Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-38878477-20191022070020/@comment-128.194.3.226-20191202052816

I... think you're looking at this from the wrong way. Now, that's not to say that some of what you say doesn't follow proper logic, but the very thing that you're focusing on is that you know you're real. The very concept of CHIM is realizing that you are nothing more than part of the godhead's infinte dream. It's an understanding, down to the very heart and soul, that you don't exist. That you are nothing more than the figment of the dream, before rejecting it even though your soul and mind is getting torn apart.

If you don't have strong enough will, you can't reject the fact that you don't exist. It's not a matter of belief at that point, but true stubbornness in the face of eternity. So you simply cease to exist in and of yourself. Perhaps in that single moment you achieve CHIM, but the only use of it that you have is unmaking yourself. And that happens instantly.

Tiber Septim held the soul of a Dragon, the blood of an emperor, as well as several other things, (If you want me to list some, I can later,) But the point is is that it takes an extraordinary individual to achieve this state. Normal people would be torn apart.

Now, that does raise the question of if there would be a Dwemer whose will was strong enough to survive that transition, or were they all just unprepared? That's just speculative territory though, so there's not much to look for.