What is the story behind the elder scrolls not behind the games but behind the objects themsevles

The Elder Scrolls themselves play a major yet unseen role in the storyline of the series. The scrolls are said to be archives of both prophecy and history. It is hinted that most of the events of the series have been inspired by those who have read one or more of the Elder Scrolls. In Elder Scrolls lore, it takes a powerful mystic to read the Scrolls, and interpretations are never absolute. They are used much like an over-complex and difficult Tarot set. One "tunes" them to a specific time and place through a mystical ritual, and then interprets the assorted symbolism and iconography which appear on the otherwise blank or incomprehensible parchment. It has been hinted that reading the Elder Scrolls too much actually causes literal blindness. In Oblivion, there is a sect of monks, known as the Order of the Ancestor Moths, who devote their lives to the reading and interpreting of the Scrolls. The more advanced members who actually read the scrolls wear blindfolds at all times when they are not divining the Elder Scrolls, and are instructed to use their eyes for this purpose only. Retired Moth Priests are completely blind and continue to wear the blindfold, apparently for ceremonial purposes. At times, however, cosmically important individuals, or individuals the subject of prophecy, have been able to see writing on the Scrolls without the associated rituals. It is said that when an event has actually occurred it then sets itself unchangeably into the scrolls, and no action, magic or otherwise, can change these writings. There is a quest in Oblivion that requires you to steal an elder scroll. This is the last quest in the Thieve's Guild.