Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6685058-20130727045056/@comment-8248675-20131125060917

Well he was Hjalti Earlybeard, before he was named Talos. Talos, was the name that Nords had given him, after his victory at old Hroldan. Not only he used his Thum then, he also had a storm cloud over his head. Later, he was proclaimed Talos the Storm Crowned, formerly by Greybeards. I agree, that it is a better name then Hjalti Earlybeard, but it wasn't the one he bestowed upon himself. The one that he did though, was Tiber Septim as he was an Emperor then. Imperial sounding name, sounded fiting for an Emperor of Tamriel. It also seems like he took an Imerial wife to, since officialy his descendents are Imperials (Seems like even his brother took one too, since techinicaly Tiber Septim's descendants, beside Pelagius I, are his brother's descendants). Also, he wasn't quite the same Talos the Storm Crowned when he became Emperor Tiber Septim, since he couldn't even shout then anymore, a wound to the throat would do that to you, no matter who you are. (Regardless if that was an assassin who did that, or he himself.)