Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3539474-20130915231234

Al Wolf2200 wrote: You're only partially correct. What the Thalmor really want is to deactivate all of the towers binding Nirn to Mundas, destroying humanity and allowing them to ascend to divinity, a right they believe that they and only they are entitled to. The only reason the Thalmor are even present in Skyrim is to find a way to deactivate the Snow-Throat tower and to remove Talos from the pantheon of worship by stomping out Talos worship (one of the steps to their ascension).

I'd love to see a game centered around trying to stop the Thalmor from destroying all of Nirn. Yes that too. Thalmor's plan for taking control is by manipulation and using things held dear to any target as leverage to get what they want. They are all about power and control.