Many of these details come from the account of Almalexia, who was, at the time, mad.)
Sotha Sil in Modern Morrowind
Sotha Sil was murdered at the hands of Almalexia in the year 426 of the Third Era. It was reported that, when Almalexia was killing him, he remained silent, despite her taunting. However, the news of his death is not common knowledge, and he continues to be revered by the Dunmer as one of the sacred Almsivi.