Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27007772-20140611204941/@comment-5989209-20140713225946

Talos didn't even found this Empire. Titus Mede I sacked the Imperial City, which was warring for a long time, and people just joined out of old loyalties. Then the Empire turned it's back on Morrowind and Hammerfell all in a bid to help itself rot from within. Finally, Talos probably doesn't care as much about the Empire as you think he does. Talos the god isn't Tiber Septim the man, and even he didn't found the Empire for any reason besides necessity.