<p>It all started with a message appearing on my tablet from an institute I had never heard of wanting to talk to me about a totally undefined job. Based on the subject line of &lsquo;Professional Services Opportunity&rsquo; my first thought was that it was just another get-rich-quick spam. Had I followed my initial instinct to hit delete without opening it things would have worked out very differently for me&mdash;very differently indeed. But I did read it and I was intrigued.</p><p>It&rsquo;s usually impossible to pinpoint the precise moment when the course of your entire life is irrevocably changed but in this case it was the exact moment I selected open. That single simple action was one of the most important things that I have ever done. With it began my journey to adventure romance immortality and infamy. I would gain a new world and lose everything I held dear in this one. Thanks to whatever gods there be I did.</p>