actually, the dwemer fed them poisonous food to make them blind, not really spoiler, just lore.SPOILER !!!
As the story goes, it would seem that the dwemer are the one responsible.
They enslaved the remaining Snow Elves after their fall. But they enslaved them in their cave to the point to get them degenerated and Blind.
They were so degenerated that they become silly for blood and that caused the dawnfall of the dwewer. The former snow elves, now FALMER, revolted against they old master and killed them to the last.
The falmer are now waiting for their champion of old, the Snow Prince, to reappear and lead them to the conquest of the "surface".
Of course there will be a snow elf back story of some sort, possibly to explain the disapearence of the dwemer. He did say he didn't want to spoil anything and that there's a lot to this dlc so to me that means yes.
Really, Haven't played Morrowind, I thought the Dwemer disappeared because of some Daedric revenge stuffThe disappearance of the Dwemer is covered in Morrowind. Don't screw around with the heart of the mountain.
Really, Haven't played Morrowind, I thought the Dwemer disappeared because of some Daedric revenge stuff
Heart of Lorkhan? I remember Delphine saying something about Lorkhans eyes and the madman talking about the heart of a god. Time to look it up on UESPThe Dwemer vanished because they were toying with something even they couldn't understand, The Heart of Lorkhan. You actually get to meet at dwemer in Morrowind. The last of his kind.
Thats what it said on UESP.Snow Elves looked like ...Elves. The two you see in Dawnguard are just very pale elves with white hair. They're a recolor of altmer presets probably.
Well that's not it. There was a series of wars between the Elves and the Nords led by Ysgramor. When Ysgramor returned to Skyrim, he drove off the elves with his Wuuthrad and the Companions and settled in Skyrim. The Elves, however had nowhere else to go so they went to the Dwemer and asked for refuge but like Kalin said, they wanted slavery in return for safety. The Elves worked hard under the Dwemer but the Dwarves were distrustful of them and mixed a poisonous drug in their diet which caused the Elves to be blind. After the Dwarves disappeared, the Snow Elves had not seen civilization for centuries and became a violent savage species called Falmer. They were still blind but all other senses became more advanced.The
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Snow Elf in Dawnguard hinted. The Snow Elves Were losing so they hired the Dwarves, Snow Elves were Extincted and Dwarves are Dead i guess.
So my theory is that The Nord's Killed the Dwarves and Snow Elves