Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.42.77.181-20150215034524/@comment-121511-20150228145023

Eh, more or less. The only reason the Thalmor seek to ban Talos worship is that Talos is in and of himself a Tower: as long as he exists, Mundus cannot be destroyed, as he helps hold up creation. It is pointless to them to ban worship of Lorkhan, as Lorkhan is dead, and does not fortify the wheel.

That said, considering 2/3 of Talos is Shezarrine, and considering that he mantled Lorkhan to achieve apotheosis, it can be argued that by banning worship of Talos they are also banning worship of Lorkhan. Talos is Lorkhan, but is also not Lorkhan.