Clockwork Apostles are devout followers of Sotha Sil, the god of clockwork. Living in the Clockwork Basilica in the Brass Fortress of the Clockwork City. Those who wish to become Apostles must possess extensive expertise in magic, mechanics, or other valuable skills. They would replace parts of their limbs with metal to show their devotion to the clockwork god and to improve their defective flesh. The apostle would place the replaced body in the shrine. These elites from the Clockwork City often entrust others to complete various trivial tasks, and their ultimate goal is to achieve "Tamriel Final (Tamriel Final)", also known as "Anuvanna'si (Anuvanna'si)" —The arrival of a new Nirn.
The High Apostles formed the city's governing body, the Congress of Calibration. The highest level is Torbillon, in addition there are Adjunct, Chancellor, Constable, Initiate, Lector, Proctor, Provost, Positions such as Novice. The apostolic legal system was relatively simple because it was rarely used. Violations such as plagiarism often result in banishment. For more serious crimes, a punishment method called Cognitive Prison is used to set the prisoner's mind into a recursive loop, trapping them in an inescapable consciousness space. It is obvious that the punishment of the apostles was often spiritual rather than physical. After all, the flesh and blood bodies of many apostles have been replaced by bodies of brass. There is absolutely no point in punishing a mechanical body. But it is said that this punishment was only used twelve times until the Second Age.
Barizal's Labyrinth Ring is an artifact of immense power created by former Clockwork Apostle Barizal in the middle of the Second Era. It can transport multiple people across dimensions at once. The power of the Labyrinth Ring far exceeds Bariza's original intention of creating the ring. It can open cracks in time, and even open the Gate of Annihilation, releasing nightmarish creatures onto the earth. The powerful ring was then cursed and stripped of its power, and it was said that only gods could wield it without themselves being destroyed. This curse is also believed to have caused Balizal's death, although the powerful mage continues to exist in the present world as an undead lich, sealed with the ring in an abandoned crypt in Mournhold.
Around 2E 582, during the Daedric War, Barizal was granted by Vivec the Warrior-Poet Deity after helping to thwart the plot of Babas (yes, that puppy who could speak human language). A gem of divine magic that the mage plans to use to further his research into teleportation.
In the late Third Age, the cave-in that sealed his tomb was excavated and cleared under Almalexia's orders, and his tomb was connected to the temple sewers under Mournhold. In 3E 427, Amalesia sent Nerevain to retrieve the ring from the catacombs. Although she claimed that possessing the ring would help her take better care of the people of Morrowind, in reality Amalesia was motivated by selfishness and malice. Driven mad by the loss of her divinity, Almalexia planned to murder Sotha Sil and Vivec, the three Living Gods of the Tribunal, as well as Nerevarine, the reincarnated soul of Azura. Her first target was Sotha Sil. Although at this time the God of Clockwork has announced his withdrawal from the world and lives in the Clockwork City he created with his own hands. Almalexia used the Labyrinth Ring to teleport to the Clockwork City and easily killed Sotha Sil, who was motionless in thought.
After killing Sotha Sil, Almalexia brought the Clockwork City's constructs into her City of Mourn to wreak havoc, blaming Sotha Sil for this self-directed disaster. He also tricked Nerevarin into going to the Clockwork City to kill Sotha Sil, and played a series of tricks including a hand of bitter meat and a borrowed knife to kill someone. However, Nerevarine, who had been blessed by Azura, withstood the siege of a large number of mechanical constructs, forcing Amalecia to take action herself. However, due to the decline of her divinity and the fact that she seemed to be poisoned by some unknown poison when killing Sotha Sil, Almalexia was eventually defeated by Nerevarine.
Finally Nerevarine returned to Mournhold with the Labyrinth Ring.
"So, Balizal's labyrinth ring was obtained by Nerevain." Wu Chen sorted out the key points from the librarian Xili's account.
"No, Master." The housekeeper seemed to have thought of something: "Not long ago, Secret Agent Yesha reported that someone in Rift Valley City hired a treasure hunter at a high price to find the maze ring."
"Who is it?" Since Lord Lord has no memory copy appearing out of thin air, it is obvious that he has not experienced this plot (indeed, sir, this is the main plot of a card game "The Elder Scrolls: Legend").
"It's a dark elf wizard named... Messina." The housekeeper always had a good memory.
"Mehina?" Dawn Warhammer Xili blurted out: "It must be the former Clockwork Apostle Mehina. He was expelled from Clockwork City due to his improper research on creating a perfect life form. He hired treasure hunters at a high price to find Barizal. The labyrinth ring must be preparing to return to the Clockwork City. To continue his 'illegitimate research on creating a perfect life form'."
"Tell me about this Messina." The Lord still has no memory copy related to it.
"Mecinar is a dark elf clockwork apostle and Sotha Sil's apprentice. He is extremely talented and can rival all of Sotha Sil's students. He is ambitious. Fanatical research, even privately transforming the bodies of the transformers in Clockwork City against their will. Sotha Sil knew about Messina's talent but did not stop it. He also claimed that 'restricting him is a sin against wisdom'. But Mechna and Sotha Sil didn't see eye to eye on the perfect life form, and he eventually created the Synth, a mechanoid-like creature made of steel and magic. He even went a step further and made the Synth Fusion with the beast. Due to these forbidden experiments that exceeded Sotha Sil's bottom line, Mechna was eventually kicked out of the Clockwork City. If it was really him who was hiding in Rift City and hired treasure hunters at high prices to find the Labyrinth Ring, then Apparently he is plotting to return to Clockwork City once again and continue to create what he considers to be the most ideal form of life."
Abomination is a mechanical magical life form created by Mechna, a disciple of Sotha Sil. It is also an interpretation of Sotha Sil's creation of a perfect life form. The early composite bodies were made of individuals, steel and magic, similar to mechanical constructs, but then they further merged with beasts. This made Sotha Sil intolerable and drove Mechna out of Clockwork City. The biggest difference between master and disciple comes from respect for life. Mechanical constructs are purely magical mechanical creations. After the technology matured, Sotha Sil used it to create magical mechanical prosthetics for the residents of the Clockwork City who were born disabled or acquired disabilities and the Clockwork Apostles. But Mechner studied "cadaver transformation". Transform the corpses of dead warriors into evil composite bodies. This obviously touches the restricted area of gods and demons. And because of the existence of the Mechanical Heart in the Clockwork City, Wu Chen felt that the former Clockwork Apostle Messina must have used the magic power from the Heart of Lockhane similar to the "Stone Heart Technique".
The lord's heart moved: "Read again the letter of help from the temple priest Melita."
"Okay, Master." The housekeeper immediately took from the study a letter of help from Priestess Melita sent by Priestess Afia Velotti.
Obviously, the Lord must have discovered something.
