Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-204.169.134.11-20130910155846/@comment-69.170.103.11-20131101041117

The Dwemer, from what I've read, were vaporized out of existance, when one of the great Dwemer engineers saught out and found the Heart of the god Lorkhan (which should reside in what is now Red Mountain, for it formed only when the heart was ripped out Lorkhans chest and tossed there by the Gods), because he wanted to make all Dwemer immortal. Perhaps in some way, the Dwemer thought of themselves as a superior race to all, much like some of the Altmer (High Elves) do today, but even more so, to the extent that some say their abilities rivaled even the Gods powers. Which, is evident in Skyrim, due to the fact they made a machine that either held one of the Elder Scrolls, and could read it, or could materialize the Elder Scroll into existance to be read, which was a loophole the Dwemer discovered. When this Dwemer engineer (can't remember his name, sorry) used 2 tools to tamper with the Heart of Lorkhan, his quest to seek immortality for himself and his race backfired, and did the complete oppisite, killing them ALL. It is noted in an artile or two on the Wiki that there may be a very very few select Dwemer left, as they were not affected by this since they were on other planes of existance at the time, which also doesn't surprise me that they would have acquired the ability to travel from one plane to another at will, due to their technological superiority.