User blog comment:SajuukKhar/On the origins of Tiber/@comment-10207438-20131020205917

Personally(as a Breton player) I like to think of Hjalti as a Breton with a Nord Father, who was born in Alcaire, and at some time he was taken to Skyrim(most likely by his father) to learn from his Nordic Roots.

this might not be true, but it's possible.