The Chronicle of Fez & Monocle

Johnathan Monocle was one of the first monoclesmiths to set up shop in foothills of the Norwegian mountains, where he made quality monocles for the well to do. On a warm summer's day in mid July of the year of our lord 1872, Monocle's work was interrupted when a somewhat impoverished and ruffled looking man collapsed through the doorway into his forge. The man regaled Monocle with a tale of intrigue, mystery, conspiracy, and the supernatural. At first, Monocle was entirely sure that the man was quite insane, but as a gentleman first and foremost, Monocle allowed the man to spend the night and continue telling him stories that sounded as though they were pure fantasy. To cap it all off, the strange man even claimed he could see the future, in specific detail. As proof, he gave a a personal review of an as yet unpublished work. Monocle allowed him to spend the night before promptly kicking the man out of his home.

In the year of not your lord 1873, on the anniversary of the day that he had been visited by that strange man, Monocle came across a recently published book, and to his shock it was the same book that the man had critiqued! After a week of frantic searching, he found the man at a cheap boarding house in the poorer part of the village. Recognizing Monocle, the man smiled and properly introduced himself as Michael Fez, and told him he forgave Monocle for throwing him out all those months ago.

Intrigued, Monocle took a seat and proceeded to question Fez most rigorously, and was lead to the conclusion that Fez had not been lying that night in his forge, the man really could see into the future. Immediately, Monocle came up with the idea of making a partnership with the young Fez both detectives and critics, quite possibly the first people to ever go into business to do both!

Fez took to this idea like a fish to water, and so The Fez & Monocle Detective & Critic Agency was born! A crate of aspen wood in the attics of Elbert Fizzinwizzle has been found to contain every review and chronicles of every adventure that Fez and Monocle had over the course of their long and illustrious career. These tomes have been obtained at the great cost of the ire of many an occult society and clown college so that they might be posted here, on the internet for your enjoyment.