Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24099618-20140114190300/@comment-1600847-20170124182147

I'm fairly certain the Thalmor's goal is either a) to make a new Merethic Era with them as the rulers of Tamriel or b) destroy the Towers (depending on whether you believe Kirkbride's writings are canon or not), but I haven't seen a source for them wanting to stop the Empire from getting weaker and stop another Oblivion Crisis (which can't happen again, since Martin's sacrifice permanently sealed off Oblivion Gates).