The return of the Dwemer was hinted at in Morrowind.

One Dwemer survived, Yagrum Bagarn althought infected with corprus disease. As a positive side effect, it make him immortal and might have been fully cured eventually because the Nerevarine was cured of said disease. The person trying to cure him, Divayth Fyr was also experimenting with cloning himself (although a female version). In scientific terms, to make a female clone from a male original you just have to delete the Y chromosome and replace it with an X chromosome (double the existing X is fine). I'm sure that mixing with other races would be necessary to prevent the awful effects of inbreeding.

On the other hand, you could see ash piles on Dwemer armor and weapons in those ruins, which would suggest that at least they were physically destroyed in some way.

I really think cloning is the most likely scenario to the return of the Dwemer. It's the only way to bring them back (as a race), and still preserve the mystery of their disappearance. As you can see in Morrowind, its a perfectly plausible scenario. Besides returning as a race, Yagrum Bagarn could easily still be alive because of corprus Disease (and maybe much more healthy becasuse of Fyr's breakthrough treatment of the Nerevarine).

I really think cloning is the most likely scenario to the return of the Dwemer. It's the only way to bring them back (as a race), and still preserve the mystery of their disappearance. As you can see in Morrowind, its a perfectly plausible scenario. Besides returning as a race, Yagrum Bagarn could easily still be alive because of corprus Disease (and maybe much more healthy becasuse of Fyr's breakthrough treatment of the Nerevarine).

I guess you didn't actually read my post. I just quoted you a dev saying "No, impossible... Even attempting this would end in failure.." And yet you somehow think it's a plausible and likely scenario...

I read your post, but I'd like to believe the devs are trying to throw us off. The Elder Scrolls is full of lore that is opinion based and can be true or false. Cloning the Dwemer seems like a an obvious scenario for anyone that has played Morrowind and has visited Divayth Fyr. All the pieces of the cloning scenario fits in so well, besides your quote. I have to ask, why is it impossible? I can see the only reason being corprus disease, and maybe thats not even a barrier. Perhaps all Fyr has to do is cure a few cells of the last living Dwarf and not the whole person.

I disagree entirely, on both points. Morrowind had walls of text that weren't realistic, in Skyrim story and lore are delivered in much more succinct and personable ways. Just because there's less doesn't mean the quality is less, in other words. I loved Morrowind, still probably more than Skyrim, but just because what is immediately given to you is not very in depth lore, doesn't mean it is not available for people to look for (see: people like every inhabitant of these forums). Personally, I think it makes more sense that random inhabitants of cities and villages don't go on rants pages and pages worth of pure information. There's still the in-game books, and even in the mainquest there's tons of lore thrown at you just in hard to decipher language (and from beings which important information makes more sense to be coming from - the librarian at Winterhold, Parthurnax, the last two Blades, etc).

3.5 million sales in the first two days means they'll have more money for more voice actors voicing more precious dialogue in future.

About Dwemer, I don't see what's a cash-in about bringing back a disappeared race. If anything that'd be another avenue for them to go more in-depth about lore, as you desire.