Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4984687-20130404031031/@comment-7153552-20130517211812

RE Alduin1996:  What exactly does the puzzle lock have to do with not comparing the entire game to real world? I'm saying let fantasy be fantasy, and as far as understanding lore and following the game story and clues and such, that's not a problem for me. If you follow my other posts, then you'll see that I'm just fine in that department, lol. The Dwemer aren't "technically" Mer, they are Mer. It's in the name for a reason. If they were half-breeds they wouldn't have Mer in the name, the Elves are all kind of arrogant that way, look at the Bretons, just saying. And the sudden dissappearance was everything to do with the Heart, and the event at Red Mountain. They were trying to obtain ultimate power and ended up pissing off some Aedra in the process (the Aedra helped Lorkhan in the creation of Nirn and Mundus).

RE Contributor 67.11.45.211:  See the latter half of my above reply about the whole Lorkhan deal. They were imrpissoned for trying to rise above their station, effectively. And being complete bastards, I believe.