The mechanism of the effects has, at present, been largely unknown - theories of hidden knowledge and divine retribution were the subject of idle speculation with little investigation. “ It is widely known among scholars that the Elder Scrolls entail a certain hazard in their very reading. This makes the decay of our eyesight all the more mournful, as the loss of the ability to read the Scrolls feels like the death of a close friend.” In fact, the symbols and characters of a Scroll's text gradually take on the character of whichever language is most familiar to the reader. “ The more a Priest of the Ancestor Moth communes with the Scrolls, the more legible they become, even as our vision fails and the letters grow more obscure. Some symbols are mirrored, rotated or have slight variations of other symbols:ġ8 and 49, 180 degree rotation, slightly different The symbol “34” appears in both the foreground and the background. Those in the foreground are also divided into two groups: circled and uncircled. The symbols on an Elder Scroll are split up into two areas: the background and the foreground. The symbols cannot be translated into the Latin/Roman alphabet. These are the symbols found on the Elder Scrolls found in TESIV: Oblivion, TESV: Skyrim and TES: Legends. The numbers are only there to assist with discussions about the symbols and should not be taken as that symbol’s translation.

The numbers assigned to each symbol are arbitrary and are not supported by any lore.

Elder scrolls oblivion symbol