Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-170.211.170.15-20140502212710

On the topic of what race Hjalti Early-Beard/Tiber Septim/Talos whatever you want to call him (I call him Hjalti Early-Beard), I personally believe that he is a Breton. Reason: the Nords generally hate magic and a Thu'um uses magic, the Atmorans were most likely all dead by the time of his birth, Hjalti didn't change him name to his Imperial name, Tiber Septim until he became Emperor of the Empire so he couldn't have been an Imperial, if he was an Imperial, he would have had an Imperial name to begin with. Bretons are magic-users, and Thu'ums are magic, also Bretons have a special ability called Dragon-Skin, which was probably named after Hjalti was named Yismir (which by now is a title, not his name), he was called Talos (Storm Crown) by the Nords most likely because a Thu'um sounds like a thundering storm and crown because he was in service to the Jarls. It's symbolic really, Bretons use Dragon-Skin to absorb magic and take little damage as possible, which explains why Talos was so awesome, he couldn't get hurt by magic and if a Breton uses a Thu'um, it's most likely going to be more powerful. I believe that Hjalti Early-Beard/Tiber Septim/ Talos, all being the same person, was a Breton.