Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5277094-20140605150759/@comment-16047389-20140606180837

Considering the Labyrinthian was sealed up, it's likely that it just appeared inside, yea. Perhaps the staff thought it was the best place to remain for a time. Locked away with a bound Dragon Priest for until the world needed it again. Maybe the Staff was in some way aware that the Eye of Magnus would one day be found, and that its power would be needed.

What I'm interested in, is how Savos Aren knew that it was in Labyrinthian. Arguably, a mage like him would've recognized the Staff of Magnus when he saw it. But that would mean that the Staff of Magnus was there when Savos and the other apprentices first entered the Labyrinthian.

According to Savos, he was an apprentice when the Isle of Arteum disappeared 100 years before the events of Skyrim. So the Staff of Magnus would have had to appear in the Labyrinthian 100-200 years before the events of Skyrim.

Although it seems just strange that the Staff, which leaves mages before they become too powerful and disrupt the mystical balance, would seek out Morokei, who was already a legendary mage in his own right.