The damned fool known as Cole Mapstone was born 196 years ago in the cellar of a London pub to a charming whore named Edweena, who was famed equally for her ample bossom as her rugged facial hair. The child's father, a dandy with a penchant for thrifty drink and thriftier women, could not find the time to attend to his duty, thus the child was left alone with his mother. Unfortunately, she abandoned him soon after to persue a promising career in the circus. The rest, as they say, is history.