Talos

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==Summary==
Talos, later crowned as Tiber Septim, is the Dragonborn Emperor who conquered the nations of Tamriel during the late Second Era, ending the Interregnum that had scarred the continent for over four hundred years. His efforts unified the disparate lands of Tamriel under his banner, marking the birth of the Third Empire of Man, and with it the beginning of the Third Era. Talos is the progenitor of the Septim Dynasty that would inherit the Ruby Throne and rule over Tamriel for the next few centuries, in what is considered to be one of the most relatively peaceful periods in the continent’s history. Talos was so revered in life that upon death he was placed on the Imperial Pantheon, becoming the Ninth Divine.
Orthodox Account
According to orthodox, officially-sanctioned Imperial history, Talos, meaning Stormcrown in the Ehlnofex language, was born in the mythical frozen continent of Atmora. He had a brother called Agnorith, and migrated to northern Tamriel as a youth. He grew up amongst the Nords of Skyrim, and from them learned both the ways of war and the Way of the Voice, with the Greybeards themselves declaring him the prophesied Dragonborn destined to conquer Tamriel. He marched south along with his Nordic warriors, and became the leading general of Colovian King Cuhlecain. Talos was invincible on the battlefield, and his armies conquered Western Cyrodiil in less than a year.
Not long after, the Imperial City surrendered to Cuhlecain’s armies, and he became the ruler of all Cyrodiil. However, before he could ascend to the throne, his political enemies assassinated him and set the Imperial Palace on fire. Talos’s throat was slit during the attack, but he survived through his miraculous Dragonborn strength. As Cuhlecain had no living heirs, Talos was crowned in his stead, taking on the name Tiber Septim to symbolize his new authority as the Emperor of Cyrodiil. Throughout the following decades, Tiber Septim would slowly conquer every nation of Tamriel, culminating in 2E.896 with the Siege of Alinor and the surrender of the Summerset Isles, which finally cemented Septim as Tamriel's sole Emperor.
However, these accounts are inaccurate, being simply Imperial Propaganda written to depict Tiber Septim as a romanticized hero. The true history of his life can only be found on early historical documents, deemed heretical and banned by the Empire, which paint Talos in a completely different light.
Heretical Account
According to the account of the Arcturian Heresy, Tiber Septim was a Breton named Hjalti Early-Beard, born in the island of Alcaire, who learned the ways of war and battle with the Nords of Skyrim during his youth. He served as a general under King Cuhlecain, and led his soldiers against the Reachmen. During the Battle of Old Hroldan, Hjalti was met by the spirit of the immortal Atmoran King, Ysmir Wulfharth, who descended upon his army camp as a storm. Wulfharth told Hjalti that he was destined to conquer Tamriel, and taught him the power of the Thu'um. At dawn, Hjalti marched to the gates of Old Hroldan with Ysmir's storm surrounding him as an impenetrable shield, and Shouted the fortress' walls down, granting his army complete victory. Following the battle, the Nords began to call Hjalti Talos, meaning Stormcrown.
Hjalti and Wulfharth lead Cuhlecain's armies, conquering Western Cyrodiil in less than a year. After the Siege of the Imperial City, they met with Zurin Arctus, the mysterious and incredibly powerful Royal Battlemage, who conspired with them to get rid of Cuhlecain and make Hjalti Emperor. Hjalti assassinated his King in secret, setting the Imperial Palace on fire to simulate an attack, and slitting his own throat to feign innocence, knowing that Arctus' magic would keep him alive. Following his betrayal, Arctus crowned Hjalti as Emperor of Cyrodiil, and gave him his new name, Tiber Septim. Throughout the following decades, Septim, Wulfharth and Arctus managed to conquer most of Tamriel, with only two notable exceptions: Morrowind, protected by its Tribunal of Living Gods, and the Summerset Isles, isolated from the continent by sea and home to the most powerful mages on Tamriel.
