Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726023954/@comment-121511-20150213232150

The source stating that the Thalmor seek to unravel creation and return to the Dawn Era comes from a Thalmor author: this at the very least is reason enough to dislike the Aldmeri Dominion, though granted not all Altmer support the Dominion.

 "To kill Man is to reach Heaven, from where we came before the Doom Drum's iniquity. When we accomplish this, we can escape the mockery and long shame of the Material Prison.  To achieve this goal, we must:  1) Erase the Upstart Talos from the mythic. His presence fortifies the Wheel of the Convention, and binds our souls to this plane.  2) Remove Man not just from the world, but from the Pattern of Possibility, so that the very idea of them can be forgotten and thereby never again repeated. ' 3) With Talos and the Sons of Talos removed, the Dragon will become ours to unbind. The world of mortals will be over. The Dragon will uncoil his hold on the stagnancy of linear time and move as Free Serpent again, moving through the Aether without measure or burden, spilling time along the innumerable roads we once travelled. And with that we will regain the mantle of the imperishable spirit." '

Pyrolord wrote:

Here is something interesting I found regarding what you said

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Landfall

"While the Thalmor tried to fight off the Numidium their resistance was proven to be futile when the Numidium used its "ancestroscythe" abilities to effectively erase the Altmer race from existence"

No shortage of irony there, that Nirn is destroyed by a force completely outside of the Dominion's plans or knowledge, and then proceeds to do to them what they wanted to do to mankind. Then again, this is also delving into future/9th era/C0DA lore, which I've always found incredibly odd.