Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.27.127.103-20150320015853/@comment-26357188-20150502224318

Sothas wrote: It is definitely literally clockwork. Also, the heat can be attributed to magicka. Nirn (and the other planes) were created using creatia (magicka) and it is infused with it. It gives off its own heat similarly to earth. And similarly still, most of its magicka (heat) comes from Magnus (the sun). Nothing in the actual ES games confirms this as canon. Not all of Kirkbride's writings should be considered "truth," and definitely not official canon; only his actual works in the games. For example, all that spaceship stuff seems ridiculous and I doubt Bethesda would ever include it in an ES game.