Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-77.172.125.107-20130901100104/@comment-8248675-20131001081005

It's a bit more complicated about Talos being an Atmoran. There are two posibilities that most of people here would agree on. 1. Talos the Atmoran, just a romanticized tale, or propaganda. The last ship from Atmora, filled mostly with dead people, arrived somewhere in the first era. Talos wasn't born until almost the end of second era. 2. By mantling Shor and all of his aspects (Yismir, Zurin Arctus and Wulfhearth), Talos became an Atmoran in spirit, since he became one with Wulfhearth of Atmora, a Nordic King, who was said to have been originaly an Atmoran King, who was reborn at least three times as the Avatar of Shor.

Tiber Septim was born in High Rock kingdom of Alcair (a Kingodom on the shore of Illiac Bay, not an Island kingdom like most sources would say), as Hjalti Early-beard. His name clearly shows his Nordic Ancestry, but his physical descriprion from Biography of Berenziah, clearly describes him more of a Breton, with Nordic feautures (blue eyes, and white hair which could have been blond in youth).

Furthermore, there were no Forsworn when Talos was born, there were Reachmen. They seem to inhabit Western Reach and Reach and while technically Bretons, they are usually being deferentiated. For once they have Celtic names rather then usual French names of the Bretons. Also, they excel in different kinds of Magic from other Bretons, that's why they are often refered to as Witchmen. Not to mention that they prefer dual wielding swords and axes as well as bows. They never seem to use two handed weapons. Someone here sated, that Bretons in Alcair also usually have Celtic names, rather then French. I believe that's what was the author's of this topic, original message. Weather Talos, who were born in Alcair, could have been a Reachmen, since they though Alcair might have Reachmen population, since they have Celtic/Gaelic names as well.

I personaly, wouldn't call people in Alcair, Reachmen. I believe Alcair is far enough from both Reach and Western Reach where Reachmen usually found. Perhaps there is an ethinic population of Reachmen in Alcair, but that wouldn't make them all Reachmen there.