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The Aetherium Wars

The Aetherium wars were caused when the Dwemer discovered Atherium in Blackreach and the powerful ore caused four Dwemer cities to start a war over the ore. The city's involed were Arkngthamz, Raldbthar, Bthar-zel (Deep-Folk Crossing), Mzulft and Bthalft. Arkngthamz was used as a research site, Muzlft as a storage site, Raldbthar is directly on top of Blackreach so it mined Aetherium and Bthalft had the Aetherium Forge. Though it is still not known what Bthar-zel did to help. The Aetherium Forge had lava and was deep underground under the ruins of Bthalft. These city's held an alliance so they could research the newly found ore. But this alliance eventually broke and war erupted between the cities. They call this war The Aetherium Wars. This war severly weakened the cities. High-king Gellir saw this weakness and conquered several Dwemer cities. Even thoguht the Dwemer reclaimed their cities a century later, their is no evidence they resumed research on Atherium.