RE: Thalmor as indirect antagonists: They were already lining themselves up against Man in the Infernal City. You'd be hard pressed not to make a connection when Eating the World is bad for Man but good for Elves.

RE: Lorkhan as God-of-Space: That is one interpretation, yes. It gets even more funky when you realize that ultimately the difference between Akatosh and Lorkhan is one of perspective.

RE: Wheel Turning: See the wheel? What is involved when you turn it, aside from effort? Time. What happens when your wheel makes a full rotation? It looks exactly the same, except it's changed location. It's the same, but different. Therefore, it's a metaphor for...

RE: The actual text: I'm having the most trouble around what it seems they are encoding the Memospore or Tower-Scroll or tangible magicks into. At first glance, they're storing it on the pieces of the world that the Dragon has eaten, but all of the light imagery and this: lead me to believe that they're storing it in Aetherius.

And then there's Tower-Scrolls. Are they Elder-Scrolls? Are they what Elder-Scrolls are? Are they some fate-divining/recording/creating function of individual Towers and the Scrolls for each Tower fulfill a slightly different function with the Scrolls of White-Gold being recording everything that was and will-be? Are they something completely different?

Heh, makes sense, considering space/time as a single continuum.

I have actually neglected to read The Infernal City so far; all this about the Thalmor is new to me.

Thank you for the answers!

I love it when this side of the lore shows up, thanks for this fascinating document MK!

I don't have anything to add to the discussion. But thought I'd at least stand in