Torval the Pilot

, also known as "Topal the Pilot", was an Aldmer explorer who discovered the Niben River and charted Tamriel's sea lanes in the Merethic Era. Torval sailed into a bay (which was subsequently named "Topal Bay") and up the Niben River into deepest Cyrodiil. Here he met the native beastfolk and taught them how to read and write in exchange for the Eight Islands which became the site of the Imperial City and the White-Gold Tower.