
Fertand L. Harpoont was best known for applying and popularizing facial tattoos between 1868 and 1875. He learned the practice from the Denimese people whilst convalescing on the Isle of Sinalindin after a a failed test of his “gloveless electric eel retrieval technique.”
However, it was Harpoont’s cordsmanship that was most revered by colleagues and admirers. Despite this fame, lundsmen — the avowed foes of common cordsmen — were constantly at his heels with accusations of wrongdoing ranging from philately forgery to sheep-hanging. Sadly, Harpoont was unable to escape these attempts at discreditation and disappeared into the jungles of Sindalindin with only his face tattoos and a worn cordsman’s tote.