Sotha Sil

The secretive god of the Tribunal, found dead in his Clockwork City.

Sotha Sil is one of the three Living Gods who form the Tribunal, ruling alongside Vivec and Almalexia over the Dark Elves of Morrowind. Unlike his peers, he remained largely absent from the events surrounding the game's original narrative until the release of the expansion The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal in November 2002. In this self-contained story set within the capital city of Mournhold, Sil is suspected to be behind a mysterious attack by mechanical creatures known as Fabricants.

Quick Facts

Role: Living God (Tribunal)
Affiliation: The Tribunal
Status: Dead (killed by Almalexia)
Origin: Morrowind

Lore & Background

Sotha Sil is a central figure in the narrative of Tribunal, where he is initially suspected of orchestrating an assault on Mournhold's Plaza Brindisi Dorom by Fabricants emerging from a Dwemer ruin. He is one of the three god-kings worshipped as the Tribunal, yet he did not appear in the original Morrowind game. Because the attackers are mechanical, the secretive god is suspected of being behind the attack on Mournhold, and the trail leads to the Clockwork City, where he is found dead. There, players discover that Sil was actually killed by Almalexia, who had been driven mad by the Heart of Lorkhan and sought to seize total power for herself.

Reader's Guide

Finding Sotha Sil dead is the turning point: Almalexia then alleges that she killed him and instigated the attack on Mournhold to gain more power over the Tribunal. Players should note that this expansion requires teleportation to Mournhold and disables levitation to maintain the city's separation from the main game world. The quest line concludes with the destruction of the Heart of Lorkhan and the death of Almalexia, resolving the tensions between the Living Gods.