Chapter 2: The Adventurer

There are four social classes in the City. The nobles field knights and have the wealth to supply

them with the finest arms and armor. The nobles are the landowners; they make war when it is necessary to defend or expand the City.

The clergy provide for the spiritual needs of the populace and tally the offerings to the many faces of the Monad. The clergy are the learned class; they perform the tasks of chronicling and remembering the histories of the City.

The tradesmen power the economy of the City. This class of skilled workers is not given the privileges or powers of the nobility but they make enough money to avoid the life of the peasants.

The peasants are indentured servants who work for the right to live on the lands of the nobility. They believe strange things.

Adventurers, who delve into the Underworld for treasures and glory, break this system. Despite the half-century since the Underworld's appearance, the City still isn't used to this uncomfortably new fifth class.

In many ways, adventurers are lower than peasants, for they do not have legal rights in the City. However, many become richer than even the nobility, for the Underworld boasts fabulous wealth. At once, adventurers are both respected and despised.