Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4737842-20130707160047

As the title says, "what really happened"?

I'm thinking about both times it erupted.

First eruption, in 1E 668, happened in the same time period when the Dwemer disappeared. The Dwemer used Kagrenak's tools to achieve immortality and they disappeared that way. Maybe that has to do something about the eruption?

Second eruption, in 4E 5, maybe has to do something with the following. Many consider the falling of Ministry of Truth on Vivec the main reason of the eruption, but there's something else. An Elder Scrolls Novel: Infernal City mentions that in the early 4th era a tsunami hit Summerset Isles.

Maybe there's more but I can't remember.

So, guys, what do you think? 