Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-126.141.155.58-20200209160711/@comment-28204394-20200210230035

This is untrue. If I'm remembering correctly, vanilla Skyrim has multiple books and notes describing the fate of the Falmer.

They are the Snow Elves, and it was the war with Man that drove them to seek help of their cousins the Dwemer. In exchange, the Dwemer took the sight of the Falmer, rendering them blind.

Just by name, "Falmer" and "Dwemer" are two different races entirely. "Dwemer" translates roughly to "Deep Elves" or "People of the Deep." And "Falmer" translates roughly to "Snow Elves."

Then, with the Dawnguard DLC, you eventually meet a true Snow Elf, Knight-Paladin Gelebor, who had not been blinded and turned into the current Falmer you usually fight.