Maybe the real Numidium was the friends we made along the way.

Kagrenac just opened the console and typed "COC Aetherius01"

Dwemer: "We don't want to worship gods, we want to become gods." Talos: "Amateurs."

Kagrenac: “I’m gonna do what’s called a Pro Dwemer Move.” *uses tools on the heart of Lorkhan*

The dwemer went to the cloud district to bully nazeem. The gods recognized this act of humility and selflessness, they granted the dwemer their own plane of aetherius.

I've learned more about the Dwemer by watching Fudgemuppet than the actual game itself. It's good there is someone out there who is willing to go into the depths of the lore itself and post it in a form of a summary. :)

Kagrenac cared about his race and their golden souls, so he turned all of them into the paint job for a robot? Gee thanks, pal. :)

"We should never neglect to remember the raw courage of their miners." Yes, the Falmer were very brave

It’s a funny turn of events that the Numidium is a brass god and that talos took possession of it. In Greek mythology talos was a brass giant.

I feel like the more interesting theory's we come up with the more underwhelming the canon answer will be

So the heart of lorkan was basically a soulstone type device that used the entire dwemer race to create and power a god machine?

The Dwemer got a collective look at Todd’s presentation of FO76 and its “sixteen times the details” and chose to zero sum because they couldn’t handle that THICC detail. It’s in the lore.

“Complex oral hypnosis” sounds an entry in the Chimer-Sutra

My theory and own personal head-canon is that the Dwemer truly succeeded in creating their own all-powerful god. When the Numindium came to life Kagrenak under pressure from the ongoing Battle of Red Mountain foolishly (and perhaps not specifically enough) demanded from his creation that his people be given the gift of ultimate power of the gods (immortality and the like) so that they might triumph against the forces of the Chimer. The Brass Tower, interpreting this is in a kind of magic genie type of way instead created a new realm of oblivion and instantly transported the Deepfolk to their to the new fate. The other Daedric Princes upon discovering the Dwemer ascension to godhood became greatly enraged that the mere mortals would dare to elevate themselves to the level of the gods and so joined forces to invade the newly created realm, destroying the Dwemer race once and for all and pilfering all their knowledge and powerful artifacts at the same time. This is why some of the Daedric Artifacts are in fact ancient Dwemer artifacts (Volendrung, Spellbreaker). It is also why you can summon dwarven spheres and spiders from the plane of oblivion in Skyrim. All exists now as trophies of war to now serve the interests of the Daedric Princes---an eternal reminder of their superiority over mortal men and mer. I think this theory is fun because the theory itself can be interpreted many ways. Perhaps the Dwemer were not exterminated but merely subdued, instead bargaining with the Princes to allow them to remain in their own realm in exchange for the above mentioned artifacts/knowledge and a continued supply of Dwemer Animunculi. In a twisted irony the Dwemer, the race that stood so defiantly against the superiority of the Gods over mortals now exists purely in subservience to the very beings they once dared to claim as their equals.

Dwemer: Noooo you can’t use Numidium without the heart of Lorkhan!! Tiber Septim: Haha soul gem goes brrrrr

Maybe he was going for something similar to whatever the Ideal Masters did. He carved out a new realm of Oblivion where the Dwemer could live eternally and undisturbed by other races. The Numidium was his equivalent to a massive soul gem that functioned as some sort of gateway to his plane of Oblivion. What would it be called, the Dwemer Cairn?

They actually turned into the brass gods new kicks. He got them Dwemer 11s

One thing that's always bothered me about this topic in particular - no one ever seems interested in discussing the phrase "golden soul". Not white. Not black. Golden.

I think he murdered his whole race. I think Lorkan's Heart still contains Lorkan's will.

Im really starting to think that fudge muppet is julianos, he just split himself into to three and divided his power, Charisma, Knowledge, and Wisdom.

Just what this universe needed: a Reaper.

I literally subbed to you yesterday cos I hoped you'd soon upload a video about the Dwemer and here we are..

Love your content! To me the mystery of the Dwemer is what I find most interesting in the elder scrolls.

I hope Yagrum Bagarn, the last dwemer, makes an ESO appearance.

4:22 that close up of the centurion reminds me of those weird statues you find in Fallout4 that are never explained.

And to think Todd Howard and all them know exactly what happened. They know the answer to every secret.

