Quote Originally Posted by Avilan the Grey View Post
As for the Lighthouse. Yes, I know that one, but somehow the impact is lessened due to the fact that well... they are monsters. Humans that behave like monsters are far more disturbing than monsters behaving like monsters.
I believe Falmer were originally elves of some sort (snow elves?) before they degenerated into their CHUD-esque form (that big statue at the end of the Nightingale quest is the only representation of what they looked like before).

So they're monsters now, but they were 'human' before and judging from their slave pits in that massive underground cavern, retain enough 'humanity' to know how to be cruel.