Ysmir Wulfharth wanted revenge on the Dunmer for the events of Red Mountain, and insisted that Morrowind be conquered and subjugated, but both Zurin Arctus and Tiber Septim knew they couldn't win against the Living Gods. They met with the ALMSIVI, and signed a peace treaty that granted Morrowind political and religious autonomy, making it part of the Empire in name-only. In exchange, the Tribunal Gods gave Septim the ancient Dwemeri golem, the Numidium. Wulfharth became enraged, and betrayed his allies. Learning that the Numidium was useless without a proper energy source, Tiber Septim sent Arctus to slay the traitor Wulfharth and capture his soul inside the powerful soul gem known as the Mantella, intent on using it to power the Numidium. The two met in battle, where they were evenly matched, and slew one another. Their souls were both trapped inside the Mantella, where they merged into one, multiplying their powers. Having tricked both of his allies, Tiber Septim obtained the energy source he needed to activate the Numidium, and used it to conquer all of Summerset in a devastating battle that lasted less than an hour. Finally, all of Tamriel was subdued under Tiber Septim's crown, and he ruled over the continent until the day of his death
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Hjalti Early-Beard | Tiber Septim | TAL(OS) Oversoul | Ruling King
Name: Talos Stormcrown, Tiber Septim, Hjalti Early-Beard, Ysmir Wulfharth, Zurin Arctus, TAL(OS), Lorkhan
Titles: The Many-Headed Talos, The Two-Headed Ruling King, The Enantiomorph, The Heir to the Seat of Sundered Kings, The Red King, The Dragonborn Emperor, The Scion of Emperors, The King of Earth and Sky, The Lord of Shining Hosts, The Protector of Oathman, Feeman and Yeoman, The Guarantor of Right and Justice, The Broad Blessing of Thrones and Powers, The Cynosure of Celestial Glory
Origin: The Elder Scrolls
Gender: Male | Inapplicable
Age: Born in 2E.828, Died at the Age of 108 in 3E.38 | Inapplicable
Classification: Human, Dragonborn, Shezarrine, Emperor of Tamriel | God, Shezarrite Oversoul, Living Enantiamorph, Ruling King
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Acausality (Type 4. As a Shezarrine, Hjalti is fully unaffected by the Dragon Breaks, being capable of existing normally even within severe ones such as the Middle Dawn,Where Were You When The Dragon Broke? which affected the whole of Mundus and was described as a full return to the non-linearity of the Dawn Era), Limited Sound Manipulation and Information Manipulation (Through the Thu'um, which allows him to alter, and add to, the Song of the Aurbis itself to a limited capacity in order to achieve a variety of effects. Although the Shouts that Hjalti had access to are unknown), Resistance to Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Mathematics Manipulation and Physics Manipulation (As mentioned beforehand, he, much like all other Shezarrines, was unaffected by the Middle Dawn, which was caused by the Mundus being detached from the Aurbis itselfOn the Detachment of the Sheath and returned to the chaos of the Dawn Era, the state prior to the Aedra stabilizing the world into existence through the concepts they personify)
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All Former Powers on a far higher scale, as well as Longevity (Stretched his natural lifespan through the use of magic) and Supernatural Willpower (Having become a Ruling King in his lifetime, Tiber was an individual with enough willpower and sense of self to assert his own individuality even when assaulted, through all his senses, with the boundless nature of the Godhead and his place within it,Vehk's Teaching: ...the Tower keeping his own sanity and existence intact despite the sheer existential terror that comes with this realization)
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All previous powers on an unfathomably greater scale, in addition to all of Lorkhan's abilities, as Talos is the same being as him.
