User blog comment:Jimeee/Skryim DLC Details Leaked in 1.5.26 Update Files - The Snow Prince!?/@comment-4977109-20120428135828/@comment-4353580-20120429022329

if you look at dwemer architecture, they have enormous crossbows (like character sized) mounted around, obviously they were supposed to be used if the dwemer were attacked... maybe a small scale version?

or they could have something like "prototype imperial weaponry now avaliable to the public; the Crossbow!" that way there could be like Daedric Crossbow's and stuff