Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10362075-20130903195722/@comment-77.172.125.107-20130906235535

What you mention as proofs and quotes is mostly attributed to Chimer/Dunmer sources. When the Tribunal divined Dwemer methods and recreated them and became immortal, they did not vanish, nor did any other Chimer. It seems evident the apotheosis through Lorkhan Heart is unrelated to complete racial disappearance.

Arniel Gane is not performing the same ritual as the Dwemer once did. He lacks 2 out of the 3 artifacts required for this. He might have just died from the lethality of using Keening without its counterparts. If any spirit were to merge with yours, you'd expect some changes, none result however, apart from the ability to summon his shade. That is a conjuration spell, meaning the binding of a spirit from the planes of oblivion. Logic dictates he is bound to oblivion, not to you.