Prologue Lyrics - The Power Cosmic - Bal-sagoth

In 2104, lithological excavations at the Fourth Mars Colony unearthed 

an artifact of unknown, seemingly non-human origin; an icosahedron of 

an unrecognized, non terrestrial metallic composition, inscribed with 

strange, indecipherable sigils and glyphs. 

After long months of intense study, epigraphy experts on Earth ascertained 

a tenuous parallel between the unknown language on the icosaherdon and 

certain obscure Aztec hieroglyphics, and thus were able to extrapolate 

a meaning from the unearthly inscriptions. 

The translation spoke of a legendary repository of ultimate knowledge 

known as the Empyreal Lexicon... a codex of alien origin said to contain 

incredible cosmic secrets; arcane words and psionic waves of power which 

were the keys to unlocking a network of cerebral-transferrence portals 

linking the myriad galaxies of the multiverse, and also the means to 

transcend the boundaries of the space-time continuum, enabling corporeal 

beings to travel between dimensions and traverse at will the unknown 

realms which lay between universes, tapping into the limitless energies 

which permeated the sidereal fabric of the cosmos. 

The translation of the Mars icosaherdon also hinted disturbingly at a 

great pangalactic conflict which was waged over the possession of the 

codex between the mysterious cosmic beings who had appointed themselves 

the keepers of the Lexicon and some terrifying shadowy foe mentioned 

only fleetingly in the alien text. 

The final battle in this cataclysmic power struggle was apparently fought 

in Earth's own solar system, and the Keepers of the Lexicon, their power 

depleted and teetering on the verge of defeat, shattered the codex into 

a myriad shards, scattering the fragments across the star system in order 

to prevent the secrets of the Lexicon from falling into the hands of their 

darksome nemesis. 

According to the Martian artifact, several fragments of the Lexicon 

were 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 hidden 

somewhere beneath the frozen surface of the bleak moon Callisto, and 

on the other mysterious orbs Hyperion and Titan. 

Lastly, the alien artifact spoke mysteriously of something hidden 

beneath the cratered surface of Earth's own Moon. 

Ascertaining co-ordinates from the Mars icosahedron, an expedition 

embarked immediately from the Epsilon IV Moon Base and began 

to excavate the lunar sphere. 

Thus was a veiled warning unheeded, and no one could know what 

to expect as the machinations of humankind breached the ancient 

surface of the moon's Mare Imbrium...