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Their lose of eyesight can be attributed to a diet of poisonous mushrooms fed to them by the Dwemer. I believe the rest of their deprivations comes from 2 things. Knight Paladin Gelebor tells you he does not believe the Falmer living underground does not account for all of their evolution.

1. I think they took the bitterness of their enslavement to heart and it corrupted them from within.

2. I also whole heartedly believe they have begun to worship either a Daedric Lord, or Sithis himself.

Of the Daedra I think it would either be: Molag Bol-Lord of Domination, or Mehrunes Dagon-Lord of Change/Revolution.