Why did the dwarves blind the Snow Elves?

Worse still, the Dwemer, in their isolationist distrust of anything un-Dwemer, forced the Snow Elves to consume a toxic fungi that rendered them completely blind, and made it a vital, central part of their diets. The fungi proved so powerful and potent that the race would forevermore remain sightless.
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Why did the Dwarves betray the Snow Elves?

Many of the ancient Snow Elves were betrayed in a deal for asylum they struck with the Dwemer. The Dwemer forced their wards to subsist only on toxic fungi which twisted them into sightless slaves.
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What did the Dwemer do to the Snow Elves?

They were forced to eat toxic plants in order to live underground. This toxic fungus naturally came from Blackreach, and the Dwemer fed the toxic fungus to the Snow Elves. The toxins gradually destroyed their sight, and this loss happened over generations. The Dwemer then forced the blind Snow Elves into slavery.
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How did the Dwemer blind the Falmer?

The Dwemer forced them to eat a toxic mushroom which slowly turned the snow elves blind, along with turning them mad. Because of their lost sight, their other senses have become enhanced(hearing, in particular). After the dwemer disappeared, the changed falmer remained in the dwarven cities.
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Why did the Dwarves enslave the Falmer?

They decided to solve the problem of security and further themselves at the same time through an insidious scheme. The food given to the Falmer was laced with toxic luminescent fungi which caused blindness and chemical dependency. Thus the Dwemer enslaved the Falmer.
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Why didn't elves and Dwarves become nazgul?

All that is to say, Dwarves were little understood. However, for some reason, their spirits were more stubborn than Men's and may have resisted the domineering qualities of the rings that would've turned them into the Nazgûl.
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Why didn't the elves help the dwarves of Erebor?

The Lord of the Rings (creative franchise): In the backstory to The Hobbit, why didn't the Elves help the Dwarves? If you mean help fight Smaug when he attacked — they would have gotten killed. If you mean take in the Dwarves when they fled Erebor — the Dwarves are too proud for that.
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Were the Dwemer actually Dwarves?

Dwemer were a race of elves. And yes, sometimes they are just referred to as dwarves.
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What is the difference between the Dwemer and the Falmer?

Falmer = what happened to the Snow Elves when the Dwemer screwed them over and they lived underground for so long. Dwemer = wiped themselves off the face of the planet. The Falmer are elves and the reason they are blind is the living underground for so long.
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What was the original name of the Falmer?

"Falmer" literally means "Snow Elf" in Aldmeris. It is their original name. However, after they were betrayed by the Dwemer and became the twisted race of troglodytes we know today, the term "Falmer" became associated with the Betrayed as opposed to the original Ancient Falmer.
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Who is the last living Snow Elf in Skyrim?

After the death of his brother Vyrthur, Gelebor is believed to be the last remaining Snow Elf in all of Tamriel.
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What killed the dwarves in Skyrim?

The consensus when it comes to the Dwemer disappearance is that Kagrenac caused the event when he used his tools on the Heart of Lorkhan.
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Why did Snow Elves become Falmer?

The Dwemer are believed to have mass-poisoned the Snow Elves by forcing them to eat a fungi that would cause blindness, an act that affected their offspring as well. After the disappearance of the Dwemer, the Snow Elves gradually devolved into the cave-dwelling beasts known as the Falmer.
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Why does Thorin hate Elves?

At twenty-four years old, Thorin witnessed the downfall of his kingdom after Smaug overtook their home. In The Hobbit films, Thorin gains a mistrust of Elves after Thranduil refused to help them seek a home.
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Why do Elves hate dwarves?

Elvish folk were originally created by the God of Tolkien's world, Ilúvatar, while the Dwarves were given life by the lesser Aulë. This intrinsically sets up the races as a superior and inferior species, since Ilúvatar didn't make the Dwarves out of choice, but merely allowed them to exist out of kindness.
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Why don't the Elves help at Minas Tirith?

The main reason that the Elves did not help at Minas Tirith or the Black Gate was that the Elven realms were under attack at the same time. In the chapter "The Passing of the Grey Company" from The Return of the King, Gimli asks Legolas why he had not called on his own people for help.
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Why did the Falmer go blind?

The Dwemer, who did not fully trust the Falmer, forced them to consume the toxic fungi that "once grew deep underground." This, alongside years of living underground, eventually rendered the Falmer blind.
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Why are Falmer always in Dwemer ruins?

Some of the Snow Elves hid with the Dwemer underground, but the Dwemer severely crippled and oppressed the Falmer to work for them. Then, in 1E 700, the Dwemer vanished from the world and the Falmer remained in the Dwemer ruins and gradually became more and more aggressive until what you see in the game in 4E 201.
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What were the Dwemer trying to do?

The Dwemer were devising a plan to attempt to re-create the divine power of immortality. Most of the Dwemer wished to ascend to the same level of divine power that the Gods had, including the capability of being immortal.
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Why are there no Dwarves in Skyrim?

The Disappearance of the Dwarves was a major event that took place in 1E 700. The event came about as a result of the events at the Battle of Red Mountain, which brought about the near-complete disappearance of the entire Dwemer race, save one – Yagrum Bagarn.
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Are Dwarves black elves?

Dark elves (svartálfar or dökkálfar) are “blacker than ink” and live in a subterranean realm called Svartalfheim. While – as we just mentioned – Snorri states that these dark elves are the dwarves, modern fantasy writers starting with Tolkien portray dark elves as a separate type of elf while keeping dwarves distinct.
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Did the Dwemer try to create a god?

The Numidium was designed by Kagrenac, a Dwemer Tonal Architect during the First Era, and was intended to serve as a god of sorts for the Dwemer people. There are many theories that propose that it was built to allow for the mortal plane's transcendence.
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Why does Thranduil hate the dwarves?

While Thranduil didn't have a problem with Dwarves, he didn't care for a lot of Elves. In the book, Thranduil was an isolationist and with good reason. Thranduil was a Sindarin Elf, which meant that he had never been to Valinor, and he grew up in Doriath under the leadership of King Elu Thingol and Melian the Maia.
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How did Smaug know about Erebor?

He heard rumours of the great wealth of the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor, which had a prosperous trade with the Northmen of Dale. Smaug "arose and without warning came against King Thrór and descended on the mountain in flames".
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Why didn't Thranduil get a ring?

No, Thranduil does not have a ring of power in The Hobbit. There are three Elven rings of power, and they are worn by Elrond, Galadriel, and Cirdan. All three are powerful rulers in the Elven Kingdom. Thranduil, as the King of the Woodland Realm, is not considered important enough to possess a ring.
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