Penelope Wildheart arrives in the city of Humboldt, the agricultural center of Nalamis, where she is meeting an old friend who is going to introduce her to a mage, Jared Stillwater, who might accompany her on adventures for the Hand of God. Along the way to Jared's residence, Penelope encounters both Normal Man and Helga Von Bar. It is here that our adventures start their Humboldt beginnings.