Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-62.31.43.199-20131118141224/@comment-24590102-20140312131559

In response to the OP, I think the Dwemer might argue that there was no god (or even greater being) and that the magic of the artefact made and used, fraudulently, in the name of Auri-El was either misapplied, applied too late or, perhaps, not at all. Moreover, it is quite possible that Vyrthur embraced vampirism to help press his own advantage but simply played the victim to pacify those who might object to his dietary preferences (which fits very nicely into a culture which would tolerate the kind of backstabbing betrayal which brought about the Night of Tears). Moreover, it's not as if Auri-El is either brave or potent or even honest enough to make an appearance and correct Vyrthur's misconceptions - and these typically divinity-defying shortcomings, so very evident in this "god", would definitely work to Vyrthnur's advantage were he attempting to deceive the Dovahkiin. In fact, it seems that Vyrthur's prophecy and the bow, by which he intended to make that prophecy into reality, seems very much the attempt to display a power by which the illusion of a new god could be created.

In the context of the seemingly overt supernatural intervention depicted in the Elder Scrolls, however, I think the possibility suggested by MaxicutTLC would also make sense.