It was there, in the forest primeval, that Sir Niles met Diego Escobar, Esq., cousin of the now infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar. The two spent many long hours talking about their mutual love of dressing up in costume and play-acting their favorite scenes from throughout the history of mankind. Together they set out to return dignity to the man-blouse, and transform dress-up from a tawdry embarrassing activity done only in secret, to a legitimate artform regarded the world over on the same scale as classical needlepoint and full contact juggling.

After a year of role-playing in the jungles and eating nothing but gravel and titmouses, Sir Niles and Diego re-emerged into society a tour-de-force of bearded, costumed power-brokers. Following a brief “warm-up” stint producing musicals for the Societe Historical de Columbia, Sir Niles and Diego cast their fates to the winds, and left Brokeback Jungle -- returing to Great Britain with a hunger that could not be satisfied.
 
 
 
Sir Niles quickly re-established his office in London, and was soon back on the scene bedazzling colleagues and friends with tales of survival in the jungle. Sir Niles’ magnanimity and charm attracted many of London’s hip in-crowd of the 70s and soon Sir Niles was once again the biggest trend-setter and taste-maker in all of Europe. It was widely known at that time that the young David Bowie had become completely infatuated with Sir Niles, and had even taken to dressing in wild costumes and make-up during his performances in hopes of grabbing the attention of the famed costume-lover Sinclair. For this reason, Sir Niles is credited with creating “Glam Rock” and influencing acts such as Bowie, Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Roxy Music and even the hard rock band Kiss.
 

 
With Escobar’s law “credentials” and drug cartel connections, and Sir Niles’ fame and charisma, the two carved out a veritable kingdom of influence amongst the glitterati of the European cultural elite. For the next decade, Sir Niles was King. He summered in his country estate near Scotland, and spent winters island hopping in Greece on his private yacht, which he won settling a gentleman’s bet with a French Count by Le Grand Rochambeau (a sort of modern day duel equivilent to “rock, paper, scissor” of which Sir Niles was considered the world over as a Grand Master). When he wasn’t making gold records, or making love to European princesses, he was skiing at St. Moritz or jetting to his private island in the Caymans. As his fortune grew, so did his love for women, gambling and otherwise debaucherous behaviour. It was said in those days that Sir Niles was never without his two favorite loves: the playboy playmate du’jour and his 12th Century chainmail codpiece. But, as with all things, this success was bound to come to an end. And come to an end it did.
 
 
 
   
     
 
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