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The general was almost killed in 2E 854 by a High Rock nightblade who managed to slit his throat and kill Emperor Cuhlecain. The Skyrim army joined him when they saw him use the thu'um and knew him to be the son of Skyrim and heir to the Empires of Men. General Talos met the combined army of Skyrim and High Rock on the field of Sancre Tor, who were hostile to Cuhlecain. Talos became General of the Colovian Estates under King (and later Emperor) Cuhlecain. The Greybeards told Talos that he would come to rule Tamriel, but he must go south to do so. As nearby villages were being evacuated, Talos traveled up the mountains the Greybeards called home, where they removed their gags and spoke his name, causing the World to shake. Soon after, growing storms made it known that the Greybeards were about to speak. At the age of 20, he led the invasion of Old Hrol'dan, taking it back from the Witchmen of High Rock, his earliest known military victory. He spent his youth in Skyrim, where he learned the ancient art of the Tongues as well as the strategies of war from the chieftains there. He was born in Atmora under the name Talos, meaning Stormcrown in the old Ehlnofey. Below are both the officially sanctioned history and the version outlined in The Arcturian Heresy) (There are conflicting accounts of Tiber Septim's birthplace, ancestry, and original name. Tiber is now revered as one of the Nine Divines under the name of Talos, which means "Stormcrown". Tiber Septim gave his name to the lineage of Cyrodiilic Emperors, the Septims. He ruled for 81 years and is considered by many to be the greatest emperor throughout history. He is also responsible for declaring the onset of the Third Era at the end of the same year. In this role, he fought to unify Cyrodiil and finally all of Tamriel, an effort that culminated in 2E 896 with the birth of the Third Empire. Believed to have been born in the Nordic continent of Atmora in 2E 828, Tiber Septim started his career in service under the Cyrodiilic king Cuhlecain and was known as General Talos.
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Tiber Septim, also known as General Talos, Hjalti Early-Beard, the Dragonborn, and Ysmir, was an emperor of Nordic descent who became one of the most famed figures in Tamrielic history, reigning as Emperor Tiber Septim from 2E 854- 3E 38. Emperor Tiber Septim as seen as a statue in Oblivion