Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-30011802-20170217032502/@comment-1600847-20170321153243

24.1.20.187 wrote: Sorry for my ignorance but what are 'the towers'? They're structures (not always literal towers) that supposedly uphold the barriers between Mundus and Oblivion. The Thalmor supposedly want to destroy them to erase Talos and humanity from existence.

I say supposedly because this is based on out-of-game writings by Michael Kirkbride, who hasn't worked for Bethesda for 15 years but they still occasionally use snippets of his writings in-game.