Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-98.232.175.28-20140410065653/@comment-98.232.175.28-20140412122826

Hm, true. And I should note that I'm not saying the Dragonborn was wrong to defeat Alduin, as he didn't really have enough information to know any of this -- all he could really know about Thalmor intentions came from a few of Ancano's comments, in the middle of a battle.

It's pretty clear that they intend to destroy Mundus, though. I mean...it pretty much adds up. They think they were once gods, and that the creation of Mundus took that away from them. So they want to destroy Mundus, and become gods again. Ancano specifically mentions "the power to unmake the world" when using the Eye of Magnus. True, that doesn't necessarily mean that's what he intends to do, but if not, that's a weird way to put it.

As for the actions of the gods, I have no particular argument against that. You're most likely correct.

Normally it would be silly to argue that the world should end to make way for a new one, yes. But in this case, the idea is that destroying one world is preferable to destroying all of the worlds, forever. And that they're probably mutually exclusive, because destroying this one would destroy the people in it, including the Thalmor.