Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24627553-20140316230248/@comment-27944105-20160921191700

Blademaster Jauffre wrote: Draevan13 wrote: I believe he means the following passage from The Book of the Dragonborn:

"When the  Snow Tower  lies  sundered, kingless, bleeding"

Specifically, "Snow Tower lies sundered", which would suggest the Tower was deactivated when Ulfric killed Torygg and started the Civil War. The Snow Tower is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Nords, aka.

When the Nords are sundered, kingless, bleeding. Skyrim is the Nordic homeland, in other words, when Skyrim is sundered kingless, bleeding.

Think about it, it doesn't only say the Snow Tower is sundered, it also says it's kingless and bleeding, so how would that make sense in the theory that it's litterally about the tower? The Snow Tower is the Throat of the World, and it was deactivated when Alduin awoke.