The Universe is populated entirely by pandas. Focused on 3 inparticular; Brian, Dave and Bob. They are monks living amongst other monks and friars at a priory. They are not good at their jobs. When the order is away to Rome to see the PoPanda Brian and Dave stay behind and are tasked with looking after the latest intern, Bob, who is to young to travel. To keep them occupied they are ordered to tell the history of the world; dont know most of it so they make it up. Turns out they are mostly right, and the stuff that is made up is also considered fact. For example Stonehenge is actually a version of jenga, but the Panda's cant remember the rules so they make it a Druid calander. Also they are pandas with all the loves and characteristics of Pandas, so they have their own mischievious adventures which are often retold in the Histories, with certain facts changed; like one day a Viking ship lands near the Priory for the first time, the Vikings are peaceful wanting nothing but friendship, but Bob had an accident mixing paint and managed to trash most of the Priory. They blame the Vikings. Once finished one gets carried away and continues the stories/history; forced to make it a book of prophecy. To us these “prophecies” are our standard history; 1066, Henry viii, Victoria, etc, only key difference is it is told with pandas.

I invented this universe to make history more palatable for children, with the aim to make it easier to understand and fun to learn. Many find history difficult and boring, by inserting the ludicrus idea of our history being reinacted by pandas, hopefully this would change. But as I developed this, two distinct stories began to emerge; the history, and the ones that are writing it, namely Dave, Brian and Bob. Thus, it became a way to amuse myself and friends by coming up with increasingly rediculous situations to put these three pandas into: A favourite is having Brian absale down the side of a cathedral tower for charity whist having Bob and Dave chicken out and abandon him half way through. Bob, Brian, and Dave all have their own central personality traits and experiences. Some of their adventures happen to be my own with those who helped to create them.

I hope that you enjoy your time with these 3 (and others), their adventures, and the stories they write; some are known some not so much. Ultimatly I hope that you are entertained, amused, and intrigued. Welcome to the universe of Illuminated Panda.