i misheard lady gaga’s bad romance the first few times. “want you in my rear window, baby, you're sick;” came across to me as “while in morrowind, your baby is sick.” thought it was a commentary of some sorts lmao.
It's the ash storms, babies drop like flies in that kind of weather. Probably why you don't see any kids in Vvardenfell is because they get stored away somewhere keep them safe from ash, blight, and disease carrying imperials
They do look the way they do because the Tribunal are assholes who got them all cursed. So I like it, they've made peace with their faces but never the shame of having super ugly babies so they all get hidden away