Matthew was an ordinary fellow, living an ordinary life in an ordinary suburban house, at Number 52, Festive Road. One day, Matthew received an invitation to a fancy dress party, and so, donning his bowler hat, he set off to find a costume to wear. Unable to find a suitable outfit in the usual shops, he turned down a small lane and found a shop filled with strange and unusual costumes. Inside, Matthew asked the fez-wearing shopkeeper if he could try on a suit of red armour; he then entered the changing room, put on the outfit, and walked through another door... and suddenly found himself transported back to 2017. It was the first of many amazing and extraordinary adventures for Matthew.

In the Worlds before Andy, Primal chaos reigned, Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven, the moistures of the Earth, and the powers of the Sun and the Moon, all worked upon a certain rock - old as Creation. And it magically became fertile. That first egg was named Thought. Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, 'With our thoughts we make the world.' Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch, and from it then came the stone Andy. The nature of Andy is irrepressible!