The Crew

"In a society that has abolished all adventure, the only adventure that remains is to abolish that society"
The Crew is the tight-nit group of friends of Spencer Eck based many of his main characters off of. The group consists of Ronnie Anderson, Thomas Franzen, Antonio Galbier, Phillip Hatfield, Christian Nugent, Dominick Rodriguez, and Elijah Wright.

Origins
The crew was first formed at Eck's birthday party in the fifth grade. At the time, Eck had several very good friends in Ronnie Anderson, Tony Galbier, Thomas Franzen and Dominick Rodriguez. However, because of their limited background with eachother, they weren't close friends themselves. However, they were brought together at this party, and the group quickly became close friends. This would be the core founding group of the crew.

Expansion
In the 6th grade, one additional member was added to the annual Eck birthday party. His name was Patrick Salemme, a friend that Eck had made as he went through middle school. However, Patrick did not resonate with the other members of the crew. He was invited back for a couple more years, until he finally was no longer in attendance at the annual celebration of Eck's birth. In the Eighth grade, two more members were brought into the group, Christian Nugent and Andrew Stronz, bringing the total up to 8. After eight grade, both Patrick and Andrew were dropped, and Christian Nugent became the first official inductee into the crew since it's formation. Several years later, in Eck's Junior year at highschool, two more members were invited to the annual celebration. They were Elijah Wright and Phillip Hatfield. They both stuck, forming the current lineup of the crew.