I’ll try to be short and to the point. I figured this would be the best place to have something cleared up for me.

I’m a little confused about who this Talin person really is. There are bits of text in the manual that suggest Talin is the official name of the Eternal Champion. Then there is in-game text that name General Warhaft and the protagonist’s father Talin. Then there's the differences between the original and CD version of Arena where General Warhaft is curiously absent from the ending cutscene.

So, what is going on here? Is General Warhaft the EC’s father and he passed on his name? Are the EC and the General the same person?(something I find unlikely for various reasons, in spite of the CD version's ending)

Is there any hard evidence to support one or the other or suggest something completely different?