Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130708162914/@comment-24057725-20131028030031

The way of the voice is by association elven due to its Aedric nature. And worshipping is shown to have influence on mundus. So it pretty much fits your criteria.

All of the stones that have been encountered so far have been directly associated with at least one of the Aedra and if a stone were to be destroyed by accident the Aedra could just make another stone if it wanted mundus to continue couldn't they?

The Aedra are the only ones stopping the destruction of mundus. However to make the Aedra lose faith in the mortals would cause more destruction than the destruction of a few physical items. This is why I think that the stones are bonds between the Aedra and Mundus. The stones being a promise or oath to the Aedra.

The towers and stones are more symbolic than anything. Why else would the tower in valenwood be a giant walking tree city when the main promise they uphold is to never hurt nature? Or the snow tower depicted as the throat of the world when the main thing held at the top is the way of the voice?

It's not hard to see the connection, you just have to think outside the box.