Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10197675-20130806142227/@comment-88.112.153.73-20140303154248

Maybe the Dwemer were sent forward in time, just like Alduin, which means that they could indeed return in the future.

Another possibility is that their souls became trapped in Numidium, as it was stated in 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 36:

"Dwemeri high priest Kagrenac then revealed that which he had built in the image of Vivec. It was a walking star, which burnt the armies of the Triune and destroyed the heartland of Veloth, creating the Inner Sea.

''Each of the aspects of the ALMSIVI then rose up together, combining as one, and showed the world the sixth path. Ayem took from the star its fire, Seht took from it its mystery, and Vehk took from it its feet, which had been constructed before the gift of Molag Bal and destroyed in the manner of truth: by a great hammering. When the soul of the Dwemer could walk no more, they were removed from this world."''

Just think about the walking star as Numidium.