Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-13446185-20140217074300

Legate Alexandros wrote: Well if he is also an Atmoran, it's for different reasons. King Harold had declared Skyrim to be independent from Atmora in the 1st Era and the people, were fefered to as Nords ever since. The last refuges from Atmora also arrived in the 1st Era, mostly dead people. Talos was born sometimes in the second Era, too late to be physically Atmoran. Sure he was descended from Atmorans, if he had some Nord in him as well, all Nords are descended from Atmorans. However, more then likely reason of him being though as Atmoran, is because he had merged with Wulfheart of Atmora. As someone mentione to me before, he is not just one man anymore. With every merging, he basically became a different person. In other words, Talos is more like three in one. There is Wulfheart, there is Zurin and he himself. Also, he did merged with Shor as well. So he is really Hjalti, Talos and Tiber Septim (Septum), three diferent avatars of Shor in one. Oh and when he became diety, he replaced Shor, more then likely when people in Sovengard refer to Shor; they probably reaally mean Talos.

I guess you're a bit correct but not fully. First of all Wulfharth, Hjalti, and Zurin did not merge with Shor at all; they are Shezarrines (incarnations of Lorkhan). Also Talos did not "replace" Shor, in fact it did not effect Shor at all, Talos mantled Lorkhan (not Shor); which means that he made himself into something so identical to Lorkhan that he basically took up Lorkhan's role in the Aurbis.