Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3573184-20131008193638

Nazul Rostello wrote: Maybe strong Thalmor presence in Anvil, Kvatch and cities alongside the AD's border but not the capital and I don't think Titus allowed the Thalmor anywhere near the White-Gold Tower, bet he ordered the Penitus Oculatus guarding it from suspicious outsiders. You know when the Thalmor found out Ulfric would became the next Jarl of Windhelm, they tried to use him as a spy. Some people believe while he was captured he gave information to Elenwen that allowed the Thalmor to capture the tower.

For more information, read about The Towers. Given that Tullius says Mede is putting all of his troops along the border of the AD, it seems unlikely they would have a large presence in border cities, as that would undermine the whole point of putting soldiers on the border.

This is furthered by how the AD works, The Thalmor work on subterfuge and behind the scenes mechaniations,which require few soldiers, not many.

Also, the towers page is incredibly poor, I have already requested it be unlock because of the purely BS section on the Thalmor trying to remove the towers.... which laughably the MK written article that pages cites to prove that theory actually disproves it.