[I. The Time Telepathy Experiment]

[TH-1]
I am TH-1. Listen well, for it concerns, uh... it concerns... Well, it concerns all of you. This chronicle commences in the year 2084 A. D. Mankind has virtually destroyed itself. Its survival depends on "The Final Experiment". Scientists from the 21st century have developed a new computer-program called "Time Telepathy". By using this technique they have sent visions of mankind's decline back in time. These transmissions havе been received by thе mind of a blind minstrel, who lives in 6th century Britain

Would you like to know his name?

His name... is Ayreon!

[II. Overture]

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[III. Ayreon's Quest]

[TH-1]
It shall be Ayreon's quest to sing of these visions and thus warn the world of its impending downfall so that it may change its future into a long and prosperous one. Now let us go back to the dark ages