īy time-honored tradition only those of the Cult of the Ancestor Moth may read from the scrolls, the younger members caring for the elder as they gradually lose their sight for eternity.

Ultimately, the reader, having engaged in frequent acts of prophecy, is left bereft of their vision, forever after removed of their right to read the scrolls. True insight into the divine contents comes at a price as each new foretelling and interpretation strikes the reader with blindness that gradually increases with each reading, while simultaneously granting them a broader view of the scroll's contents. With increasing levels of knowledge a reader can gain insight, but also risks both their sight and their sanity. It is said that those with no ability see only unknown etchings and runes, often claiming to recognize constellations and birth signs. Reading an Elder Scrolls correctly takes time, preparation and training. Or the mind, as it has to Septimus.' ― Septimus Signus 'To glimpse the world inside an Elder Scroll can damage the eyes. Reading an Elder Scrollĭexion Evicus reading an Elder Scroll (Sun). This would explain how Alduin was cast into the future and how a Time Wound was formed at the point of his banishment. Paarthurnax explains that dragons are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of the Elder Scrolls, being born of Akatosh, the god of time. However, they appear to be dependent on the flow of time in order to function events which alter the linearity of time, known as Dragon Breaks, cannot be recorded or predicted by the Elder Scrolls. The Scrolls have some relation to time, and offer a view through a fixed point in time to the flow to time itself.

The contents of a scroll, once solidified, cannot be altered by any known magic. After that time, all readers ingest the same divine message, creating a historical document declaring the unequivocal truth of a past event. Once a prophecy contained in an Elder Scroll is enacted in Tamriel, the text of the parchment becomes fixed. Until the events each Scroll describes comes to pass, they contain information about possible events in the future, with each viewing containing a possible version of events. The Elder Scrolls are said to 'exceed both Aedra and Daedra,' implying that neither group of deities created them.

'Can we flow through the Scrolls as knowledge flow through, being the water, or are we the stuck morass of sea-filth that gathers on the edge?' ― Septimus Signus

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