Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13436964-20130726062712/@comment-38.107.91.134-20150722013857

99.90.226.146 wrote: many players believe the eternal champion (from arena) and the hero of daggerfall(from daggerfall) are one and the same. And yet, it's not accurate. The Hero of Daggerfall has a different backstory and is five years younger than Eternal Champion, the only thing connect them is that you can choose the same appereance from Arena in daggerfall (just a bit updated is all). I think it's safe to say that bethesda was most likely going to make daggerfall a direct sequel as the eternal champion going on another mission for Uriel Septim VII, plus i have heard that they planned to make a save transfer although that may be false, sadly bethesda changed that and instead generated a different backstory depending on your class and which choice you made (which was pretty cool in my opinion). I have a theory that Ultimate Champion died from corprus due to going to Red Mountain in his journey and ended up being one of Dagoth's many victim, so the emperor having no champion at his side, decided to choose the next person he could rely on (depending on the backstory), and that person was the hero of daggerfall.

It's the best explanation of Talin's fate after Arena. As Uriel Septim's new champion you would think he would stand by his side for several years (or at the very least around 8-9 years), yet few years later Uriel Septim has a new champion to do some job in Iliac Bay. Some "champion" Talin was, you don't even hear from him during the oblivion crisis, i doubt he would be just fishing around somewhere in Tamriel (or elsewhere), so it's more likely he died a few years after Arena (and i doubt Dagoth Ur would miss the opportunity to troll a fool willing to go to Red Mountain without being Nerevaine).