Talion (Skyrim)

Talion is a character inside of the Shadow of Skyrim fiction. He was a member of the Vigilants of Stendarr, a cult that worships Stendarr, the god of mercy.

Origin
Talion was born in Skyrim a year after the end of the Great War. He was a very smart man growing up, learning how to use a sword and bow and arrow.

His father was a skilled craftsman and blacksmith who worked for the Jarls of Dawnstar and Morthal. However, he died when Talion was 14 from a bandit raid. His mother was a worshipper of Stendarr and was a Vigilant of their order.

When he was 18, his mother told him to join the Vigilants and hunt the evil daedra that fight against them. He was with them for nearly 17 years. During that time, he married a beautiful Nord woman and had a son with her.

Talion's first death
In 4E 201, the self proclaimed "King of Nova Orsinium" Kurog Doombringer invaded the Hall of the Vigilant and killed many Vigilants. Talion killed many orcs. Then Talion took an orcish bow from a corpse of an orc soldier and continued to push the orcs back. Then Talion was pushed back and knocked to the ground by a blast of blueish white magic. Talion couldn't react and his vision darkened.

The moment he woke up, he heard screams and shouting coming from his wife and child. Then he saw Kurog take a dagger and he killed them both in front of Talion's eyes. Then Kurog took that dagger and he slit Talion's throat with it.

Resurrection
Talion woke up and saw that his throat wound was healed without any explanation. Then a saw a blue ghost talking to him. The ghost then introduced himself as Celebrimbor, a vengeful elf that was killed by a necromancer. He was a very skilled craftsman like Talion's father.

Return to the Hall of the Vigilant
When Talion returned to the Hall of the Vigilant with Celebrimbor, he saw the corpses of vampires, not orcs. This encouraged Talion to find survivors so he went to Whiterun and speaked to the jarl. while leaving, he saw a member of the Dawnguard, Durak and he told him to go to Fort Dawnguard. However, something in Talion's mind snapped and he killed Durak as he was an orc.

Joining the Dawnguard
Talion went to Fort Dawnguard and he joined their cause despite being scolded by their leader Isran for killing one of their members. He was also allowed in because of his ties to the Vigilant of Stendarr which caused Isran to be sympathetic to Talion even though he killed Durak.

Meeting Eltariel
Talion's first objective was to go to Dimhollow Crypt to find a mysterious treasure (Serana). When he arrived there, he found an elven woman under attack by the vampires. Her name was Eltariel.

Trivia
Talion is based on Talion from Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. His vampire form represents the Nazgul form of Talion from Shadow of War.

This form of Talion is more powerful as he has fought many enemies that are far more stronger than the Shadow of War antagonist Sauron.