At the end of Peryite's quest you can ask him what will happen with the Afflicted. He responds by asking if you left any alive. My question is: do you?

My first time in that dungeon I treated it like every other dungeon: if it lives, it dies. At least that was my approach right up until I went it to that one room where a women talks to her sleeping brother about their situation. I listened to that and thought perhaps she would like me to help her escape. But when I showed myself she and her brother attacked me.

Nevertheless, hearing that conversation changed my overall approach to the dungeon. Now I try to slip by as many of the Afflicted as possible without killing any of them. They may be daedra worshiping idiots (anyone who worships a daedra is an idiot in my book) but I don't see the need to kill them. Heck, I even tried to speak to Ochender to see if he had anything to say about the situation, but he just attacked me.

I have not been totally successful in my efforts to not kill the Afflicted. Some still end up dead. Like when I got to one part where dwarven automaton pop out when you get close. They ended up attacking and killing all the Afflicted on that level. But for the most part I just sneak by them.

Just curious if I am being weird or if anyone else shares my madness.

I usually killed them all.

I kill them all, and let whatever devine being that wishes to waste their time on them sort 'em out.