Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-28589830-20150625211322/@comment-177.34.181.193-20150904025718

The Elder Scrolls are theorized to exist outside time. Thus, they can see the past, the present and the future. Paarthunax is sort of right to say that "they have always existed", since they are not bound to time.

Time, which is Akatosh's domain. They are out of reach even to the chief of the Nine Divines, which is why everyone fears them. Basically, everything that became to be from the creation of the et'Ada and beyond is bound to the Scrolls' will.