Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130314192539/@comment-24.165.90.90-20130801144717

I suspect the Dwemer would not be very eager to meet you, however. Consider their treatment of the Snow Elves in their time of need...

The Dwemer are a facinating race, but I don't know that I'd ever want to actually meet one. They don't come accross as the nicest people.

As for why one might think they are dead:

1. Various NPCs say they are extinct (unreliable sources, mind.)

2. I believe a loading screen says they are extinct (I would presume reliable.)

3. You meet Dwemer ghosts in previous games.

4. When you help Arniel perform his expieriment, he vanishes in a burst of energy and his spirit becomes bound to you, the reasonable inference from which is that he died.

Interestingly, however, Falion claims to have spoken with Dwemer at some point, which might referr to the character from Morrowind, or might be due to having found a way to contact them wherever they wound-up.