Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24999589-20140604181541/@comment-9212235-20150203230743

180.181.142.191 wrote: Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: He's a god. There's tons of evidence for that, such as an avatar of Talos being in Morrowind.

Or just some random war veteran.

No, he's definitely a Divine. He mantled Lorkhan, Enantiomorph, and achieved CHIM. He was raised to divinity alongside the Eight and now holds Mundus together. The Thalmor want him gone, which is why they spread their propaganda.