Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6685058-20130727045056/@comment-25035274-20170213172441

Yoshiman421 wrote: Sorry if this has been said, there are 186 replies and I havent read every single one. But the books in the Elder Scrolls series are supposed to be exactly the same as the books in the real world - not necessarily true, just the opinion of the one that wrote it. Books disagree with each other in Tamriel, books sometimes spout absolute nonsense that is obviously false. Books are just as unreliabile as lore devices as books in real life can be unreliable to history.

So yes it may be that a book says something is true, but that doesn't mean that it is actually true.

That isnt to say that all books in Tamriel are false, it's just that you have to take a lot of them with a grain of salt.

Despite this, I personally think Talos is a god. He is my favorite god, and my favorite blessing comes from his shrines. Oddly enough however I side with the Imperials on every playthrough. I hate the Thalmor and I think Talos should be a god, but I also see the importance of keeping Skyrim as a part of the Empire. If I was emperor, I would be licking my wounds and planning the day when the Aldmeri Dominion is overthrown, but go along with it until that day arrives. Those are all very good points that I think a lot of us (including myself) forget at times. At the end of the day, you just have to decide for yourself which books, if any, are telling the truth.