 And in that inn at that day is a man contemplating his own fate. His name is Faux, but he takes on the name Defoe because it sounds more princely. He's always in trouble. He's always in debt. He's always come up with new schemes. He was born well, and he lost it in a big gamble of sailing from one side of the world to the other. And he needs a way out. And the way out, of course, is that he's made friends with the reigning monarch, King William