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Atrus calls his friend, the Stranger, to his home to request assistance. Atrus is the writer of special books which serve as links to worlds known as Ages. Years earlier, his two sons, Sirrus and Achenar, went rampant, destroying various linking books and imprisoning both Atrus and his wife Catherine. The Stranger's intervention during these events saved Atrus, who then imprisoned his own sons for their misdeeds. As it has been twenty years since their imprisonment, Catherine hopes they have finally repented for their crimes, in which case they would be allowed to come home. Atrus is not as sure his sons have reformed, and so wishes the Stranger to act as an impartial judge. After Atrus is called away to attend to another matter, an explosion knocks the Stranger unconscious. It is soon revealed that Yeesha, Atrus' daughter, has disappeared and that someone else has been in Atrus' home.

The Stranger sets out to find Yeesha. Traveling to the brothers' prison Ages of Spire and Haven, the Stranger discovers that both have escaped their confinement. During the course of the game, the player travels to another Age, Serenia, and is confronted by both Sirrus and Achenar. Each brother claims that the other brother has kidnapped Yeesha and is lying about it in order to get something he wants. Sirrus says that Achenar is attempting to kill everyone on Serenia so he can have all of their treasure, while Achenar says that Sirrus is attempting to transfer his mind to Yeesha's body to get Atrus and Catherine to teach him the Art of writing Ages. At the end of the game, the player is forced to make a decision to trust either Sirrus or Achenar. If the player does nothing, Sirrus If the player chooses to trust Sirrus, Sirrus succeeds in transferring his mind to Yeesha's body and dispenses with both the Stranger and Achenar. If the Stranger trusts Achenar, they end up helping to save Yeesha. Sirrus dies from the failed mind transfer, and Achenar is fatally poisoned by toxic fumes in order to save his sister. The Stranger returns Yeesha to her parents. Though pained by his sons' deaths, Atrus resolves to continue on and rectify his past mistakes by properly raising Yeesha.^[1]