Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-62.255.98.169-20130504143516/@comment-150.199.193.253-20140816160119

I have faith that the Falmer could and will (eventually) re-evolve to what they were before they were taken in by the Dwemer. The main reason i think this is that somewhere on their de-evolution they not only created the "Great Statue of Irkngthand" but they also were able to keep it a secret from their Dwemer masters. This would be extremely hard if they had the ability to see. Keep in mind however that this was done after they were blinded by the dwemer. Even if the Falmer were to re-evolve only a little bit (say only to the extent of civility and intelligence that they used to create "the Great Statue" ) then they will have come a long way to becoming what they once were.

Theory 1

It is hard to believe that a hole race of Elves was extinguished by the nords. I would be wiling to bet that there are a few Snow Elf strongholds. It is also likely that one of these strongholds has tried to establish a line of communication with the falmer. And if (and that is a major if) they were able to make  a peace (of sorts) with the falmer then the falmer are already likely re-evolving (though they would still likely be little more than civilised cavemen)

Theory 2

A second theory is that you may not have to wait to see the Falmer become what they once were. It is entirely possible that after the decimation of the Ancient Falmer that there were some surviving Falmer that migrated to other parts of Tamriel. Personally i think the most likey scenario is that a group of Snow Elves fled Skyrim and wandered Tamriel until they found a race that would hide them (likely the Altmer do to their "elven nationalistic" views). From there it is possible that the Snow Elves could have gotton refuge by lying and saying that they were an ancient off-shoot of the Altmer.