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All previous powers and abilities on vastly greater scales, in addition to Dream Manipulation, Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2) and Transduality (Type 2; CHIM is described as a state in which an individual rises beyond all antithesis and duplexity, realizing, and participating in, the oneness of all things within the Godhead while simultaneously maintaining their own individuality and wholeness of mind in such a state), as well as vastly enhanced Existence Erasure (Capable of erasing beings from "the thought realm of God"Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Twenty-Two), Law Manipulation (The Ruling King is said to have authority over all laws of reality, with there being no Earthbone that cannot be altered or broken by them, save for the Heart-BoneThe Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Eleven)
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Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Superior to the full might of the Greybeards, who shook the world with the power of their Voice) | Unknown, possibly Universe level+ (Should be comparable to The Dovahkiin, who is constantly compared to Tiber Septim as a Dragonborn throughout their journey. According to Neloth, the Dovahkiin became the second most powerful Dragonborn of all time after gaining the power contained in Hermaeus Mora's Black Books,Neloth's Dialogue and Tiber Septim is likely to be the sole Dragonborn above him) | Low Outerverse level (Ascended to Godhood and mantled Lorkhan, taking his role as the Missing Ninth God of Change, and thus becoming one and the same as himMichael's Kirkbride's Posts) | High Outerverse level (Attained the state of CHIM,Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Nineteen venturing outside of the Wheel of the Aurbis and seeing it "sideways" as the Tower, the Eternal I, thereby understanding that all of existence is merely the Dream of the Godhead. Through this, he returned to the state generated by the first interaction between Anu and Padomay and surpassed the structures of the Wheel entirely,Vehk's Teaching: More on the Psijic Endeavor which should include the infinite layers of wheels within wheels that lie above the Aurbic World-Egg, as the Tower itself is an ideal that "touches all mantles of heaven"Mythic Dawn Commentaries, vol. 3 and is present wherever the phenomenon of the Wheel itself isThe Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Twenty-OneVehk's Teaching: ...the Tower)
Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ Combat and Reaction Speed (Should be superior to Odahviing, who can cross Skyrim in seconds, and also be much faster than skilled Ansei who can react and swing their swords in microseconds.Lord Vivec's Sword-Meeting With Cyrus the Restless Should be comparable to powerful mages who can cast, and react to lightning-based spells) | Unknown, possibly Immeasurable (Should be comparable to The Dovahkiin in speed) | Omnipresent | Immeasurable and Omnipresent simultaneously (Through the attainment of CHIM, a being is able to assert themselves as an individual at the same time as they embrace their participation in the all-encompassing flux of the Godhead, thus becoming singular and universal all at once, and thus metaphorically residing "within the Tower.")
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Immeasurable | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level | Unknown, likely Universe level+ | Low Outerverse level | High Outerverse level
Durability: Multi-Continent level (Completely unscathed by the full might of the Greybeards,Arngeir's Dialogue who shook the world with the power of their Voice) | Unknown, likely Universe level+ | Low Outerverse level | High Outerverse level
Stamina: Superhuman (A master of the Way of the Voice, and an incredibly strong warrior who fought at the forefront of his armies in many battles. Slip his own throat, and not only survived, but stayed conscious and was still capable of walking) | Unknown | Infinite | Infinite
Range: Standard Melee Range, likely up to Planetary with the Thu'um | Unknown | High Outerversal | Boundless
Standard Equipment: The Imperial Dragon Armor, The Amulet of Kings, The Mantella, The Totem of Tiber Septim | None Notable
Intelligence: Genius. Hjalti is a great warrior and a brilliant military tactician, leading the armies of King Cuhlecain and standing as an undefeated general at the age of twenty. A cunning leader and a shrewd diplomatic, who unified the petty warring kingdoms of Cyrodiil under his banner, and also convinced the last remaining dragons on Tamriel to fight by his side. An incredibly charismatic and manipulative man, capable of tricking others into doing his bidding, and making them act as his political pawns. Mastered the Way of the Voice through the teachings of the Greybeards and King Wulfharth. | Same, though honed and sharpened by decades of experience as the Emperor of Tamriel, both militarily and politically. Possesses all the knowledge and intellect of Zurin Arctus and Ysmir Wulfharth, including the former's arcane wisdom and unrivaled magical abilities, and the later's literal millennia of experience as a warrior | Nigh-Omniscient. Through the state of CHIM, the Ruling King attains intimate awareness of the workings of the universe and the nature of the Dream at large, ascending to a higher level from which the whole Aurbis may be observed, and perceiving the Godhead itself.
Weaknesses: None Notable | CHIM is a state that one taps into, rather than something permanently retained, being likened to "a Crowned Tower that threatens to break apart at the slightest break of concentration." However, due to its nature as something beyond the concept of time, eventuality and duration are by definition rendered meaningless,Nu-Mantia Intercept, Letter #4 and as such, even this caveat is nominal at best.
==Gallery==
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TalosGlass.png|Stained Glass depiction of Talos
TiberStatue.jpg|Statue of Tiber Septim in Cyrodiil
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WulfMorrowind.png|Wulf, Talos' Mortal Avatar
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