In order to begin to understand the events to led directly to the death of the author of the diaries of the Average Swordsman, as well as the beginning of the war of revolution that he directly started in 1775, we must first pay close attention to the relationship of the following five plotlines that slammed hard together in February of 1774:

1.    In London, a chicken dressed in the robes of a Peer of the Realm broke the news to a furious King George III (over a game of cards) that the Boston colonists had dumped thousands of Pounds Sterling worth of tea into the harbor, and then he advised the King on how he should deal with the situation (let’s also keep in mind that this is the same chicken, Lord Albert le Poulet, who advised Lord Townsend on how best to tax the colonies a decade earlier);

2.    In New York, a young man whom we have seen stalking our Protagonist since 1765 met secretly in a tavern with an elderly French aristocrat, who happened to be our Protagonist’s biggest enemy;

3.    In Boston, a lone British army officer entered the town, disguised, and under cover of darkness, and began asking for the whereabouts of our Protagonist;

4.    In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, small towns began to hold meetings, discussing the removal of town officials and militia officers known to be loyal to the king;

5.    In Boston, our Protagonist got wicked-bored, resulting in the following three events occurring:

A.  He decided to donate his nine pairs of bright red socks to the local Rounders team;

B.   He entered a theological debate society and befriended a minister named Calvin Arminius Pope, who happened to be a Baptist;

C.   He decided to take a solid week and ingest nothing but pure maple syrup, in an attempt to reach Nirvana.

So, here we are.  Let the fun begin!