Epigraph
Every great adventure begins with a departure.
The young hero, the country lass,
the bored noble, each is called to
leave home and step into the wider
world beyond.
These untested newcomers are
confronted by the winds and wilds,
by highwaymen and heathens, and by the
deeper dangers of their own making.
They may fall.
They most certainly will fail.
And yet they fight,
taking strides ever forward,
ever farther from the places they called home.
But should they rise,
and so defeat their enemies
as they do their insecurities,
they shall rise as heroes.
And as the bard weaves their tales of fortune and of fate—
of voyages, departures, and returns—
we listen to their stories,
and are likewise taken far, far, from home.
Come with me then,
upon a great adventure,
a great departure,
and a new beginning.
—Andrew Murrell (/u/ImFromNASA on reddit).