Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4984687-20130404031031/@comment-9682053-20130517213931

Kunigonde wrote: A mistake in the design of the machine.

Lets go with: During testing the Dwemer discovered that they could expand a portal to transport an army, however the process caused the portal to flux. This Flux caused the portal to be unable to transport the Dwemer themselves (or anything live for that matter). When tested inanimate objects tranported fine but live test subjects returned completely insane. Not violent just drooling vegetables. To allow the transportation of live objects through thier modified portal the Dwemer needed to tune it.

Using a Resonator infused with a Dwemer soul they retuned the portal. There were still fluxuations but they could now transport live Dwemer subjects without ill effects.

The time came for the Dwemer army to travel to Mora's plane and everything was in possition. They opened the portal and placed the Resonator to stabilise it. Instead of stabilising it the resonator reacts with the portal and the dwemer soul becomes a targeting system. In a flash every Dwemer on Nirn is sent..... Sounds a lot like the Shivering Isle portal :p but I can see that happening. Or maybe the Dwemer army went and while they were away Hermous sent his forces to capture the rest and forced the Dwemer to surrender and become part of his realm.