Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130708162914/@comment-11080614-20131222054502

So, after re-reading the intercepts, I noticed that they state the the towers were constructed by the Aldmers in order to replicate what they had seen the gods do. So, in my opinion, the towers and stones were not created for any specific purpose other than to emulate divinity. In other words, the Aldmers didn't seek to bind or control Mundus, nor to sap energy away from the Aedra, but to continue what the gods had started. It was only later, once the Elohfey had faded and the Aldmer splintered that the Altmer realized that these constructs may be one of the many things that had tied their ancestors to the physical plane. Just my opinion.