User blog comment:Legend 721/Dwemer Return/@comment-1840877-20120722101324/@comment-3251417-20120724092142

One member of a race does not determine the general morality of a race. Yes, Yagrum arnum was a cool dude who wanted to help people. However, as a whole the Dwemer were cruel, paranoid and brutally imperialistic. They subjugated a dying race to forced blindness and slavery because they didn't trust them. The Dwemer were evil, and deserved punishment for their arrogance.

And besides, think of it this way; Paarthurnax was once Alduin's greatest ally and almost as sadistic as the World Eater himself. It was only later on that Paarthurnax took pity on mankind and helped them. Yagrum Barnum was likely just as bad as the other Dwemer once, and only learned humility after contracting Corprus and recieving Divayth Fyr's help.