Prologue

	THIS IS TH
	E VOICE OF
	MERLIN. LI
	STEN WELL,
	FOR IT CON
	CERNS YOU.
	THIS CHRON
	ICLE COMME
	NCES IN TH
	E YEAR 2084
	A.D. MANKI
	ND HAS VIR
	TUALLY DES
	TROYED ITS
	ELF. IT'S
	SURVIVAL D
	EPENDS ON '
	THE FINAL
	EXPERIMENT'.
	SCIENTISTS
	FROM THE 21
	ST CENTURY
	HAVE DEVEL
	OPED A NEW
	COMPUTERPR
	OGRAM CALL
	ED 'TIME T
	ELEPATHY'.
	BY USING T
	HIS TECHNI
	QUE THEY H
	AVE SENT V
	ISIONS OF
	HUMANITIES'
	DECLINE BA
	CK IN TIME.
	THESE TRAN
	SMISSIONS
	HAVE BEEN
	RECEIVED B
	Y THE MIND
	OF A BLIND
	MINSTREL W
	HO LIVES I
	N 6TH CENT
	URY GREAT
	BRITAIN. H
	IS NAME ....
	IS 'AYREON'. [B. Overture] [C. Ayreon's quest]
	IT SHALL B
	E AYREON'S
	QUEST TO S
	ING OF THE
	SE VISIONS
	AND THUS W
	ARN THE WO
	RLD OF ITS
	IMPENDING
	DOWNFALL I
	N ORDER TO
	CHANGE ITS
	FUTURE IN
	A LONG AND
	PROSPEROUS
	ONE. LET U
	S GO BACK
	TO 'THE DA
	RK AGES'.