Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130708162914/@comment-9887604-20130712014646

Well as for what the Eye of Magnus is, if you have read KINMUNE, it may be a living device from the 9th era. Now the writings are very esoteric, which is Michael Kirkbride's MO. I will reference some things relevant to our discussion of the tower stones, and the Eye of Magnus

""A dreamsleevishell used by remote mortal operators to run the rigs of Kynareth's illicit breath trade.""

- Michael Kirkbride, Kinmune

An obvious reference to Kyne, and her connection to the Thuum. This could be the beginning of the connection to the Stone Throat tower.

""Kinmune's synthetic body, caught in one of the blasts, suddenly found itself in the Ysgramorim, her mind an aggregate of the residual personalities of her last several users. It drove her insane. She retreated into snow-covered forests her memory-web could only recall from ancient histories, broadcasting distress calls in all the known languages of the 9th Era""

- Michael Kirkbride, Kinmune

""Some felt Kinmune’s distress call as a small tickle of in the Throat, while others were guided by esoteric instinct.""

- Michael Kirkbride, Kinmune

A reference to the "Throat" which once again most likely refers to the Thuum, so dragonborn and people akin to greybeards may have been drawn to Kinmune.

""It was this last act that doomed her to becoming one of the Arena’s most feared villains. High King Ysgramor took the loss of the Dumb Old Giant, one of his greatest counselors outside of Torc and Talking-Belt, with great anger.""

- Michael Kirkbride, Kinmune

Enter Ysgramor, a noble of Sarthaal.

""And though the fight was hard, the champions of the Altmora managed to seal Kinmune beneath the always-burnt borders of Sarthaal, imprisoning her in its prismatic network of misunderstood dwemercraft.""

- Michael Kirkbride, Kinmune

Here Kinmune is trapped beneath Sarthaal, which she later escapes however it does not give a time or means. It could be that the dragonborn is what allows her to escape.

Taking all of that into account I think it is relevant that there are several references to the Throat, and Kyne. These are very closely tied to the Nords, and could possibly be tied to the tower Snow Throat. Perhaps Kinmune once resided on the Throat of the World and was removed by Ysgramor, or another Atmoran. Alternatively, the Snow Elves may have removed the Eye to destroy the tower then the Atmorans retrieved the Eye to protect the barrier.

It is also important to note that the Psijics took the Eye of Magnus into safe keeping, they are directly opposed to the Thalmor who are trying to destroy the Towers.