Quenten Monsapple is the youngest scion of the Monsapple family, removed from Barra by more generations that can be counted. He is 17 years old, and he is a prodigy of negotiations. In his 16th year, he spent three weeks of negotiation with a series of mages, priests, and power-brokers, ending up with the connections he wanted and the powers he needed to take the Mountain of Trials and become a Servant of the Diamond God. Barra has given him the task of finding out what the Littany Corportion's current research projects are and to find the nine children.