Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24226601-20131128191736/@comment-14027812-20131128193212

It is supposed the cities were destroyed by the Nords. Feel free to attribute any of the ruins (with the exception of the nordic tombs) scattered across Skyrim to the fallen cities of the elves of old. It may be just an oversight by Bethesda. For an example of Snow Elf design, see the Chantry of Auri-El.