Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25531876-20141229215535/@comment-26060313-20150304152100

I agree that there certainly is a possibility of the Falmer taking over. If they evolved enough.

While they ARE, in fact, blind, their hearing certainly makes up for it. My current character, a Khajiit with a sneak of at least 80 (I cannot check right now) and wearing shoes that muffle movement sound, if I am not sneaking (or sometimes when I am, if I move too fast or get a little too close), but I am walking, even if I am walking slower than usual, the Falmer can still somtimes hear me and attack immediately. You would think that they might sometimes be a little miscalculated with the position of their attack, but they always know right where I am.

This being said, their hearing is impeccable, and it seems better than what a normal blind person's hearing would be. They are good fighters, and, as said in the OP, are some of the best enemies at higher levels.

If they evolved much more, they could certainly take over, if there are, in fact, many, many more that we just haven't seen. Also, there would be no way to prepare for such an attack, as no one knows where these alleged masses of falmer are hidden.

But as

Caractacus IV wrote: And how would the Falmer get out of Skyrim anyway? The entire nation is surrounded by mountain ranges and it wouldn't be that difficult to block the passages out. And as far as we know they can't climb mountains or use boats. I agree that it very possible for the falmer to take over all of Skyrim, I also agree that they would not be able to climb the mountains to take over the other nations.