Areldril gave a brief hum as he glanced down at Marod. "I see that there are some educated within the Empire. Regardless, since the majority here are uninformed, I shall give the best explanation I can in...limited time. To truly understand the divine nature of the Towers would take far more time than you have."

Despite Lunise's continued anger and the magic that continued to flow through her, Areldril maintained an unmistakable calm. He was either certain that she would not act on her threats, or he did not consider her to be a danger to him. "A very brief, [i]very[/i] rough description of the Towers are that they are what bind Mundus into the rigid, organized form we know today. The first tower, Ada-Mantia, what you would call the Adamantine Tower on the Isle of Balfiera, was the first structure in all of Nirn. It was created by the Et'Ada, along with the Red Tower to keep Mundus stable, allowing it to exist without the presence of the gods. The others came afterwards, created by the Aldmer and other mortals in the Merethic Era. They keep the laws of reality stable, maintain the barriers between Mundus and Oblivion, and prevent even the linear time itself from breaking down. They are some of the least known, but most important structures in Tamriel. For without them, Mundus will revert to its primordial state and cease to exist by any definition of existence that we are familiar with. There is some disagreement among scholars about how many are required. Some say that as long as one remains, Mundus will remain stable, while others, like myself, find it more likely that at least two are required. The ultimate goal of Vile's followers in Tamriel is to deactivate these towers to bring an end to Mundus. I suspect he may seek to gain some advantage through it, perhaps even use the instability to pull Mundus into his realm somehow, though I am less certain on that aspect of his plan. Regardless, the stakes of this war you have been fighting, as you can plainly see, are far, [i]far[/i] higher than you could have imagined."