Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130708162914/@comment-24898462-20140616094553

I also think that the eye of magnus is the stone for the snow tower, so what if the cave was just the holding point of the eye? And maybe the dwemer raided and stole it then constructed the sun in blackreach to hold it, it would explain why it is not in the tower anymore and it makes sense that the dwemer would keep it in their capital city of skyrim, so I think that the falmer didn't know where it had gone,  but then what if the atmorans attacked blackreach, there is an entrance to it near by to saarthal, so they took the  eye for themselves and stored it in saarthal, hence why the falmer attacked. But it was sealed off before the falmer could get to it and the city was destroyed, only when the college's excavation took place was it found, this would also explain why the tower is said to be inactive. As for the skyforge being the stone, I doubt that very much, the elves feared it so why would they have built it? I think that it's a relic from the war between auriel and his elven worshippers and lorkan and his human worshippers, most likely used to craft weapons for men, so the elves would definitely fear it. Just my speculation, believe what you like.