Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10197675-20130806142227/@comment-1255618-20190420173152

@Ifnsman

I don't think the lore about what happened to the Dwemer is as cut-and-dry as to suggest only one possible explanation. I think your explanation is perfectly reasonable and supportable by the evidence, but it's not the only one with evidence to back it up. But in any case, our lack of knowledge of Dwemeri society is also part of their mystery, not just what happened to them in the end. I like the process of learning more about Dwemer history with every game, either by exploring their ruins or meeting people who dealt with them or whose ancestors dealt with them.

Also, I think a problem with the Dwemer returning is that they are likely to shift the genre of TES as a whole. Their combination of magical and technological prowess means that they are at a whole other level in comparison to the other races, and technological evolution on Tamriel would likely escalate at a much faster pace then I think most fans would be comfortable with. Dwemer individuals returning is fine in my book, but not the race as a whole. Once Tamriel is already a pretty high technological level, let's say middle industrial age, then I could the balance of interesting-ness going towards the Dwemer returning.

In any case, I stand by the idea that I'd like to meet an all-new race of dwarves that are different enough from the Dwemer that they're interesting in their own right. I think that would be the best of both worlds.

@Twilight Despair 5  That would be pretty creepy for the Dwemer, I would imagine. xP

Maybe you already know this, but according to one of the "secret messages" of Sermon 0, which may or may not be false, the Dwemer and Oblivion are "dead" together somewhere, whatever that means....