Eternal Champion

The Eternal Champion (born 3E 370)(1/25/1998) Bethesda Softworks (Bethsoft) - Timeline is the protagonist and player character of .
==Background==
The title of "Eternal Champion" is the ultimate title given to the player during the quest "Imperial Palace," at the climax of the narrative; while the protagonist's name is said to be Talin numerous times, the character's name is ultimately left to the player. The Eternal Champion helped rescue Emperor Uriel Septim VII after he was trapped in a seperate dimension by the Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn, during a 10 year event deemed the Imperial Simulacrum.
In 3E 389, Jagar Tharn summoned both Uriel Septim VII and General Talin Warhaft on rumors of treachery. Tharn betrayed the two, and trapped them in an alternate dimension using the Staff of Chaos. Tharn's apprentice, Ria Silmane, witnessed this and tried to warn the Elder Council, but was killed by Tharn. After months of planning, Jagar Tharn magically transformed himself into the image of the Emperor, and took the throne. He summoned demon minions, transformed them into the Emperor's Guard, and sent a low-ranking member of the Emperor's court into the Imperial Dungeons to die.Introduction of .
Ria Silmane became an incorporeal being through the use of magic, and remained so that she could warn the Champion of Tharn's treachery. Ria created a key for the prisoner so they can escape the dungeons, and learn how to survive on their own. The only way to stop Tharn was to obtain the Staff of Chaos, which Tharn subsequently shattered into eight pieces and spread them between Tamriel's most infamous and dangerous locations. Being the only one that she could trust, the Champion began to reassemble the pieces of the legendary staff.
Ten years later, after a long quest to reassemble the pieces, the Champion finally reassembled the Staff of Chaos. However, Tharn was not defeated as they and Silmane had hoped. Tharn drained the Staff of its power, and had it combined with the essence of his own lifeforce in an artifact named the Jewel of Fire. The result was Tharn becoming practically invincible as a lich. Fighting their way through the Imperial Palace until they reached the basement level, the Champion fought Tharn in a battle consisting of "cataclysmic forces." After reuniting the magical energies with the Staff, which not only disintegrated Tharn into ash, the Staff created a portal to the dimension where the Emperor and General Warhaft were being held. The Emperor then declares the protagonist the Eternal Champion as a reward for saving the two.
==Fate==
The Eternal Champion's fate is left unknown at the end of Arena. Uriel Septim claims that the hero will rule by his side, so the Eternal Champion may have been given some form of power over the Empire after the events of the game, though this character remains unmentioned furthermore.
==Trivia==
*Alduin's Wall in prophesied the events of Arena, showing Tharn destroying the Staff of Chaos that later resulted in the Eternal Champion's recovering of its pieces.
*The Daggerfall Chronicles dates the Champion's birth at 3E 370. This date would make them 19 years old at the time Uriel Septim VII was trapped, and 29 years old upon Tharn's defeat.The Daggerfall Chronicles
*Former writer Michael Kirkbride claimed the title of "Eternal Champion" was "another embarrassing name the early games cribbed from other fantasy works...Reddit comment by Michael Kirbride: "I think The Eternal Champion is another embarrassing name the early games cribbed from other fantasy works, in this case Michael Moorcock."
==Gallery==
Eternal Champion Riding.png|Original horse riding image with the border.
Talin Warhaft history.png|A cut introductory slide for Arena, including the history between General Warhaft and the Eternal Champion, the Champion's endeavor to join the Imperial Court, and foreshadowing of Jagar Tharn's treason.
==Appearances==
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==References==
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