Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25531876-20141229215535/@comment-4544033-20150221224518

107.178.43.196 wrote: They are blind, dumb, and savage. They don't even have the intellectual capacity to form a basic government, recognize the Falmer that weren't degenerates, or practice very basic metallurgy. They hold a basic level of intellect. They have the knowledge to create homes, weapons, and tools. They might not have government as we know it, but it doesn't mean they don't have a hierarchy of some kind.

Also, while they are blind, they are able to fight, even if they are unable to handle large groups of trained troops, they can defend their hives (if we want to call them that) and launch raids against weaker targets.

And while they are savage, so where the Gauls in 390bc, the first time Rome was shacked was by barbarians who Rome had written off as barbarians who held no threat because they where not "trained". The Falmer may not have army's or great weapons, but they are underestimated and written off as minor threats. Threats that come with skills in magic and those creepy poison spitting bugs. Could they take over? No, in the end Skyrim dose have standing army's and fighting groups who could handle any large scale problem, but all it takes is one event to cost innocent lives because "they are blind, dumb, and savage"