Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11276487-20130714031200/@comment-10207438-20130718181424

SimpowerZ wrote: This is like asking a Catholic if the god of the Muslims is real. It really depends on your race and place of birth. For example: A High Elf will believe that he is not real while a Nord might think otherwise. well, if a Catholic believes the Muslim God(Allah) is fake, they believe there own god is fake, because they're the same god, muslims just believe some teachings are different and that his teachings continued past jesus and his apostles.

However, unlike the IRL example you gave, Talos being a god is more about preference, do you believe in this god(Auri-el/akatosh)? almost everyone does. do you believe in this god(Talos)? most humans did; until the WGC, at which point only the nords believe in him; and the elves not only didn't believe in him, but believed that he must be destroyed so they can reclaim their divinity.

BLAHBLAHBLAH, Talos is not overrated, while what he did was not always nice or even good; his deeds were so numerous and great that his ascention was deemed possible by the aedra. So no, he's not overrated, he was just lucky that he did enough to become a god.