Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130708162914/@comment-27219956-20151115043314

I quite like the idea of Paathurnax being the stone, but it says in the wiki page that the Stone of Snow Thoat is a 'cave'. There is, in fact, a cave at the foot of Snow Thoat; Pinepeak Cavern. However, there is nothing particular about it, it is just the home of two bears (one outside, one inside).

Maybe, though, the bears could mean something, something related to the Stormcloaks ? They are rebelling against the Legion and the Thalmor, and their faction symbol is a bear's head.

Another cave is 'Fallowstone Cave', and it is in the same hold as the Throat of the World. Look closely at the name: 'Fallowstone Cave' Coincedence? I think not! Now, Fallowstone Cave is an entrance to a place known as 'Giants Grove', and the entrance is guarded by, of course, giants.

Maybe, (and this is where it starts to sound a bit far fetched) just maybe, this guarded entrance could reference the fact that the towers are the only things protecting Nirn from disolving into Oblivion; the outside being Nirn, the Grove being Oblivion and the giants being the towers (also, both the giants and the towers are relatively tall).