O que aconteceu com o Dwemer?

Basicamente, na Primeira Era (~ 3500 anos atrás) não havia Dunmer. Naquela época, eles ainda eram Chimer e dividiam a área de Morrowind com uma segunda corrida de elfos, o Dwemer. Os Dwemer eram o mais próximo que o universo dos Elder Scrolls passava a ter anões: eles viviam no subsolo e eram muito inclinados mecanicamente. Eles eram muito bons em misturar magia e mecânica juntos, a tal ponto que muitos dos mitos de Dunmer giram em torno do Daedra (os deuses de Chimer) sendo chateados no Dwemer por blasfêmia.

Em algum momento, um dos Dwemer encontrou o "Coração de Lorkhan" (o Aedra cujo corpo supostamente se tornou a manifestação física de Nirn). Fosse o que fosse, o objeto era imensamente poderoso, e um dos arquitetos de Dwemer - Kagrenac - inventou um conjunto de ferramentas que, segundo ele, o deixariam usar o poder. Entre outras coisas, ele planejou usá-lo para acionar um golem gigante (Numidium) e se tornar imortal.

Esta é basicamente a configuração para a moderna sociedade de Dunmer, e Morrowind em particular: um grupo de Chimer, liderado pelas pessoas que se tornariam o Tribunal, atacou a fortaleza de Kagrenac sob o que é agora Red Mountain. Durante aquela batalha, algo inexplicado aconteceu e toda a raça de Dwemer desapareceu. Ao mesmo tempo, os Chimer foram transformados no Dunmer, e muitos deles mudaram de adorar o Daedra para adorar o Tribunal.

• Oficial, o Tribunal alega que Nerevar os eliminou, com a ajuda de Azura.
• Os Ashlander acreditam que o plano de Kagrenac saiu pela culatra, e ele acabou matando seu próprio povo.
• Algumas pessoas acreditam que Kagrenac realmente teve sucesso, e os Dwemer ascenderam a um plano mais elevado de existência, e que as lendas de Dunmer são meramente um exercício para salvar as aparências.

Uma nota de rodapé interessante: o Dwemer não todo desaparece. Em particular, você encontra um em Morrowind , embora esteja em má forma; Ele está sofrendo de Corprus, uma "doença" que desempenha um papel fundamental no jogo final de Morrowind . Muito do seu corpo foi substituído por uma das aranhas mecânicas do Dwemer. Infelizmente, ele não tem idéia do que aconteceu com seu povo, mais do que qualquer outra pessoa.

Eu encontrei um site que fala brevemente sobre isso ( link Veja: O rescaldo da Batalha de Red Mountain).

According to legend, after Lorkhan tricked or convinced the Aedra to create the mortal realm, they tore out his divine heart and threw it down to Nirn, to be hidden forever. Tensions had begun to flare between the Chimer and Dwemer once again when Kagrenac—the Chief Tonal Architect of the Dwemer—prompted the discovery of a mythological artifact known as the Heart of Lorkhan, deep within the mountain. When the Chimer heard of this, they believed the Dwemer were mocking their cultural beliefs; as a result, a second Battle of Red Mountain erupted in 1E 700. Kagrenac devised a set of tools, Sunder, Keening, and Wraithguard, to manipulate the Heart to instill divinity in his people, in order to make them immortal. However, the spell seems to have backfired, causing all known Dwemer to vanish in a manner similar to a Dragon Break.

Então, o feitiço de "manipular o Coração para incutir divindade" no povo Dwemer saiu pela culatra e destruiu a raça.

"I think Kagrenac might have succeeded in granting our race eternal life, with unforeseen consequences -- such as wholesale displacement to an Outer Realm. Or he may have erred, and utterly destroyed our race." ―Yagrum Bagarn

Apenas para adicionar às outras respostas, existem relatos conflitantes sobre o que realmente aconteceu. O Tribunal Temple tem uma agenda para se promover legitimando a deificação do Tribunal / Almsivi Almalexia, Sotha Sil e Vivec. Há uma outra facção do Templo, chamada de Sacerdotes Dissidentes, cujos ensinamentos se alinham com os dos Ashlanders.

