Nine Divines ( Faction ) The Nine Divines is composed of the most fervent worshipers of the Nine Divines . The faction includes all chapel s and their staff . The Hero of Kvatch can only join this faction by attaining " Pilgrim " rank with the Knights of the Nine . History . In 1E 242 The slave Alessia , her demigod lover , Morihaus - Breath - of - Kyne , and Pelinal Whitestrake , start the Cyrodiilic human uprising against the Ayleid . By 1E 243 they had captured the Ayleid White - Gold Tower ending the Ayleid Empire and forming the Alessian Empire of Cyrodiil . Eight Divines . Alessia ' s first major act as Empress was to abolish worship of the Ayleid gods . However , she was a shrewd politician , enough to realize that her people had never known any other gods . The Nords violently opposed the Ayleid gods , and chiefly worshiped their version of Lorkhan , whom they called Shor . The elves , however , hated Lorkhan , whom they called " The Trickster " , and completely rejected any worship of him . Alessia knew she had to be careful in choosing the official state religion ; she could not afford to anger her Nordic allies , but her own people could not adjust to the complete Nordic pantheon in just a single generation . Her compromise was to merge the two religions , choosing to keep the less controversial Ayleid gods , such as Akatosh and bring in popular Nordic ones , such as Dibella and Kynareth . She sidestepped the issue of Lorkhan by leaving him out of her Eight Divines , but identifying him as the " missing ninth god " , a brother to the Eight Divines who was otherwise absent from the pantheon . The worship of the Eight Divines , along with the Empire itself , would go on to become the most prominent religion across all of Tamriel . Tiber Septim . On his deathbed , Tiber Septim bequeathed his throne to his grandson , Pelagius Septim , and he died in 3E 38 . Tiber died at the age of 108 , the oldest man in history . He was buried in the catacombs of Sancre Tor among the members of the Reman dynasty . After his death Tiber ascended to godhood . He became Talos again , the God of War and Governance , for after a lifetime of war , he had united Tamriel for the first time in history . He changed the religion of the Eight Divines into that of the Nine Divines . White - Gold Concordat . In 4E 175 the White - Gold Concordat is signed ending the Great War between the Empire and the elves of the Third Aldmeri Dominion however , peace was agreed upon with one of the conditions being that the Empire cease to recognize Talos as one of the Divines , and all shrines to him be removed from the temples of towns loyal to the Empire and their new Elven masters . This act changed the name of the religion back to the Eight Divines . After the treaty . The Thalmor , the governmental representation of the Third Aldmeri Dominion , the members of which are " elven supremacists " who seek to end the Empire and eradicate the worship of Talos . The White - Gold Concordat gave them free reign to move throughout the Empire and to hunt down any worshipers of Talos ' outlawed religion . Known members by location . All known members during the Oblivion Crisis . Ranks . The Hero can only ever attain the rank of Pilgrim , as that rank is used by both the Knights of the Nine and Nine Divines . Entry into this faction is by default as the Knights are a sub - faction .