Talarys Hopebringer is the son of Auric Hopebringer (Mayor of Winterholm) and Alliseena. He was destined to follow his father's footsteps in becoming a Knight and met a fellow Knight, roughly his same age, named Kraun Crowfeather. The two became fast friends, but one night while sent up to Varus to help keep watch over the mining town and protect it from marauders, Talarys met the daughter of the Mayor of Varus - Liliornin. Once he met her, his interest in the Knighthood waned; he realized that his time, as a human was limited, and he wanted to spend that time with Liliornin, who was a full blooded elf and clearly outlive him.