Cada uma dessas duas facções publicou livros (no universo) que fazem referência aos eventos na Red Mountain. O Tribunal usa seu poder para reprimir os ensinamentos dos Sacerdotes Dissidentes.

Trecho de Progresso da Verdade pelos Sacerdotes Dissidentes

Ashlander tradition does not place the Tribunal at Red Mountain, and holds that the Dwemer destroyed themselves, rather than that Nerevar destroyed them. Ashlander tradition further holds that Nerevar left Dagoth Ur guarding the profane secrets of Red Mountain while Nerevar went to confer with the Grand Council [i.e., the Tribunal], that Nerevar died at the conference [not of his wounds, according to the Ashlanders, but from treachery], and that subsequently the Tribunal confronted a defiant Dagoth Ur within Red Mountain, then drove Dagoth Ur beneath Red Mountain when he would not yield to their will.

A conta oficial do Tribunal Temple está registrada em Nerevar na Red Mountain .

And so the Chimer and Dwemer went to war. The Dwemer were well-defended by their fortress at Red Mountain, but the bravery and cleverness of Nerevar's queen and generals drew most of Dumac's armies out into the field and kept them there, so that Nerevar and Dagoth-Ur could make their way into the Heart Chamber by secret means. There, Nerevar met Dumac and the Dwarf King and they both fell from grievous wounds. Dagoth-Ur slew Kagrenac and took the tools the Dwemer used to tap the power of the Heart. He went to his dying lord Nerevar and asked him what to do with these tools. And Nerevar summoned Azura again, and she showed them how to use the tools to separate the power of the Heart from the Dwemer people. And on the fields, the Tribunal and their armies watched as the Dwemer turned into dust all around them as their stolen immortality was taken away.

O Nerevarine também tem uma conversa com Vivec, onde ele faz referência ao Dwemer e aos dois livros acima mencionados.

"In my library, I have made available two conflicting accounts of the events of Red Mountain, my own true account, and another false account common among the Ashlanders and preserved in the Apographa. I don't care whether you believe my account or not. I leave it up to you to judge which is true."

"The sin of the Dwemer was the creation of a new god from the substance of a dead god, Lorkhan. That is also the sin for which we would destroy Dagoth Ur. I hesitate to call it 'sin'. More properly, call it 'destructive evil'. The sin of the Tribunal, however, is in the breaking of an oath to Azura to forebear from tapping the Heart with Kagrenac's tools, and in the folly of seeking to become gods. Breaking the oath was evil. Becoming gods was folly. If we sinned, we have paid the price."

"I have no idea what happened to the Dwemer. I have no sense of them in the timeless divine world outside of mortal time. And, in fact, if I did believe they existed, I would be in no hurry to make contact with them. They may, with some justice, hold the Dunmer race responsible for their fate. My intuition is that they are gone forever -- and that is perfectly fine with me."

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Fazendo algumas leituras, encontrei outra referência interessante em As Trinta e Seis Lições de Vivec, Sermão Trinta -Seis

Dwemeri high priest Kagrenac then revealed that which he had built in the image of Vivec. It was a walking star, which burnt the armies of the Triune and destroyed the heartland of Veloth, creating the Inner Sea.

Each of the aspects of the ALMSIVI then rose up together, combining as one, and showed the world the sixth path. Ayem took from the star its fire, Seht took from it its mystery, and Vehk took from it its feet, which had been constructed before the gift of Molag Bal and destroyed in the manner of truth: by a great hammering. When the soul of the Dwemer could walk no more, they were removed from this world.

Resdaynia was no more. It had been redeemed of all the iniquities of the foolish. The ALMSIVI drew nets from the Beginning Place and captured the ash of Red Mountain, which they knew was the Blight of the Dwemer and that would serve only to infect the whole of the middle world, and ate it. ALTADOON DUNMERI!

Lorkhan é o filho de Sithis, o pai terrível, o vazio.

Esta é a explicação mais fácil. Eu não sei porque é tão especulado.