In all of their greediness and curiosity, the Dwemer sought to control the heart of Lokhran, and rewarded for their ignorance, the God of the Word flinged the entire race into the future where It believed it no longer existed (hence the Hammerfell setting in TES:6).

Imagine a new elder scroll game, tes7 or something where a new super advanced force invades Nirn, something like the reapers and at the end you discover they are the dwemer coming back from another plain of oblivion trying to destroy the aedra and daedra and conquer nirn

Funny how they despised the gods, yet ended up creating one.

Maybe we are the dwemer, we changed through time and through Dimension hopping. We lost our old knowledge and perhaps transcended everything in the Elder Scrolls universe as we are now watching it from a plain above as simply fiction. From day to day we create new universes with our simple thoughts. We lost our old knowledge but at the same time we achieved greater knowledge, transcended our old universe and surpassed our old ancestors in many things. Perhaps one day we'll regain our knowledge through science or arcane rituals. Maybe we will never learn the old ways again. But do we really need them anymore?

What if when all the Dwemer dissapeared there souls went into their robot constructs. They have their immortality, they live forever, but they cant communicate or anything and are trapped in their buildings?

Some mysteries were never meant to be solved, the disappearance is one of them, but it is fun to theorize about this

You know I've always wondered if the dwarves had an admiration and respect for the nords since shouting, a form of tonal magic, is intrinsically interwoven into their very being. Like would their priests be the equivalent of Nordic tongues?

Dude your writing at the beginning of these episodes is absolutely fantastic. I could listen to it all day - in fact, I already have!

Your videos have given me a far deeper appreciation and interest for Dwemer lore more so than the game itself and I keep your content close to me while playing! You're the best Skyrim KZfaqr in my opinion :)

Reading the title: Are you guys drunk? After watching the video: Well, now I am too.

Based on Arniel’s experiment it is much more likely they were transported somewhere. A higher plane of existence. Also, no one ever points it out but Arniel doesn’t cost anything to summon. Meaning wtv happened to him, he’s somewhere overflowing with magic.

I’ve never been this quick to a Fudgemuppet video .

Theory: the dwemmer tried to investigate what happened to Epstein

wasn't it The Calling that allowed the rest of the Dwemer to understand the grand realization along with Kagrenac when he hit the heart? Which would explain the widespread disappearance.... maybe Always thought the Calling was interesting, it seems like the dwarves had mental internet with each other.

You know, I wonder whether Jyggalag ever took an interest on the Dwemer. Despite daedric in nature, both him and the Dwemer could possibly have quite an intersection of interests. I'm yet to see this topic being discussed on the lore.

Dwemer Instrumentality Project. This has always been my theory.

Theory: When Aludin stopped trying to eat the world, and the nords sealed him, it put the godhead into a coma instead of waking up in the morning.

I just logged off ESO and i see this on my notifications... Perfection.

"There is a fourth kind of philosophy that uses nothing but disbelief." -36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 6 (which corresponds to the Walking Ways in the Sermon of the Numbers) Of course the Dwemer are the skin of the Brass God. Was there any other force in all of the Aurbis better at screaming "NO" at all of the fundamental laws? They were the race most well suited to Walking this Way.

This reminds me of Xerxes in Fullmetal Alchemist, and the Heart... the Philosophers stone

My theory is that they REALLY DID become a God of technology/tonal architechture, trick is, that %99 of the worshippers of such a religion just became a god. It's like trading all your fuel for a car with an empty tank.

MK's personal theory finally gets its own Fudgemuppet episode

I wonder if initially Aetherium, which is supposed to be indestructible and have immense magical properties was supposed to be the material that protected the Numidium, but they couldn't make enough, or not enough in the time they had, so this was the alternative

Nah, Thaddeus Cosma just took them on a little field trip.

Your narration is ACE! I'm loving the pace and vibe. Mellow, intriguing, curious and questioning. Great job! Can't wait for more speculative pieces.

I think their history and the mystery of their disappearance is what makes them so interesting but it would be cool to see them return as the main antagonists or something like that

That is interesting but I'm questioning why Yagrum is still around. I mean sure he was in an outter realm at the time but I find it very hard to believe he was the ONLY dwarf in the outer realms. Surely others must've been as well and not just him. Also it seems everytime the Brass god is activated it makes a dragon break, like the warpin the west and when Tiber Septium activated it.

TES 6: The Dwemer return... this is what I need.

