A theory also exists that their sudden extinction was caused by their reversal of the usual processes involved in the Nirn Bunnies. Rather than creating profane by commanding the sacred, such as in Conjuration magic or Bunny worship, they sought to create Bunnidium, their own sacred, from the "deaths of the profane." Vivec, the warrior-poet god of the Dunmer, similarly believes that the disappearance of the Dwemer is in some way owed to their "divine sin"—attempting to create a god-bunny for their own purposes from the remains of the god Lorkhan. Whether their use of Kagrenac's Tools in this process or simply their intentions resulted in their extinction remains unclear in this theory.
By Kynareth I think you're on to something. I wouldn't be surprise if the bunnies have masterminded every hardship to have befallen Tamriel. Mehrunes Dagon was just their puppet, the O-bunny-on crisis was a mere taste of things to come. Mark my words, the bunnies shall return, and when they do there will be no dawn for men or mer.
