Kariana was abandoned after her city was destroyed by a red dragon under the control of a wizard. She is assumed to be a 1st level elven ranger, as she was trained in swordsmanship and ranger abilities from birth, as were all elves of Kith'tarka.
Kariana is a loyal defender of all friends that she finds, and by falling in with this adventuring party, she has taken these as her friends, as she now has no family. She may also be using this to further her own revenge on the dragon that destroyed her city.
Drakar was a cleric of a church in Shonika for the first years of his life as a priest of Torin. Soon, he was called out of his church to accompany his old friend, Silicus (now deceased) also a priest of Torin, on an adventure with a group that was on a quest to find the "Ring of True Seeing". Drakar is not suited for the life of an adventurer, and his only consolation was that he was doing it for his diety, and as a favor to Silicus. After Silicus was killed by a giant spider after the adventuring group had passed into the Ath'karan forest, Drakar lost faith in his mission and has thus been complaining about it since.
When Drakar is not complaining about the adventure, he is a gentle and good man that works to spread the teachings of Torin to all. He is easily flustered around females though, and is very easily manipulated by them, giving Kariana and Kerry an easy target to push around, as they are both very strong-willed.
Tazir is a wandering wizard. He is currently in this party because he is interested to see the "Ring of True Seeing" when it is found. He is usually the mediator of the party, as he seems to be the one that is the calmest and can easily smooth over disputes. He is a very wise old wizard, believed to be in his mid-60's, but he seems as spry as if he were only 20. There are rumors that Tazir is actually older than that, say around during the Dragos Magnus, but with no proof to back this statement off, it is usually said that he is "a wise old wizard with many years on him" and left at that.
Tazir is thoughtful and perceptive, and if you are trying to hide something from him, you will usually find that he will have already known from the beginning anyways. He appears usually as the diplomat and somewhat of a loner of a wizard, but will aid in any goodly cause.
Ragnor is a young fighter from Shonika that joined the original party to retrieve the artifact. He joined as a protector to his friend Kerry and also because Ragnor loves adventure. He is still a young fighter and will usually rush right into battle without any qualms. He has yet to learn that there are some foes you just do not mess with.
The circumstances between Ragnor and Kerrys' friendship are strange. The halfling had become captured by some evil human slave traders, and Ragnor, feeling sorry for the halfling's plight, had bought her freedom with a swinging sword, that had thinned the slave traders' ranks. Ragnor and Kerry will usually be found fighting side by side, Ragnor with his huge broad sword and Kerry with her whip and small mace, actually make a decent fighting pair and will defend each other to the death.
Kerry is also from the original party, as originally the charismatic leader of the party, Silicus,(now deceased) having the insight to realize that he should possibly gain the services of a good thief, in case the party had to actually "steal" the artifact from it's wrongful owner. Of course, once Silicus asked Kerry to join, she asked immediately to have him ask Ragnor also. She is a typical halfling, and will steal anything from anyone, although she calls it "borrowing". She has a sense of honor though, and if it will distress the owner, she will return the lost item
Kerry has a great sense of humor, although it is usually put to use teasing Drakar and Ragnor, as she has always loved to tease weak clerics, and Ragnor of course saved her life once, so she says she owes him something. She believes that if she can get a good jest in, everyones' life will be the merrier.
Ta'kar, or as he is called, "Wyrmsfiend", by the other wizards of the "Order of the Red Dragon", is a wizard out to make himself a god. He will do anything to attain this "godhood" status, to the point of eliminating possible competitors that are pointed out to him in dreams.
The Order to which he belongs only has about 5 wizards in it, all of them evil and all of them out to become gods. This order has been slowly being destroyed by it's memebers, as power struggles are commonplace, and will soon be no longer in existence. Ta'kar also hates all elves, he being the half-elf bastard son of a human female and a elven male drow. Ta'kar, though, looks more towards the light skinned races, as he has a clear human colored complexion, with silver hair and startling green eyes. He picked up his fathers' hatred of the light-skinned elven races, though, and will do what he will to try to decimate them or threats from them to his godhood status.
Chrysal happens upon the party as they are climbing the same mountain that he is aiming for in order to kill the great wyrm that lives there. He investigates and temporarily joins, becoming besotted with the elven ranger from the decimated Kith'tarkan city. He had known her ten years ago, whilst she was being taught how to serve in her mothers' court. Chrysal will defend any good folk in need, and is the bane of all dragons that conspire to harm goodly folk.
The order of Dragos'Myndaran is a group of foresters and warriors that watch the dragons that are remaining in the Realms, watching for traces of evil. They will take their revenge on any dragon that will attack any innocent folk. Their goal is to contain the evil ness of dragons, as after the Dragos Magnus, they, seeing the great destruction brought upon by dragons, have sworn to never let that happen again to the world of Akura.