Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26316533-20150724175957/@comment-24.167.188.99-20160304095812

To summarize what TheBlackOmen seems to be saying, the Aedra gave up everything that made them physical, "real", and distinct beings when they created Mundus. Now, they only exist as the personifications of concepts, without physical form. For that reason, they can't really be said to die. At the same time, that would mean that 139.218.65.96 is half right. If no one worships an Aedra anymore, then would no longer be capable of manifesting themselves or interacting with Nirn, but so long as their concept still exists in some form, so will they, and if someone begins to devote themselves to that concept again, they'll reappear. For example, if suddenly commerce just stopped being a thing, just everybody stopped all manner of trading and just did everything for themselves and never exchanged anything, Zenithar would be rendered powerless. But as soon as someone got the idea in their head to start exchanging what they have but don't want for what they want but don't have, Zenithar would be back.

Talos, essentially, transcended mortality by way being just that awesome. He is different from the others in that rather than descending to Aedra from Original Spirit, he ascended from being a mortal.