Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7088470-20150509200628/@comment-25451577-20150528190926

Yes, Talos mantled Lorkhan, reestablishing his place in the pantheon of creators of Nirn. Talos, as you noted above, "consists" of mytho-echoes - reincarnated shards of Lorkhan: Wulfharth, Tiber Septim, Zurin Arctus, general Talos, Hjalti Early-Beard, Ysmir and one unknown to date man.

That is why Thalmor see Talos as main threat in war with human races - he (Talos) being, basically, reincarnation of Lorkhan is the primary protector of Mundus - creation of his "past-self".