


The war began when the Chimer House of Dagoth discovered that the Dwemer had found the Heart of Lorkhan beneath Red Mountain, a powerful Aedric artifact central to Morrowind's main plot. The Dwarves are generally agreed to have disappeared in 1E 700 during the Battle of Red Mountain fought between the Dwemer and the Chimer, the precursor to the Dunmer. Although the game took place in the Dunmer homeland, the third Elder Scrolls game had clear reasons to explore the Dwemer mystery. The disappearance of the Dwemer, meaning "deep elves," was first focused on in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.
