Glorm - A dwarf, separated from his homeland. Dwarves are unknown in Kethem.
Delrin - A commoner who has joined the ranks of the Druids after a strange encounter with a wolf.
El Sid - Gold Ring of the Great Hold Borgia, a once noble hold with some political clout left, but a reputation so tarnished it is treated with disdain by most.
Dom Perignon - El SidŐs sidekick.
Tanaka and Fuji - The younger two of four sons of a Kanday Lord. Kanday is a feudal society. Their father was slain in a duel, and their Uncle, who inherited the castle, financed their rambling travels rather than face rivalry between them and his sons.
Aleath and Morgan - sons of middle class merchants,
Tristan - Only son of a Lesser Holder, well traveled, very suave, a natural trader.
Aron - A half-breed, half human, half Urakai (high orc), friend of Tristan.
Krinn - a half elf, where elves are considered superior life forms that would never dilute their blood on inferior races.