A brief introduction

Adventure... the word spins itself with the most grand and enticing feelings. It promises a rollercoaster of fear, excitement, and most importantly purpose. It brings to mind legendary heroes out of storybooks or moving pictures, of characters and historic figures such as Sherlock Holmes, Mowgli, Marco Pollo, Roosevelt, Gandhi, and Qin Shihuang. It dances with lithe strides through the dramas of Greek history and charges screaming across the plain with Genghis Khan and his Golden horde. These figures had purpose unrestrained, their hearts swam with it. Even if they didn't know it.. the very fabric of history wove in great tapestries around them, twisting and bending like some awful serpent... It is in these tangible moments of adventure that we can truly feel history defined. The most glorious and outstanding of these adventurous moments often become the stuff of myth and legend, become the things that define generations afterward. Truly, if we are able to become so outstanding through our stories and histories, then what differentiates us from gods?

Everyone feels its pull. From the lowliest desk clerk or security guard, to the high vaulted offices at the top of wall street. Everyone wants a piece of history.. In our hearts we want to know what it feels like to yell with abandon reserved for Bacchantes, plant a flag at the farthest reaches of the earth, or even ride a ship to where the waves drop off into a great nothingness supported by a few enlightened elephants. As schoolchildren we dreamed daily of such adventures, tickled and titillated by tales read both in novel and in funnybook format. The truth we eventually come across though.. is that we, as normal people, lack the grandiose means of achieving such fabulous and weird forays into the mythical world that is (often) at best fictionalized.. At this realization we find ourselves at the beginning of a path down a dangerously normal road, a road which often brings us the comforts of a good house, a working automobile, and a retirement package.... it is a pleasant road, and one that will be tread with friends and family. If the price we pay for a moderately happy life is but to soundlessly close our eyes and sleep our days away then so be it.... adventure makes the world unpredictable, a solid breakfast every day does sound enticing indeed....

....but what if?.....

What if you could have those adventures? What if you could glide across the ocean under the billowing sails of an old ship? what if you could hike into the South American desert on a llama train and excavate the history of the aztec people, what if you could rocket yourself into the depths of the farthest reaches of Asia in search of immortality itself? To trace the path of Alexander the great through Persia in an attempt to understand his plan, then ride a camel gallivanting across the dunes to where the Egyptian desert meets the sun.

A little secret... You can.

My name is Finneus Hatt, and these are the strange stories of myself and my companions. The adventures of men and women brave enough to open their eyes... and see something strange.

welcome.

-Finn