Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-28157605-20160511181059/@comment-26893431-20160517142557

Sambos Chicken wrote: The Falmer were originally Snow Elves and the Dwemer, as WhenDovCry stated, they pretty much tortured the Elves and then, i guess as the tortured elves gave birth down there in the depths, the children didnt have contact with the outside world, and so they are considered 'feral'. Think of them as the tribes of indigenous south americans that have had no contact with the outside world, they attack the outsiders, just like the Falmer do.

The Falmer are actually the Snow Elves. Just not the old ones. They devolved, but they are still the Snow Elves. That's what Falmer translates to.