Dwemer Inquiries Vol I Content . Dwemer Inquiries Vol I Their Architecture and Civilization by Thelwe Ghelein , Scholar < poem > In the Deep Halls , far from Men Forsaken Red Mountain , Twisted Kin Hail the Mind , Hail the Stone Dwarven Pride , Stronger than bone < / poem > It has been my life ' s work to investigate the Dwemer , their dubious history and mysterious banishment . My goal with this text is to share my findings and conclusions based on eighty years spent studying their unique architectural remains . The Migration of the Deep - Elves from their ancestral Dwemereth , now Morrowind , is a generally accepted fact . Recorded history supports this , specifically mentioning the Rourken Clan ' s refusal to join King Dumac in the forming of the First Council , and their subsequent exodus to Hammerfell . The architectural premise is also sound , as the building habits of the Dwarves adapted and changed , albeit slowly and in subtle ways , over time and land . I propose that some of these differences are stylistic as well as practical . Traditional viewpoints suggest that the Vvardenfell Dwemer were the most prolific of their kind . Based on my excavations throughout Skyrim , Morrowind and High Rock , I am not sure that this is the case . While Vvardenfell is almost cluttered with dwarven ruins poking through the surface of the landscape , the construction of those ruins is fundamentally different from the majority of what I ' ve observed elsewhere . Further , as we delve into Vvardenfell ruins , we notice that their internal structure is quite different . While major civic and operational chambers are found near the surface in a Vvardenfell Ruin , that is not typically the case on the Mainland . Minor passageways and storehouse rooms are near the surface , but more important locations don ' t occur until we explore much deeper . Because such major locations are well - hidden in Dwemer Ruins outside of Morrowind , many scholars believed they were in fact not present in ruins outside that province . This premature conclusion led some to believe such sites to be mere outposts . My research has shown this not to be the case . There are a few theories that may explain this difference . Perhaps Clan architects simply had their own styles and preferences when it came to civic planning . This seems only somewhat likely , as Dwarven techniques were based on empirical study , there was likely little room for creative interpretation when it came to building technique . Geological makeup of the terrain almost certainly played a role , especially in a region like Northern Skyrim where the ground near the surface is very rocky and often frozen , versus the volcanic substratum common in Vvardenfell or the ubiquitous aquifers found in Hammerfell . It ' s possible that Dwarven architects in the North were not even able to excavate larger structures until reaching more pliable stratum . This scholar would like to suggest , however , that many structures west of Morrowind were built after 1E420 . When the Clan Rourken left Vvardenfell , it seems evident that several clans broke off to create their own settlements , and chose to live in greater isolation than their Eastern brethren . This theory is particularly fascinating , because it leads me to believe that Dwarven architects may have developed even more elaborate methods of hiding their strongholds over time . This opens the distinct possibility that undisturbed dwarven archaeological sites exist throughout Tamriel , even in southern areas like Cyrodiil or Black Marsh where Dwarves are not believed to have ever had a significant presence . Though we ought not get carried away on flights of fancy , one could extrapolate this logic to suggest that some Dwarven Clans were living among us for much longer than previously believed , perhaps well beyond the disappearance during the War of the Red Mountain in 1E700 .