Meeting Talos in a game would probably make me care about him more than just reading about him, though. Plus, if his official accomplishments surpass everything the main protagonists of the last three Elder Scrolls games did/can do, then I might feel less overlooked :3

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So in TES III what was all the fuss about the Talos cult and Tiber Septim? -Aside from replacing the current emperor with a more original Septim. There was quite an interesting but pointed note in the secret room in Gnisis baracks. And the officer definatly wanted Talos Cultists all dead. (I'm not challenging, just wondering.)

Oh yes, I thought the exact same thing when I was first introduced to TES. 'Emperors becoming gods, yeah right, I smell bs'.

But you have to understand, this is not a mathematical, physical universe. TES takes place in a mythical universe, the kind our remote ancestors dreamed of before we invented things that told us what is what.
Belief is a very important factor in a mythical universe, the process of mythopoesis ensures that what people believe becomes reality, more or less, for one.
It is a geocentric universe with Nirn firmly at the middle and all the stars, planets and even the sun going around it. It is literally the centre of creation. The sun isnt even a glowing ball of gas its a literal hole in the sky to the realm of magic.

When coming into the TES universe you have to let your scientific mind go. Things do not work because of logic or reason or natural laws, blast, the natural laws themselves are dead gods.

It is a mythical universe, not a scientific one and the power of belief, the power of story is the most important thing.

When you examine the mythical construct as I have tried to explain in my previous posts you will see how important Talos is to 'the story' and that is all that matters, as 'the story' in a very real sense is reality.
The moons are the body of a dead god. A god that still meddles as 'even dead gods can dream'. All normal rules are off here, what counts is only what makes sense in our heart of hearts, in the emotional and subjective way we viewed the universe in the dream-time of our species.

Wait? ... you do encounter him on Morrowind?

HOW?

actually, he used to be able to eat the world...Akatosh created him to be the World-Eater, but Alduin had a superiority complex and betrayed his 'dad' so his 'dad' took away his World-Eater status (one of the reasons for Talos I believe). If Alduin is allowed to rebuild his old power, he might be able to eat the world again...

There are few dragons about during Tiber Septim his time, and absolutely no evidence he even killed one of them. So this is incredibly unlikely. It also conflicts with more likely theories like the Arcturian herrasy.

There is some confusion over when the last dragon was killed. It seems the last few vanished all at once. Some tales speak of a dragon king who devoured all of them rather than let manking kill them. One of the more far-fetched stories has Tiber Septim absorbing their essences when he ascended to godhood. Although the exact cause is unknown, they are all gone. No dragon has been seen for centuries. There are a few known examples of dragon bones fused with the stone and rocks of cliffs and cave. Just enough proof to make the stories undeniable.

Yeah, he did create the third empire, but it may aswell be the first. Nobody gives a damn about the first two, really.

I wouldnt say that.
Especially the first Empire, the Alessian Empire, was very important to the future of Tamriel and the great works they achieved still influence the world today.
When the Selectives danced on the tower and broke the dragon they created Akatosh.

I know the Alessian empire beat down the Aeylieds but what's this about selective dancing?