Category Archives: Rugged Peril

The Mystery of the Abandoned Fort

Having lost my sailing companion from The S.S. Eldritch, Carleton, amidst a street brawl, I’d occupied some of my time by laying low and hoping for his return away from the City of Havana proper by lingering about the Malecón … Continue reading

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1920 Pillar of Darkness Expedition! CANCELLED!!

PLEASE NOTE: to the Pandemic, this expedition is CANCELLED until it’s safe to travel again. Thanks for your interest.   Mid July (date not confirmed), in Kananaskia, Alberta, near Calgary, Canada. The expedition will include a short steam train ride, … Continue reading

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Walkers of the Purple Path – Sgt. Cole Halley-Burton

After wrapping up an adventure on the Horn of Africa, and bidding farewell to the surviving team members,  I found myself drawn back to the area of the Northwestern Frontier where Jackal had been investigating recently re-opened portals. After a … Continue reading

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Night of Terror!

No sooner had I received my .455 Webley service revolver in the post, along with a monkey and a plywood violin, than I had a call to use it.  There we were, just outside the forest near Hattieville, only just … Continue reading

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It all goes South

“There I was… in the barrens of the Arctic. Team lost, ship crushed in the ice, and pursued by a near invisible beast! I’d decided to make for Steffansson’s expedition and forfeit the glory of discovery and naming land features … Continue reading

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CE Valour and the Old Ones

After hearing of a curious old Native legend, and armed with a crumbling paper map citing the same, CE Valour consulted an old prospector and sloppy drunkard, name of Windy Pete, in a saloon. The prospector once staked a claim … Continue reading

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Reunion in the Bengala Badlands

    After surviving for weeks alone in the Bengala Badlands after the rest of the expedition was wiped out, J.K.”Jackal” Halley-Burton sits lost and despondent in the shade.       Following a brief, happy reunion, Child and Father … Continue reading

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The 1915 Pillar of Darkness Expedition video!

Finally, a year and a half after the expedition we’ve compiled a document of the event.   Settle in for 26 minutes of very old fashioned adventure with the Dominion Geographic Society! SEE and ancient cave with a supernatural icicle! … Continue reading

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