The message of people wanting the hempen sets unlocked was supposedly sent to the dev team in a previous popular thread, and we've seen NPC's wearing other races hempen sets iirc, so maybe it's still a possibility.

I would hope for a starter gear unlock too but I'm not holding my breath, as the only real good reason not to unlock them is the dev time required, which is why nothing has been seen nor said about the hempen stuff most likely.