Can’t believe you guys are almost at 1 million subs, feels like it wasn’t that long ago I first started watching you guys but it’s been 4 years! Keep up the good work you’re a gift to the community

While I do find it an interesting idea, I still feel the simplest option is the dwemer went through time, not making the skin of a new God, after all the deeper lore is a paradox and what better way to show it than the deeper becoming a paradox in time

You are truly the Vaatividya of The Elder Scrolls :) I could listen to that voice all day and great video quality, as always

My guess: activating the numedeon created multiple realities (different timelines), all crushing togeter in a dragon breach... All but one, a timeline where dwemer exist but the divine beings do not. The dwemer are trapped in their own reality of pure science. Their paradise.

Listening to tes lore/theories hit DIFFERENT when you falling asleep to it.

Another video about the Dwemer? Yes please! 😊 My obsession with the mysterious Elves is fed.

Perhaps my favorite thing about this channel is that every video seem to have these long soliloquys, these deep and artful expositions tha tell us everything and draw us deeper into the wonder of the lore. Then they all close with FudgeMuppet.

TLDR: Kagrenac made an entire race disappear and unlocked the gold skin

Honestly, I kinda assumed that Lorkans heart absorbed the entire race to power To power the Numidian

The way you explain the lores of Skyrim literally leaves me wanting more. Elder scrolls universe is literally a masterpiece.

One thing that this brings up is the Godhead, and I keep wondering something: is the Godhead literally just a sleeping person and the Aurbis a literal dream, or is the Godhead more of a metaphor for something else? I once heard another idea that if one achieves CHIM and then Amaranth that they leave their home universe, fall asleep, dream up a new universe and then turn into that universe (effectively dying to become a new reality).

I love elder scrolls dwarf content. This was an immediate click for me.

Your voice and that soundtrack together is the most enjoyable and calming thing an ES fan could listen too 4 sure.

If this theory is true, and the Numidium really is this brass god of logic, reason and order, then could the Numidium (and thus the Dwemer) be mantling Jyggalag? After all, up until the end of the Third Era he was a mostly missing deity of the same sphere, and the Numidium could possibly be providing some reconciliation to that missing role. If this is the case, then the separation of Jyggalag from Sheogorath in the Shivering Isles DLC could possibly be really consequential to this.

Kagrenac: "I will turn my people into an indestructible god!" Zurin Arctus: "Harr, Harr, Numidium goes BOOM!"

Elder Scrolls is an elder scroll itself that masterfully weaves human nature into a different world to predict inevitable future events. In this case, it tells how humans will destroy themselves trying to manipulate parts of the universe we don't understand with our technology that we hold as gods.

Interesting! There are only so many lore videos on the Dwemer, back when I did a search for it in 2018 on YT. So, seeing one only a year old is incredible! Thanks for the upload, totally love lore videos.

When I saw this topic hit 4 hours ago, I was like “FINALLY” but I was too busy to watch it then. I’m leaving a like and watching. Wish it were a longer video,, but damn, great video, Drew!

My pet theory remains that the Dwemer traveled through time and into the future, hoping the world on the whole had progressed. I expect to meet them in a future TES game where their arrival is a main plot point. Alternatively, I like the idea that they traveled to the past and founded their own civilization, creating a nice circle. :-)

Given where the time rift creating "Dragon Scroll" was found, it's pretty clear the Dwemer used it to shift their entire race into the future.

I love the stories within the elder scrolls worlds. How everything messes together it's like reading a really good book. Thank you.

This guy has the best lore videos I’ve seen. I’ve barely heard or read about this stuff in game I’ve read about some of it in game books but not as much as his videos have.

These videos as are always a treat.

Dwarven armour just inspired an idea - what if Bethesda brought back a sort of unarmoured skill, but with different armours such as fur to glass, for example there’s standard cotton robes but there are spider silk robes that grant slight armour bonus without affecting spell effectiveness and then perhaps some daedric leather robes - nightingale armour comes to mind and top tier could be some ethereal aeleid fabric that offers decent armour similar to light armour but less and also enhances spell effectiveness or reduces spell cost - thoughts?

