Lyrics - Prologue by Bal-sagoth

In 2104, lithological excavations at the
Fourth
Mars
Colony unearthedan artifact of unknown, seemingly non-human origin; an icosahedron ofan unrecognized, non terrestrial metallic composition, inscribed withstrange, indecipherable sigils and glyphs.
After long months of intense study, epigraphy experts on
Earth ascertaineda tenuous parallel between the unknown language on the icosaherdon andcertain obscure
Aztec hieroglyphics, and thus were able to extrapolatea meaning from the unearthly inscriptions.
The translation spoke of a legendary repository of ultimate knowledgeknown as the
Empyreal
Lexicon... a codex of alien origin said to containincredible cosmic secrets; arcane words and psionic waves of power whichwere the keys to unlocking a network of cerebral-transferrence portalslinking the myriad galaxies of the multiverse, and also the means totranscend the boundaries of the space-time continuum, enabling corporealbeings to travel between dimensions and traverse at will the unknownrealms which lay between universes, tapping into the limitless energieswhich permeated the sidereal fabric of the cosmos.
The translation of the
Mars icosaherdon also hinted disturbingly at agreat pangalactic conflict which was waged over the possession of thecodex between the mysterious cosmic beings who had appointed themselvesthe keepers of the
Lexicon and some terrifying shadowy foe mentionedonly fleetingly in the alien text.
The final battle in this cataclysmic power struggle was apparently foughtin
Earth's own solar system, and the
Keepers of the
Lexicon, their powerdepleted and teetering on the verge of defeat, shattered the codex intoa myriad shards, scattering the fragments across the star system in orderto prevent the secrets of the
Lexicon from falling into the hands of theirdarksome nemesis.
According to the
Martian artifact, several fragments of the
Lexiconwere hidden on the third planet from the sun, the
Earth itself.
One fragment was secreted in ancient
Atlantis, another in
Lemuria.
Further pieces of the cosmic codex fell to earth in
Ys and eon-veiled
Mu.
Still further fragments of the
Lexicon were said to have been hiddensomewhere beneath the frozen surface of the bleak moon
Callisto, andon the other mysterious orbs
Hyperion and
Titan.
Lastly, the alien artifact spoke mysteriously of something hiddenbeneath the cratered surface of
Earth's own
Moon.
Ascertaining co-ordinates from the
Mars icosahedron, an expeditionembarked immediately from the
Epsilon
IV
Moon
Base and beganto excavate the lunar sphere.
Thus was a veiled warning unheeded, and no one could know whatto expect as the machinations of humankind breached the ancientsurface of the moon's
Mare
Imbrium...

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