"The witnesses to these events [Aldmer] built more towers: White-Gold [The White-Gold Tower], Crystal-like-Law [The Crystal Tower], Orichalc [?], Green-Sap [Falinesti?], Walk-Brass [Anumidium], Snow Throat [Throat of the World], et cetera. Oblivion first troubled the Mundus at this point." http://www.imperial-library.info/content/facts-and-opinions-nu-hatta-intercept

Is that right? They somehow built a mountain?

Also I've heard that the snow tower was sundered during the main quest of Skyrim? Is that true and how did it happen?

Yup. Wide base, small top, very stable. Probably easier then building an ordinary tower too.

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Another question. How do you pronounce Ehlnofey?

And was the red tower built or did it form because of the Heart's hard landing?

"Building" a mountain might be tough. I kind of went with the idea that the early Mer/Men put enough metaphysical importance onto Snow-Throat and Red Mountain that they became Towers.

So I don't think it was as much a physical endeavor as it was spiritual. They "built" the Tower in their minds and it became so.

Or it could be the stones (Lorkhan's Heart and whatever's at Snow-Throat).

Perhaps the fun question in a world where mythopoeic importance is paramount, and the twin of the schizophrenic time god's heart is the heart in question is, "what's the difference?"

Also bear in mind that the Aedra sacrificed themselves to make Mundus (their opinion of the sacrifice is secondary here.)

Eh-el-no-fey. Like I'm stuttering. Don't know of if there is another official way.

It's the same either way around I reckon. I see no need to differentiate.

No, Alduin is merely weakened there.

No idea what's under there. Could be anything.

"when the snow tower lies sundered kingless bleeding" What does this mean? I don't remember anything bad happening to the mountain and I remember someone on these forums saying the Snow Tower fell. I don't have the quote or link sry. Was that just flat out wrong?

I've also heard people saying, this was awhile ago mind you, that there was something wrong with the White Gold Tower too, but again I don't remember anything bad happening to it. Was there something I missed?

Wait here it is. "When the Dragonborn Ruler loses his throne, and the White Tower falls" The book of the Dragonborn.

I think it's referring to the sacking of the imperial city. Problem is the Tower is still there.

Or maybe they meant falls to invasion and not falls as in stops working which is what I thought they meant.

Interesting. That leads to the next question. Who built the Red tower? The only people I can think of being in that part of world that way back in time is the Dwemer, but they built the Brass Tower. Why would they build another?

And it can't be the Chimer since Red Mountain was there before they even left Summerset right?

Red Mountain was created (Correct me of I'm wrong) when Lorkhan's divine spark plummeted into Nirn.

Whereas both Adamantine and Crystal-Like-Law are associated with Auriel's ascension.

White-gold fell with the Amulet of Kings, each tower has a stone. Break either the stone or the tower and it's game over for that tower, at least I think it is towers might have a continue button. Red moutain had the Heart which vanished, deactivating the tower, white-gold had the Amulet of Kings which was destroyed by Martin at the end of the third era, deactivating that tower.

The stone of throw throat is unknown, I'm guessing the Thu'um but that's just a guess. The specific line about snow-throat seems rather clear.

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

At first sight it to me suggests that the civil war in Skyrim, the death of High King Torygg and the lack of a new moot makes this line true. It could be a lot deeper as well though...

I think you're right and they're being poetic about the Civil War.

My guess for the stone is that it has to do with the time-wound. But it's just a guess.

Kingless perhaps relates to Ulfric murduring the High King of Skyrim? Sending Skyrim into cival war (thus bleeding).
In this case, the stone isn't a physical thing, but a series of events, etc.

And I have a problem with that, I'm perfectly okay with the stone not being a physical thing, but I find it rather hard to believe that the stone is the stability of a nation and its people.

I suspect we may find out more about it in one of the DLC's, would make it very interesting.

IIRC, The Towers were built by the Altmer/Aldmer and they were enemies of the Humans/Nords, which is perhaps why they built their stone on a nation they knew couldn't survive.

Then again, that's Just one of my my crazy ideas and I'm pretty new to this Tower stuff.

Reminds of something Parthanax said. "Those that try to destroy the world often delay it, and those that try and save it often make the end come sooner." Not an exact quote but it's close.

If the Dragonborn broke the tower by breaking its stone, the time wound, then what Parthanax was saying is right on the money. Destroying the towers, which is what has happened these past couple games and books, will be bad for the Mundus. If they are all destroyed what's to keep the IS from returning to the IS NOT?

I fear the Dovahkiin may have only won a short term victory...

You think the Time-wound is the stone? How so, the time-wound is a relatively young thing. Didn't happen until the dragonwars, would be rather odd for a stone to be created after the tower, especially if we assume the tower was build by Mer during the dawn/mythic era

Note that Alduin's wall shows Snow Throat literally torn in half.

I always wondered why it appeared that way.

Perhaps the wound existed before it was created during the dragon wars? Maybe something to do with Alduin being thrown into the future caused a freaky localized Dragon Break?

Its a time-wound
It doesnt really matter when it happened, once it did it always had and always will.

Imagine a glass sphere. Now imagine a point inside that sphere cracking, and the cracks spreading out.

The sphere is time. The cracking point is the use of the elder scrolls. The cracks spreading is the effect this action has on time.