Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10197675-20130806142227/@comment-27007772-20141216162131

The Dwemer can never return because they don't exist anymore. Vivec directly states in Morrowind that he can not feel their presence at all (all than Yagrum, the only surviving Dwemer) in any plain of existence. Essentially a zero-sum in a way, except not with CHIM.