Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-86.174.183.194-20131102032237/@comment-75.75.80.173-20140616045903

It could be a possibility.

I might say that there could be some truth to most, if not all, canon  ( & maybe a few non-canon ) Dwemer theories.

I think that they were planned out a "calling" for all the Dwemer present, to be ascended into divinity and watch over their machines in spirit. They may have become the skin of Numidium, but began having problems maintaining a form.

Some maybe went into Oblivion, died in wars ( between Falmer, Chimer, &/or the few in-fights ), or proceeded to die after an attempt by Kagrenac to finish using the tools on Lorkhan's heart. It may have been from this that the Dwemer vanished, achieved divinity, or remained mortal for a very short while.

I might even say that Azura, other Daedra, & possibly the Divines saw this as a threat, so they enabled the Nevarine to have them vanish (use the tools on the heart). Perhaps the Dwemer may have even had a connection to, or tolerance of, a small number of deities such as Jyggalagg, & might have some tie in the "loss of order" in Tamriel.

THIS IS ALL JUST A THEORY. You might like to see the Imperial Library for more detail.