Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-28589830-20150625211322/@comment-5989209-20150627132808

Elder Scrolls are like left over bits of creation. The reason you could see back in time with that Elder Scrolls is because A. it was about you, just like the other two you find. and B. It's the reason that wound was created in the first place. The Scroll didn't actually send Alduin forward in time. It "cast [him] out"(in game wording) of time, and he just punched back in at a random point, which just happened to be thousands of years later. The Elder Scroll was able to retroactively remove the curse on the Cowl because all of creation, including the laws of Time and physics, have to bend to their will, which is why the gods are afraid of them. You want to see little fragments of time? All of the dragons flying around are that.