The quest "Arniel's endeavor" was completely crazy to me. The man was a dewmer specialist at the College who actually managed to recreate the event at a much smaller scale. The result was him vanishing and allowing the dragonborn to summon his "shade" theough a spell. My interpretation is that his soul went exactly where the dwarves's souls are... wherever that may be. My theory (I don't know if it makes sense) is that it is not the "where" that matters, but the "when". What if the race travelled through time? Maybe it would explain why their tech was so advanced even in the First Era, or why their cities and constructs seem to be unnafected by the passage of time. Like you said, this topic is mindblowing. And I guess we'll only have an answer with Eldes Scrolls 6's release.

Started played Skyrim again during covid, love your content!

I always thought it was very clear that the dwemer achieved chim simultaneously via their natural telepathy coupled with kagrenac's efforts; but also that the illogical component to chim caused them to simply wink out of the dream like so many others before them.

I like the idea that they achieved a hollow kind of CHIM, discovering that their world is a dream/game and that they're NPCs rather than player-characters. Upon realizing they're not real, they ceased to be.

I have suggested this idea about 2 other times but basically the idea was that as another part of your Alternate History series is the Atmorans and the Snow Elves joining forces and it would be cool to see how that affects history and TobeWilsonNetwork suggested that the Dwemer might enslave some other race instead. Awesome video by the way

What if "dwarven metal" is so heavy because its weighed down with the souls of deep elves?

I'm so early I couldn't believe the upload was 5 minutes ago and almost zero summed out of sheer disbelief

"I meant to do that"

Wonderfully written and orated! Thank you!!

The soundtrack for Skyrim makes me feel some type of way. It feels extremely nostalgic, more than any other game I've played and idk why. I just know that this music pulls up some emotion...

Another piece of evidence we can use to support this claim is the fate of Arniel Gane. Now technically, because this is a side quest, it's not part of the greater canon of the Elder Scrolls universe, but it does give us a great deal of insight. When Arniel struck a soul gem with Keening, he also disappeared. The most notable thing about this event is that the player can summon Arniel's shade for *Zero Magicka* . The lack of magika required implies that Arniel's shade is _not_ being summoned from a plane of Oblivion like an Atronach. All evidence leads to the conclusion that when Arniel struck the soul gem with Keening, the dagger bound him to the nearest powerful object: the Dragonborn, who may or may not be (but I strongly believe is) an avatar of Shor/Shezzar/Lorkhan. The following question concerns the Numidium: how exactly does it work? We can infer from evidence that it's designed to be a new Tower through which the Dwemer can transcend the earth bones a.k.a. physics of Mundus, but the Heart of Lorkhan itself is already a Tower. Is the Numidium a focusing element to alter the nature of the Heart? Or maybe it's a cage like you said, meant to protect the Heart after Kagrenac's tools were used. The final and most important question here is: were the Dwemer bound to the Numidium or the Heart of Lorkhan itself? If they were in fact bound to the Heart, the most powerful artifact of the god of mortality, they may very well have understood and transcended mortality, achieving Chim and leaving Mundus behind.

I just thought up a new theory: We believe there might have been a minor dragon break in the battle of red mountain, right? Well, what if they actually sent the dwemer race back in time to the Merethic era to become themselves again. Nobody realizes this is what happened because the Merethic era had no real history, it had linear time but nothing was really understood about it. Heck they may have been thrown into the late dawn era, and that's why they couldn't find the heart to begin again till the ones who remembered were gone, Lorkhan had yet to die.

Great analysis! Thanks for uploading!

the sad part is if we get anymore information about this, a lot of the mystery and wonder that stems from the dwemer would kinda vanish.

Mod idea: the theme music changes to Diggy Diggy Hole anytime you enter a Dwemer ruin.

We need to see a "Prototype Numidium" in TES6

Everytime I come home from working out and take my bath, I have Fudge Muppet videos in the background to chill. Thanks for all your vids, man!

I swear, the intro segments are the best part of these videos

The Numidium is a microcosm of the whole of Nirn. The Dwemer were like the elnafey. The worldbones. Kagrenac was like Lorkhan here. The Elder Scrolls lore is based on some very true gnostic ideas and this is right in line with it. The idea of micro and macrocosms. Fractals.

So he wanted to do a "Human Instrumentaly Project" like Gendo Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion?

Just found your channel. Love it. New subscriber Your channel name is absolutely hilarious in a legendary way.

What if, similar to how Tiber Septim changed the jungles of cyridol to grasslands, the grand priest went back into time and enlightened all of the Dwemer with the knowledge of Chim. Most would have zero summed but some may have also ascended with the grand priest.