Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130314192539/@comment-9854979-20130705020330

The Dunmer aren't extinct, to put it simple terms - MIA. They simply vanished without a trace. My favourite assumption so far is that they used their knowledge of flying airships to somehow build rocket ships and make it to one of the distant planets close to Nirn. Comical, but still retaining the infamous "Dwemer Engineering" concept. The last known Dwemer, we met in Morrowind. He struck a deal granting him eternal life but constant pain. Since he technically lives forever, the Dwemer aren't ever going to be "extinct".