Our narrative takes place in a parallel universe to our own. Pastel, an orphan girl of 18 years old, lives in a tiny cottage with a bunch of adventurers. Pastel is a writer and a "mapper," sketching and illustrating towns, the countryside, rivers, and mountains. Her friends hold her in high regard because of her exceptional brilliance and honesty. We meet Clay, a youthful swordsman, Trapp, the son of a bandit leader, Kitton, literally a functioning dictionary and a descendant of the Family Kittons, Knoll, a huge person with a kind heart, Whitey, a baby dragon, and Rumy, an infant sorcerer of the tribe "Elf," while living in the home with Pastel.