Eternal Champion

The Eternal Champion (born in 3E 370) is the protagonist and player character of .
==Biography==
As always, the title of "Eternal Champion" is the ultimate title given to the player at the game's climax; the character's name is left to the creation of the person playing the game, but lorewise, the character's name is Talin. The Eternal Champion helped rescue Uriel Septim VII from Oblivion after he was trapped there by the Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn, during a ten-year event deemed the Imperial Simulacrum.
In 3E 389, Jagar Tharn summoned both Emperor Uriel Septim VII and General Talin Warhaft on rumors of treachery. Jagar Tharn betrayed the two, and transported them into Oblivion. Tharn's apprentice, Ria Silmane, witnessed his treachery and tried to warn the Elder Council, but was killed by Tharn.
After months of planning, Jagar Tharn transformed himself into the image of the Emperor and took the throne. He summoned demon minions and transformed them into the Emperor's Guard. He also sent a low-ranking member of the emperor's court into the Imperial Dungeons to die.
Ria Silmane became an incorporeal form through the use of magic and remains in this world so that she could warn Talin of Jagar Tharn's treachery and that the Emperor is actually Jagar Tharn in disguise. Ria created a key for Talin to escape the cell. The only way to stop Jagar Tharn was to obtain the Staff of Chaos, in which he held his lifeforce, but the staff had been split by Tharn into eight pieces and scattered across Tamriel. Since Talin was the only one that Ria Silmane could trust, it was up to Talin to reassemble the pieces and defeat Jagar Tharn.
Finally, in 3E 399, after a long quest to reassemble the pieces which were hidden at the bottom of a dungeon in each province, Talin finally reassembled the Staff of Chaos. However, Jagar Tharn was not defeated as he and Ria Silmane had hoped. There was one final piece in the Imperial Palace, the jewel to the Staff, which would make it complete.
Talin fought through the Imperial Palace until finally reaching the basement level, where Talin fought Tharn. During the fight, Talin touched the jewel of the staff, melting Jagar. The staff created a portal automatically to the dimension in which the Emperor and General Warhaft were being held. The Emperor then made Talin the Eternal Champion as a reward for saving them and defeating Tharn.
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 has been given some form of power over the Empire after the events of the game.
==Gallery==
ArenaArgonians.png|The Hero as an Argonian.
ArenaKhajiit.png|The Hero as a Khajiit.
ArenaRedguards.png|The Hero as a Redguard.
ArenaNords.png|The Hero as a Nord.
ArenaBretons.png|The Hero as a Breton.
ArenaBosmer.png|The Hero as a Bosmer.
ArenaDunmer.png|The Hero as a Dunmer.
ArenaAltmer.png|The Hero as an Altmer.
==Trivia==
* Since Arena takes place from 3E 389 to 3E 399, the Eternal Champion is a teenager at 19 (or still 18) years of age at the game's start, and is 29 (or 28) at the end.
** This makes him/her 35 during , 57 during , 63 during , and 264 during (if still alive).
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Eternal Champion" article on the TES Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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