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An Imperial trained as a battlemage in Battlespire, Lucilla can be found in-game investigating daedric activity at the Dread Cellar. No longer of the Battlespire, she is trying now to adjust to life in Tamriel but appears to be having a little difficulty with doing so.

Availability: Always

Cost: 1,500 Crowns

Obtained: Crown Store

Lines Spoken by This Houseguest:

• "Did military service ever appeal to you? Obviously, it did to me. Once. Ironically, there's a certain freedom to relinquishing your liberty. But it requires being able to trust fully. When trust is lost ... well, so goes those feelings of freedom."
  
  
• "For all its faults, the Battlespire certainly lives up to its reputation. Imagine a fortress that encompasses the entirely of a realm. Ramparts that tower over the edges of Oblivion. Beyond them, only the Void. It filled me with both fear and awe."
  
  
• "Free time makes me anxious. I'm used to schedules being prescribed and regimented. Now that I have no one dictating what I need to do, I'm at a loss far too much of the time."
  
  
• "I always saw the Empire as a force for good. I was raised to believe it, even before I joined the Battlespire. I know now that's far too idealistic a viewpoint, but I still believe a united Empire is better than this endless civil war."
  
  
• "I can't say I miss the Emperor -- I never even knew him -- but it feels wrong for the alliances to be fighting over the Empire's scraps. Say what you will, the Empire kept chaos at bay. It was good for that, at least."
  
  
• "I don't have many places I'm welcome to visit right now, so I'm glad I have somewhere I can let my guard down. At least for a moment. And, truth be told, I like it here."
  
  
• "I find cities to be rather overwhelming. All the sights, sounds ... smells. A battlemage requires years of ascetic training. Study, isolation, practice, and little else. I do want to experience everything I've missed, but preferably not all at once."
  
  
• "I have to commend the Fighters Guild. Attacking Molag Bal's Dark Anchors takes guts. My lessons on fighting Daedra involved a lot more than a sturdy weapon and grit, but somehow that seems to work for them."
  
  
• "I trained with the Battlespire since I was ten years old. I've been on the path toward war for so long I never considered another. It's my duty to fight, because I can. I just need to figure out what I'm really fighting for."
  
  
• "I wonder sometimes what my life would have been like if my talent for magic hadn't been discovered so early. Would I have joined the Legion as a regular soldier, or taken an entirely different path? I honestly can't say."
  
  
• "I'm surprised by how much Daedra worship is accepted in the provinces. The Empire was practically founded on crushing their vile influence in the name of the Eight. At least until Emperor Leovic came along. Never turn a blind eye on Oblivion, I say."
  
  
• "I'll admit, I'm feeling a bit aimless since renouncing my position in the Battlespire. Wandering adventurer suits well enough for laying law, but my only goal is survived. I need a meaningful cause to support. Finding one is harder than I expected."
  
  
• "I've spent my life preparing to be a battlemage, but I've never been on the field of battle. Once fully commissioned, I'd be called upon to rain down fire and lightning on the enemy. Wipe out regiments in an instant. A scary responsibility to have."
  
  
• "If I could pick any era to live in, it would have to be Reman's golden age. Marching out with the greatest army in history, chasing Dragons to the ends of the world. I wonder if we'll ever see glory like that again."
  
  
• "It probably seems strange to remain loyal to an Empire that no longer exists. It's strange, but the Empire didn't evaporate without a trace. We're all still here -- the pieces. We're just waiting for someone to put everything back together."
  
  
• "It's been an adjustment sleeping here. Tamriel, I mean. The hours I've kept had nothing to do with the rise and fall of celestial bodies. I never quite feel in alignment with this world."
  
  
• "It's been quiet since we left the Dread Cellar. Too quiet. I thought the Battlespire would put a bounty on me if nothing else, but that threat has yet to materialize. Surely Martus told them about my desertion."
  
  
• "A letter arrived. Didn't say who it was from, but the only person who would even try to reach me is Martus. I burned the letter without reading it. I may have resisted killing him in the heat of the moment, but he's dead to me all the same."
  
  
• "No one has ever come after me for killing Martus and deserting my post. Have they just not caught up to me, or aren't they even looking? It would be sad to be that insignificant. Sadder for Martus."
  
  
• "Practically growing up in the Battlespire has made adjusting to Tamriel ... interesting. I vaguely remember the sun, but I'd long forgotten the scalding kiss of Magnus on my skin. I didn't know I could turn that color."
  
  
• "Sometimes I marvel at the creativity of hedge-mages and lay practitioners. I only ever learned how to shatter stone and melt steel, not sear a steak or wash my hair. There are so many subtle uses for magic beyond blowing up fortifications."
  
  
• "The Three Banners War might well be the end of us all. Some pretend the bloodshed is limited to the unfortunates in Cyrodiil, but there isn't a province in Tamriel that hasn't been caught up in the struggle."
  
  
• "Why do the Daedra seem so interested in the affairs of mortals? You'd think they'd have more than enough to do in the vast and infinite realms of Oblivion than torment us. Cosmologically speaking, though, that could be the reason for their existence."
  
  
• "You're wondering why I don't just join the Mages Guild. It's because they're too neutral. I can't stand on the sidelines while the whole of Tamriel falls apart. Now is not the time to write theories and chase fame. Not for a mage worthy of the title."