Tiber Septim is a fictional character in the game series The Elder Scrolls. Tiber Septim (also Talos, or General Talos) (Born 2E 827 - 3E 38), was the founder and first Emperor of the Third Empire of Tamriel. Upon his death, Tiber underwent apotheosis and became Talos, one of the Nine Divines, a collection of holy gods who fulfill the duties of bearers of "light" and "good" throughout Tamriel and Nirn as a whole.