User blog comment:DownbeatWings/Possible Dwemer Theory/@comment-109.147.195.209-20170309030623

I don't think it is daedra related, purely because of how Arniel disappears in the quest for the College of Winterhold. He recreates the conditions underwhich the Dwemer disappeared, and Clavicus Vile is in no way involved...Nor is any daedra.

I do, however, hope the deepelves are still around, perhaps in some sort of soul cairn or in the same way a mage became trapped inside Azuras Star. It would make more sense for that to have happened, given the amount of knowledge and experience the dwarves had in that area, and especially seeing as how the machines left behind run on souls and the power of soul gems (and steam of course). This means that in the future they could somehow return to Nirn for their own reasons, but I have kind of fallen in love with the unknown and wouldn't mind to see their story be left as unexplained.