Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6685058-20130727045056/@comment-8248675-20130906012850

I quite agree with you, but I believe someone here views him as a jerk, a-hole, d-bag and megalomaniac, who cared only about teritorial gains with any means possible. I don't want to insult anyone, but it seems that people who say that are preaty narrow minded and view the issue only from one perspective. They probably have an initial look at Talos and already formed an opinion, that they don't want to change. However, to understand Talos, one must look deeper. I am not agreeing with Talos on everythig he did, but I believe he did deserved to be a divine, especially since other divines accepted him as one of them and a replacement for Shor. Sometimes, I belive that he became one and the same with Shor and by becoming a divine, he might even have brough Shor into the pantheon of divines of Empire again, just by a different name.

At least he wasn't like Tribunal, who purposely used the heart of Lorkhan to become living gods. Sure, they might have though that people need gods that live among them, but why should they in particular have that power? Also, what they did, didn't make them gods in the eyes of other gods. In fact, because of their selfish action, entire race of Chimer was punished with being Dunmer for the rest of the ages. Even after Tribunal was no more, the curse have not lifted from Chimer and they are still Dunmer.