PERSONAE · THE NORTHERN REACH

Essin the Digger

A Listening College field researcher camped at Hollow-Pines who cannot swim and is absolutely certain about the pillar under the chapel flood.

Essin has been writing up the Drowned Chapel's architectural profile for six weeks, working from the surface measurements and a single terrifying dive he made last autumn that nearly killed him and confirmed the pillar. He is certain about the pillar the way researchers are certain about things they almost died for. He has hired three people to do the actual dive; all three declined after seeing the water. He is polite, methodical, and runs out of patience entirely when people suggest the pillar might not be there.

KIND

mortal

SPECIES

Human

ROLE

Field researcher, Listening College

LOCATION

Hollow-Pines Camp

Connected

Hollow-Pines CampPLACE · Essin is camped at Hollow-Pines, working up his chap…The Far CollegeFACTION · Essin is a field researcher on a College commission …The Drowned Chapel of VaelPLACE · Essin's entire current work centers on the Drowned C…The Vael PillarITEM · Essin made one harrowing dive that confirmed the pil…

Voices & Sounds

Game Data (1)

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data/content/npcs.json

idessin_the_digger

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nameEssin the Digger

regionthe_northern_reach

factionthe_listening_college

health60

disposition60

greetingA Listening College field researcher camped at Hollow-Pines who cannot swim and is absolutely certain about the resonator under the chapel flood.

spawn{"x":-564,"z":-290}

behaviorwander

wander_radius3.5

topics{"self":"Field researcher, Listening College. Essin has been writing up the Drowned Chapel's architectural profile for six weeks, working from the surface measurements and a single terrifying dive he made last autumn that nearly killed him and confirmed the resonator. He is certain about the resonator the way researchers are certain about things they almost died for. He has hired three people to do the actual dive; all three declined after seeing the water. He is polite, methodical, and runs out of patience entirely when people suggest the resonator might not be there."}

racestoneborn

Type Fields

kindmortal

speciesHuman

roleField researcher, Listening College

locationplace.hollow-pines-camp

affiliationsfaction.the-listening-college

disposition60

voice_notesPrecise, slightly frantic when the pillar comes up, very calm about everything else. Treats 'I almost drowned' as a data point.

All Relationships (5)

located_in

→Hollow-Pines Camp — Essin is camped at Hollow-Pines, working up his chapel survey notes and looking for someone willing to dive the flood.
→The Drowned Chapel of Vael — Essin's entire current work centers on the Drowned Chapel; he has made one failed dive and is trying to hire a second.

member_of

→The Far College — Essin is a field researcher on a College commission to document Imperium architectural sites in the Northern Reach.

references

←quest.what-the-bog-keeps (unresolved) — Essin gives the quest and provides the dive intelligence; his certainty about the pillar is the player's best evidence.
→The Vael Pillar — Essin made one harrowing dive that confirmed the pillar's existence; he is the only living person who has seen it.

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