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'.