Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.82.250.138-20130206082748/@comment-75.128.87.122-20140303075105

Minor correction, the one who hit the Heart of Lorkhan was not the "Dwemer King", if there is even such a thing in Dwemer society as a centrel ruling king,  but Kagrenec himself, the mer who made the "Three Profane Tools of Kagrenec", Keening, Sunder and Wraithgaurd. Although I agree for this reason. Another correction, the Nerevarine didn't use Sunder, but Keening and Wraithguard, because Sunder was stolen by Dagoth Ur. As for why Yagrum wasn't banisheshed, we have been told, by Yagrum himself I believe, was because he was in another plain at the time. Which may be Aetherius, a Plane of Oblivion, or something else entirely. Don't quote me on that, I haven't played Morrowind for myself yet. So we have to assume that whatever banished the Dwemer was based on the plane itself. If it was based on Dwemer blood than Yagrum SHOULD have been banished as well. But he wasn't, so it must have been based on any and all Dwemer that were currently in the plane of Mundus. If this is true then it makes perfect sense, Yagrum was away from Mundus so he was exeempt from banishment. As for the reason why the Nerevarine himself/herself wasn't banished is quite simple if you think about it. Think, WHY did the Dwemer want to use the power of the Heart of Lorkhan? To gain ultimate power and/or to power the Numidium. The word "Numidium" means "Brass God" or "Brass Tower", I believe. The Dwemer constructed the Numidium to be a god to the Dwemer people, as well as be their ultimate weapon. Think about it, Tiber Septim used the defunct Numidium to defeat Altmer of the Summerset Isle. But he didn't have access to the Heart of Lorkhan, so he had to power it some other way, which he did, and look at what he accomplished with it. I believe that he used a powerful Soul Gem, but the Heart is MUCH more powerful, after all it is literally the heart of a God! If the Dwemer were succesful in powering the Numidium with the Heart then almost nothing could stop the Dwemer. They belived that they could have power to "equal or rival the gods", which I believe was the Numidium. I also heard or read somehwere that the Dwemer also wanted to "merge" or become one with their creation, but I'm not sure of the validity of that statement. So when Kagrenec tried to use his tools on the Heart, the Dwemer vanished. I believe that it was the Aedra and/or Daedra that banished them, although this is nothing more than conjecture. Now, why was the Neravarine attempting to use the Heart? Certainly not to follow in the footsteps of the Dwemer, he/she was simply trying to fulfill the Nerevarine Prophecy. Although "use" may be inaccurate, the Nerevarine was actually using the tools to destroy the Heart. This cut off the power from the Tribunal temple. Vivec, Sotha Sil, Almelexia and Dagoth Ur all lost their divine powers either immediatly or a shortly thereafter. The Neravarin was not trying to gain the powers of a god, as the four previously mentioned did, but rather to undo the power granted to these four individuals and save Morrowind. This is why the Nerevarine didn't vanish like the Dwemer, not because he/she was trying to use the Heart for selfish reasons, but rather to destroy the Heart itself. This is also evidinced by the fate of the character Arniel Gane. Arniel was researching what happened to the Dwemer in the fifth game. He did this by gathering materials, including Keening itself, to try and recreate the incident that resulted in the disappearance. His quest line involves you helping him with this, and at the end you watch him put his plans into action. This results in him disappearing, leaving Keening on the ground. He was seems to have been successful in recreating the event, but he vanished himself. This shows that if the Nerevarine was supposed to vanish like the Dwemer, it would happen instantly, not some time later. As for why Arniel was the only one to vanish, I believe it was either because he was simply driven by scientific intrigue or because he simply didnt have the Heart of Lorkhan itself to recreate the event, or both. As for why the Nerevarine DID vansh, I believe that it was established that they went on a journey to Akivir or to the north, but I'm not sure. As for whether or not there are anymore Dwemer out there, I don't think its likely. The story about a Dwemer being in another plane and then coming back and conracting vampirisim is rather shaky, but possible. I'm not sure where that story came from but it is possible. If there were any more they most likely died out, Yagrum had searched for over 2000 years supposedly. Surely a fellow Dwemer, even one in hiding, would make contact with Yagrum. But he claims to be the last of his kind, and until we have evidence to the contrary we have no choice but to believe him. I hope that this was helpful to anyone reading this.