Llama8 from the Sacred forums? : )
Had a similar issue, but only when I tried to exit the game. The process stayed until reboot, eating RAM and CPU time for no apparent reason.
In my case deleting and rebuilding the config files in the %userdir% solved it, perhaps worth a try?
Agreed on the different dialects in the game, sounds so much more lively than the, imo, "flat" american ones. No offense to 'em yanks, heh.