Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20130618024431/@comment-3573184-20130920013253

Legate Alexandros wrote: How is that so, that whenever someone saves Tamriel it is seems, they bring closer the destruction of Mondus? Was it really worth it stoping Alduin then, the word eater? Only to bring closer the time whe Tamriel would sink into Oblivion and Mondus will be no more? The Snow-Tower was deactivated before Alduin returned, as it was one of the conditions for his return in the first place. So stopping Alduin didn't bring the world any closer to doom then it was before.

I used to think that the sinking of the Yokuda was caused by few not so bright Redguards, who decided to test their new technique on Oricalcum Tower. Next thing you they know, their continent sank under the water. According to scholars, Yokuda was either destroyed by a natural cataclysm like a series of earthquakes, or because a rouge band of sword-singers used a forbidden technique during a civil war.

Yokuda

It is debated to this day what the nature of the disaster was that destroyed Yokuda. Tremors of the earth were not uncommon in the continent's history, and many argue that it was simply a natural catastrophic series of quakes at the foundation of the land. Others suggest that it may have had human origins: during the last civil war, a renegade band of Ansei called the Hiradirge were said to be masters of stone magic. When they were defeated in battle in 1E 792, the argument goes, they had their revenge on the entire land, destroying what they would never rule. ~ Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition: Other Lands

Although someone pointed out, that no one knows for certain where is Oricalcum tower, for all we know it could be on Aldmeris or Atmora, or even on Akavir. Aldmeris doesn't exist, and no elves have ever lived on Akavir, so it being there is unlikely, as the elves are theo nes who built the towers.

If it was in Atmora, its unreachable, although, it is possible it exists in Panyodea

Also, I wonder, if that Dragonborn prophecy is true, considering that Dragonborn could not stop Alduin. Perhaps the phrophecy fortells the scenario of Alduin destroying the Snow White tower, if he is not stoped. Hopefully there is hope for Mondus yet, but just in case, no one let Thalmor touch Adamentine Tower! As pointed out before, the Dragonborn Prophocy states that snow-tower has to fall before alduin can return.

Also, the Thalmor aren't after the towers, they are after Talos.

The Mythic dawn was after the towers, but not The thalmor.