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Spottedstar02 wrote: Now before I even write this,I will just say that some of my characters worship Talos and that this is just a personal opinion.

Talos was a great man,of that there is no doubt. But, greatness does not entail divinity. Talos did not participate in the creation of Mundus,so therefore calling him a divine is a misguided statement. THe meaning of a Divine in TES lore is "a greater being that participated in the creation of the mortal plane-Mundus". So,I personally believe that the tale of Tiber Septim's accension was created by the Empire to boast of their power (I mean think about it an real life Emperor acsended into godhood,what would happen). AF You're mistaking Divine with Aedra. The Aedra are the ones who partook in the creation of mundus, those who did not take part became the Deadra, those who were created after became the Ehlnofey, who became man and mer. Auri-el and Trinimac, two important elven gods, walked upon nirn as Aldmer, who became Aedra when they led their aldmer armies against the forces of Lorkhan, most likely these were the men who found the old ehlnofey and were driven away from the original home of the ehlnofey because they had lost their culture while searching for their home. These two mer became aedra for their deeds, and though they were present at the creation of Mundus they became mortals, they then ascended and showed in view of their followers, so they too could learn how to ascend to aetherius.

this seems that the way to become one with the aedra might be to complete some great feat in battle, and Young Hjalti Early-Beard, who would later become Talos Stormcrown, and then take the name Tiber Septim upon being crowned as Emperor, commited many great feats, like his assault on sancre-tor, in which he recovered the Amulet of Kings which allowed him to reforge the empire.

The only thing that sets him apart from the other Aedra is that he was not a part of the creation of mundus, and that itself may not be true, as there is some belief that he became one with Lorkhan (possibly when he used the abomination known as Numidium to conquer all of tamriel, but this is just my own theory)