Why are the dwemer gone

Dwemer are supposed to be these master smiths, with technology centuries ahead of their time yet the dwarven armor in Morrowind and Skyrim is one of the worst armors, Yagrum Bagarn says that it was made by idiots but what does that even mean?

Calling them Dwemer was a retcon between Daggerfall and Redguard, iirc. Before Redguard, they were traditional dwarves. Quote: 2. I think he's referring to the idea that Dwemer armour, in TES 3 at least, was meant to be scavenged shells of centurions, maladapted to serve bbc as body armour.

That also explains why it's so bad; it's not being used for what it was designed for. As for where they went, I go with the Final Report to Trebonius; they were intended to becomethe Numidium's golden skin. Whether or not they succeeded, because Kagrenac was somewhat rushed, is up for debate. Vivec says that the Dwemer disappeared because of their blasphemy and disregard for the gods especially Daedra who the chimer worshipped.

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Elder Scrolls Explore. Elder Scrolls Online. Events Characters Factions Locations Concepts. Simply put, Lorkan's Heart made the Dwemer disappear. You can meet Dwemer Ghosts in Morrowind but maybe that was one of Bethesda's lore breaks? Looking out for a Dwemer return in TES 6, maybe in a dlc? No miety Talos made th e Dwarrves go away wit his showt. With Bethesda's announcement of The Elder Scrolls 6 , fans are debating whether the mystery will ever get resolved, and as it stands, it seems more and more unlikely.

In the first era, one of the Dwemer discovered an Aedric artifact called the Heart of Lorkhan, which was extremely powerful. A Dwemer architect named Kagrenac created a set of tools that would allow him to harness the power, and he wanted to use the artifact to gain immortality and power a colossal golem the Dwemer had built known as The Numidium.

Another race called the Chimer caught on to the Dwemer's plans and believed that using the artifact was blasphemy, so they attacked the Dwemer fortress in Red Mountain in an attempt to stop Kagrenac's plans. In an attempt to defend his people from the Chimer attack, Kagrenac manipulated the Heart of Lorkhan to try and grant immortality to the Dwemer. However, an unexplained event occurred and the Dwemer suddenly disappeared without a trace. The Chimer were also transformed during this event and became the Dunmer that Elder Scroll fans are familiar with today.

As a result, there are a number of theories from the scholars of Tamriel and an official account from the Dunmer, but none of these can prove what actually transpired on the Red Mountain.

They are certainly not reliable narrators, and their version of the events help reinforce their agenda of covering up certain details at The Battle of Red Mountain. As a result, there is no definitive answer to what happened to the Dwemer race and it remains one of the franchise's biggest mysteries. In Morrowind , players run into a Dwemer crafter by the name of Yagrum Bagarn. When the Dwemer disappeared, Yagrum was in a different realm, and as a result, did not disappear, making him the last known surviving Dwemer.

After returning to the mortal plane, Yagrum contracted corprus, a disease that he is being treated for in Morrowind. He spends his days researching and studying what happened to the Dwemer, although he has yet to find success. Yagrum thinks that either Kagrenac was successful in granting the Dwemer immortality, albeit with unforeseen consequences like becoming trapped in another plane or accidentally wiping out the Dwemer race. Whatever the case, Yagrum doesn't seem to have any concrete evidence, and players are left in the dark as to what really happened at the Battle of Red Mountain.

He returned to Tamriel from his journey in the Outer Realm, and came to discover his people missing. In 4E , Arniel Gane, a researcher at the College of Winterhold in Skyrim , attempted to recreate the circumstances of the Dwemer's disappearance after obtaining Keening , one of Kagrenac's Tools, but vanished suddenly in the process, strengthening the theory that Kagrenac's use of the tools was the cause of the disappearance.

Some scholars still resist the notion that the Dwemer disappeared all at once. A theory also exists that their sudden extinction was caused by their reversal of the usual processes involved in the creation of the Earth Bones, the laws of nature. Rather than creating the profane by commanding the sacred, such as in Conjuration magic or Daedra worship, they sought to create Anumidium, their own sacred, from the "deaths of the profane".

It is implied by the Khajiit the events that led to the Dwemer's disappearance have had something do with time being shattered, and those who have used Numidium have not woken up to the reality of what really happened to the Dwarves. A few theories about the Dwemers' disappearance emerged from the popular Ancient Tales of the Dwemer books, such as the idea that the Aedra and Daedra, offended by the Dwemers' religious skepticism, played a part in the disappearance [33] , or that the Dwemer, frightened by Azura , whose nature they couldn't understand nor control, hid from her sight by adopting Altmeri or Chimeri cultures and would still be alive in modern days.

The Dwemer appear to have been a highly technologically advanced and particularly dogmatic race. Other races have still not cracked the secret behind their metal. Their mastery of steam and geothermal power through tapping into the natural lava sources under Morrowind allowed them to create airships, sentient machines, mechanical observatories, and lighting systems that continued to work for centuries without any maintenance. Most of their settlements are still inhabited by Animunculi , enchanted mechanical guardians, commonly known as "Centurions" or "Spheres".

Additionally, it appears that some Animunculi are capable of interpreting the actions of people around them - in a sense, 'perceiving' their intent - and responding accordingly. In addition, the Dwemer also appear to have dabbled extensively and somewhat successfully in some of the more divine or arcane arts and sought to harness the supernatural powers of the Divines within their mechanical technology, even keeping an Elder Scroll within the massive underground complex of Blackreach in Skyrim.

Three known varieties of miters exist, with the master miter being worn by the "Tuathumz" or "central pylon" of their Thought Calling system. It contains three finials thought to be broadcast-foci. It has been suggested that, in the last moments before they disappeared, Lord Kagrenac used The Calling to summon all of the Dwemer people and rally them to carry out his plans to transcend the Mortal Plane.

A Dwemer Orrery, as seen in Redguard. Very little is known about Dwemeris , [43] the Dwemeri language, but there have been many attempts to translate it using Aldmeris for reference and comparison. Some Dwemer books, especially records dating from after the founding of Resdayn, were written in Aldmeris, making them accessible to modern scholars. However, even in Aldmeris, many Dwemer terms remain uncertain. As the books and other artifacts in Dwemer ruins rarely show signs of wear or age, leading some to believe that the Dwemer knew of a preservative effect, perhaps a device still active which denies or controls the Earth Bones governing time and decay.

The glyphs found in the ruins on Stros M'Kai differ significantly from those found in Cyrodiil and Morrowind, which suggests there may have been dialects or variations across the Dwemer clans.

Some of spoken Dwemeris remains in prefixes and suffixes in historical names, such as "Volen-", meaning "hammer", and "-Fell" meaning "city", giving Volenfell ; "City of the Hammer". The Dwemer lived in strongholds, [9] often called Freehold colonies [44] or city-states, [21] which are typically laden with ancient steam-powered contraptions, many of which are still running.

They are thought to have delved down to a certain threshold in the ground, known as a "Geocline", before they began building the vital structures of a colony. There may be "boilers" or similar components housed inside the Dwemer Centurions. It has been speculated that the constructs are powered by some kind of checkpoint in each ruin, or possibly by the combined signal of every ruin's mechanics, but this is not certain.

There seem to have been regional differences in architectural and engineering styles; for instance, the prevalent style among northern clans is now known as "Deep Venue", wherein several structures are built within natural caverns.

Arcanex are smaller, largely above-ground structures that are believed to have been research centers of some kind, though little is known about them thanks to looters.