User blog comment:Nerevarine465/Another Peryite Theory/@comment-24349111-20140804211338/@comment-8209010-20140805052907

Vivec *was a* powerful divine being. Plus he was a living god, which no one can tell how powerful he was in relation to other divines. And not being able to sense them does not mean they aren't there. Even in your own quote Vivec says that they may still exist and that he is afraid of contacting them.

Also, I'm not saying the Blight wiped the Dwemer out, I am merely citing another coincidence between Dwemer and Peryite.

And lastly, I am not saying it was purely Malacath and Peryite who caused the disappearance, there may have been others who despised the Dwarves.