Talin Ashorak

"Not much is known about the Eternal Champion, the one responsible for taking down Jagar Tharn and bringing the Imperial Simulacrum to and end by rescuing the Emperor Uriel Septim VII, who'd been trapped for ten years in the realm of Oblivion. As a Captain of the Blades at the time and one of the more actives members of the spy network, he simply knew too much — he was too dangerous. Stripped of his titles and all possessions, he was taken prisoner by Tharn and sentenced to a lifetime in prison. However, he, whose name was Talin Ashorak, one of the last remaining descendants of the Akaviri bloodline, somehow managed to escape. At the time, Talin was only nineteen. Ten years he spent as a fugitive of the Empire, but his loyalty to Uriel Septim VII was never weakened. For ten years of his life, Talin traveled around Tamriel, one at a time gathering the eight pieces of the Staff of Chaos, the very weapon Tharn'd used to trap the Emperor Uriel VII and his general in a plane of Oblivion. In the 399th year of the Third Era, Talin defeated and killed Tharn in combat, rescuing Uriel and the general Talin Warhaft and effectively ending the Imperial Simulacrum. For that, he was granted the title Eternal Champion'' by the Emperor himself, alongside all his former possessions and titles."

- Heroes of the Empire

Talin Ashorak (c. 14th of Second Seed, 3E 370 — 2nd of Heart Fire, 3E 412), also known as Vultuz Do Faal Jun (Dovahzul:, Dark-Blade of the King), the Eternal Champion, Commander Ashorak, Saint Talin, among other titles, was one of the last, or maybe the last, remaining survivors of Akaviri descendancy, one of the most famous heroes of modern times, and a very devout Empire loyalist most known for his defeat of the Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn, in the process rescuing Uriel VII and the general Warhaft from the plane of Oblivion, which in turn effectively ended the Imperial Simulacrum. He was the child of unknown parents, both supposed to be of Akaviri inheritance, which makes him the last recorded pure-blooded member of the Akaviri race. Talin served as a member of the Blades, the Imperial Legion and the spy network of the Empire since he was old enough to hold a sword. Trained by his father in a number of different Akavirian fighting styles, his prowess in combat was noticed by all. As a legionnaire, it didn't take long for Talin to be made a Captain of the Imperial Legion, and was later on appointed as Captain of the Palace Guard by Commander Lucien Nigladius, the Commander of the Imperial Legion at the time. As a member of the Blades, the Grandmaster at the time also noticed Talin's prowess in and out of combat, and took his appointment as Place Captain by the commander of the Legion as an opportunity to assign him as the captain of the Imperial Palace Regiment of the Blades. Talin was an active member of the spy network, mostly working alone in a constant hunt for those who conspired against the Emperor. He first became famous for, by himself, tracking down and killing a powerful dark elf traitor Imperial Battlemage known as Nomad. When Jagar Tharn betrayed the Emperor Uriel Septim VII and trapped him inside of Oblivion, Talin was among the few who saw through Tharn's deceptions. At first, Tharn offered power and riches in exchange for Talin's silence, but he refused and was instead sentenced to die in prison for treason and attempting to murder the Emperor. It was of Jagar's intention to have Talin executed, deeming him too dangerous to be left alive, even in prison, but Talin was supported by a large number of members of both the Imperial Legion and the Blades. Fearing his death would give birth to a rebellion, Tharn instead had him under arrest at first, planning to create more evidences of his supposed treason of the Empire before his execution.

However, Tharn's plan backfired as Talin managed to escape. As a fugitive of the Empire, he adopted the alias Vultuz Do Faal Jun, translated from Dovahzul to something like "Dark-Blade of the King" or "Dark-Blade of the Emperor", a reference to his never fading loyalty to the Emperor Uriel VII. Ten years later, now aged twenty nine, Talin finally managed to gather the eight pieces of the Staff of Chaos alongside a number of powerful artifacts of legendary status, such as the Ebony Blade, the Oghma Infinium, the Necromancer's Amulet and the Ebony Mail, which he employed in the defeat of Jagar Tharn and the rescue of Uriel Septim VII. After Uriel was released from the plane of Oblivion, Talin was granted by him the title "the Eternal Champion", as well as given back all his former possessions and titles which had been taken away by Tharn. He was also made a new General of the Imperial Legion. After the arrest of both Commander Lucien and the Grandmaster of the Blades at the time, both who had known about Tharn's treason and yet chose to side with him in exchange for more power and influence, Talin Ashorak was appointed as the new Grandmaster of the Blades by Uriel VII himself, and the general who'd been trapped in Oblivion with Uriel for ten years, whose name was also Talin, but of surname Warhaft, was made the new Commander of the Imperial Legion. However, Commander Warhaft retired a few years later: he came back from Oblivion looking much older than his actual age was, and the memories of that nightmarish realm still haunted him every time he slept, and as such decided to retire. He appointed Ashorak as his successor, who was then made Commander of the Legion in addition to his rank of Grandmaster of the Blades. In the years between that, he had already been named as the Head of the spy network. Many members of the Elder Council and other people of high political power at the time advised Uriel against granting that much power to a single person, but the Emperor did not listen to them, knowing Talin was one who could be trusted. His devotion to the Empire and great feats in life made him a legendary figure, to the point he was canonized as Saint Talin upon his death.