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There will be a reckoning.

''The Nords left Atmora for Tamriel. Before them, the Elves had abandoned Aldmeris for Tamriel. The Redguards destroyed Yokuda so they could make their journey. All Men and Mer know Tamriel is the nexus of creation, where the Last War will happen, where the Gods unmade Lorkhan and left their Adamantine Tower of secrets. Who knows what the Akaviri think of Tamriel, but ask yourself: why have they tried to invade it three times or more?''

-Mysterious Akavir

The book "Mysterious Akavir" is an incredibly, and ironically, mysterious one, one without a known author or source. It specifies, in little detail, the four primary races and "nations" of Akavir, the continent to the East of Tamriel, those being the Tsaesci, vampiric, possibly parasitic snake organisms who apparently consumed the men of the mainland of Akavir, the Ka Po' Tun, before this being just Po' Tun, whose emperor has apparently ascended to become a dragon, the Tang Mo, a race of monkeys who live on a large island chain and are arguably the weakest of the four, and the Kamal, a race of warriors quite similar to the Nords who invaded Tamriel during the Second Era. It also mentions something called The Last War, which will take place on the continent we know as Tamriel.

According to the book, Tamriel is the Nexus of Creation, where the Gods destroyed Lorkhan, the Aedroth responsible for the creation of Nirn it self, and where the gods placed the Adamantine Tower "of secrets".

If we think about this, this makes sense-Most important events in Nirnithic history took place on the continent-The gods placed every known great tower on Tamriel, suggesting that they focused their efforts on the continent, The Knahaten Flu spread across Tamriel, culling, shall we say, the "unprepared" races from the flock, many men have attempted to unite this continent, some have almost achieved this-This has never been recorded on any other continent-and every great event has reached its climax in Tamriel.

The Heart of Lorkhan was tossed into Red Mountain by Auriel (Auriel is Akatosh, Akatosh is Auriel) in an act of anger for the dramatic loss of power of the Aedra caused by the creation of Nirn. Since then, the gods, for reasons unknown, have nurtured Nirn, caring to it like a parent to a child, incredibly unusual for somebody who wishes to destroy a world to regain their power.

Historically, the gods have always favoured the Men over the Mer, and seem to have had no major interactions with the Beastkin. Alessia, a Nede, was blessed by Akatosh to be Dragonborn and overthrew the Ayleids. Akatosh blessed the Amulet of Kings, historically worn by Dragonborn emperors of the Empires of Man, and thus also Martin Septim in order to defeat Mehrunes Dagon, whose goals were suspiciously similar to that of the Third Aldmeri Dominion-to destroy Nirn.

Alduin's Wall, supposedly based off on an Elder Scroll, fortells...

''When misrule takes its place at the eight corners of the world (Arena) When the Brass Tower walks and Time is reshaped (Daggerfall) When the thrice-blessed fail and the Red Tower trembles (Morrowind) When the Dragonborn Ruler loses his throne, and the White Tower falls (Oblivion) When the Snow Tower lies sundered, kingless, bleeding (Skyrim) The World-Eater wakes, and the Wheel turns upon the Last Dragonborn.''

This tells us that the White-Gold Tower no longer functions. The Eldensap likely was razed by the Third Aldmeri Dominion. The Orichchalium Tower was destroyed by the Yokudans while testing some new sword magics. The Numidium was destroyed during the climax of Daggerfall. The Crystal Tower was quite obviously destroyed, most likely by some sort of Daedric Invasion, possibly Mehrunes Dagon, Molag Bal, or, if unlikely, Sheogorath. The Grahkt-Tower was most likely destroyed, either by it just simply dying or Aldmeri intervention. Red Mountain was destroyed by the Nerevarine, and the Snow Tower is mostly likely defunct. This leaves us with the Adamantine Tower, and possibly the choice of the setting for the next Elder Scrolls game-High Rock, or at least the Illiac Bay region. (Let's just say that it isn't going to be Black Marsh or Elsweyr.)

In summary...

One tower remains.

It is in possesion of the Bretons, the race furthest away from the Summerset Isles if we perhaps exclude Morrowind.

The Third Aldmeri Dominion's primary goal is to destroy Nirn by permamently ceasing the activity of the towers.

The Direnni, despite being High Elves themselves, probably despise the Thalmor and their ideals.

Man will most likely prevail in this conflict, saving Nirn from destruction brought on by its own people.

'The Third Aldmeri Dominion will fall. It is inevitable.'

(Frankly, all I hope is that we can wrap up the whole Thalmor shenanigans quickly and move on from this dark page of Nirnithic history after the Elder Scrolls VI. How does it sound having an incredibly isolated island similar to Britain feature in the Elder Scrolls VI, and or VII?)

I thank you for reading this text.