Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25196161-20140718180949/@comment-69.123.217.197-20150217110326

"Tiber Septim wasn't a general per se, they were generals. Hjalti, Wulfharth, and Zurin didn't become the singular entity Talos until they ascended to godhood. And of course, it didn't hurt that Hjalti Early-Beard had the Thu'um, one of the most powerful battlemages of the era, and a pissed-off ash storm flying above his head."

Tiber Septim is not Talos the God, as Talos the God only existed after Hjalti Early-Beard, Ysmir Wulfharth, and Zurin Arctus died and achieved apotheosis.