in summary, this is what i can surmise happened:
nerevar goes to dumac and asks if they are really building the numidium. dumac denies it. voryn insists they did.
nerevar goes to azura. azura tells him they are, but more specifically kagrenac is.
nerevar goes back to dumac to confront him. he doesnt get into an explosive argument though, instead he insists there is discord among the dwemer and chief tonal architect kagrenac has gone rogue
tensions brew. by now the tribunal have figured out what happened. they know voryn is pissed, and they tell him to summon the nords. they would rather ally with the nords and secure the numidium and tools for their own gain, even if they went to war against the nords like 200 years ago.
voryn does so but he sees through the tribunal. he decides they can figure that out later though, as stopping the dwemer is more important.
nerevar and dumac decide to join arms against kagrenac. the nords don't know the dwemer have split into factions. it's possible kagrenac didnt like allying with the chimer and did this of their own accord and doesnt care if they have to kill dumac
dumac steals the tools upon numidium's activation. the tribunal try to stop more chimer forces from joining in on the fighting as they want the nords to take the brunt of the hits from the numidium.
lorkhan has possessed numidium since his heart is currently powering it and time has broken. the nords see the numidium as lorkhan, as do the khajiit
dumac, nerevar, and alandro manage to deactivate the numidium but the nords think theyre trying to kill shor. a bunch of chaotic fighting happens. Nerevar is injured badly and feigns death to land the killing blow. kagrenac then seizes the tools and tries to do. something to the heart. either reactivate it or fuck around with time. all of the dwemer entirely vanish
alandro is blinded. voryn and nerevar are badly injured. nerevar now has the tools, no idea how to use them, a giant robot, and the heart of a god. voryn tells him to destroy the tools immediately. nerevar cant make sense of what the fuck just happened or if the dwemer will be back or not
to sort out everything and figure out what the FUCK just happened in terms of the soldiers, the nords, and khajiit, nerevar tells him to guard the tools. he needs to leave red mountain but he doesnt wanna leave everything just there unguarded. who knows what someone else might try to do. the heart begins corrupting voryn, and he tampers with the heart. perhaps he misguidedly thought he could use it to find the dwemer and destroy them. perhaps its for another reason
he asks the rest of his council. the tribunal argue the dwemer might return, and destroying the tools might be for the worst. if kagrenac returns, they could simply make new tools and repeat the same fucking shit, this time without dumac to help him take the tools back and stop the mess. its better safe than sorry
its a compelling argument, and nerevar is genuinely torn. he goes to ask azura, and azura says no one should fucking use those tools ever. nerevar makes the tribunal swear an oath to himself and azura they will never use them. the tribunal do so, and follow him to red moutain to get the tools
voryn has been corrupted and refuses to give them up, saying only he is capable of protecting them. he accuses the tribunal of being opportunistic, and once nerevar takes the tools back they will kill nerevar and take them for himself. alandro hears this, and believes it, but being blind he is unable to stop the foul murder from taking place
nerevar has to kill him to get the tools back, believing correctly that he used the heart himself.
upon getting them, the tribunal kill nerevar and take the tools.
they wait a few years while they figure out how they work. sotha sil figures it out with a lot of tinkering, and then they use the tools on the heart
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