Updated my barbarian -- don't have time to finish the others now =/
EDIT: finished the others :3
I also realized that a strait of water is not a "straight". So the channel between the two landmasses is actually the Niriod Strait. Should I fix it on the map?

[hider=Nei Marly]Name: Nei Marly
Race: Human
Age: 29
Appearance: Nei is average height, of average build, with brown hair, brown eyes, tanned skin, and a short beard. There's really nothing about him that would make him stand out in a crowd, except for one thing: he always carries a large weapon. Surprising really, since he doesn't have bulging muscles.
Personality: When a fight comes his way, Nei just dives headlong into the fight and shuts out the rest of the world. Needless to say strategy isn't his forte... He is known for making firm, swift decisions after having given them hardly any thought. The fact that he's lasted so long like this speaks volumes about his skills. Unless it's about his teammates who've managed to keep him in check...
History: Nei grew up in the city of Herel. He had a little brother whom he loved dearly and would have defended from anything. Unfortunately, Nei was off helping his father on a business trip when "it" happened. Nei was 17, just learning how to pull the strings in the wealthy merchant sphere his father belonged to. One day, Kyll was attacked in the streets by a mad dog while walking home from school. Nei usually walked him home but since he was out learning business this time he couldn't help his brother. Nei blamed himself for his brother's death, and the next day he ran away from home, taking only a small leather pouch and a battle axe as heavy as he could lift from one of the warehouses. From that day on he never went back to his former life, never even thought of it. He roamed the world for a few years, getting odd jobs, finding his way into Alberyn. One day about two years later, he heard some White Shields talking about recruiting. The White Shields suited his his desire for justice and his need for fighting. So he joined their ranks and as usual, never looked back.
Skills: Wields a battle axe or a mace. Or both. (Usually an axe, though.)[/hider][hider=Nainë Kylór]Name: Nainë Kylór
Race: Human
Age: 23
Appearance: Nainë has very short, curly, dark brown hair, and big grey eyes rimmed with thick lashes. She looks somewhat fragile with her small stature, pale skin, and thin face, but under her cloak she hides well developed muscles.
Personality: quiet, loyal, bookish but a little restless (needs to travel)
History: Nainë grew up along the shores of the Misty River in a town just south of the great forest. She learned to worship the spirits of nature, and she still does. She learned magic from an Elf who was a friend of her parents. Near the end of her apprenticeship, her mentor decided Nainë needed to see more of the world than one small town in Palyis. This was the first time she had left home, and when the two women finally came back Nainë found she had caught wanderlust. She bid goodbye to her friends and family and left in search of some White Shields she had met on her previous trip. This was three years ago.
Skills: magic. woo. Very diverse skills, but that also means she's not extraordinarily proficient in any specific field. She likes to throw spectacular fireballs. She carries a large staff with a crescent on top surrounding a glowing light. The crescent helps focus her magic but can be removed so she can fight with her staff if need be.[/hider][hider=Kainen Elest]Name: Kainen Elessth, goes by Kai. When he needs to give his full name, he says Kainen Elest because it sounds more human.
Age: lol. I dunno. How long do Elves live? When do they become adults? For that matter, how long do dwarves live, and nature spirits?
Race: Elf
Appearance: Looks in his twenties. Longish black hair, green eyes. The tips of his ears were snipped off by a spiteful enemy in his youth. He had them cut down and healed to a rounder shape (by a magician) so they'd look human. They still don't look quite human if you look very closely, but it's good enough so that most people don't notice he's an elf. He couldn't bring himself to go back home after his humiliation, and he thought being human would make life easier in human towns. The other reason he pretends to be human is that without his ears, he feels diminished in his elfhood.
Personality: very proud (pride is basically the reason he hides that he's an elf).
History: He was born in the Dennu Woods; right next to the border of Valkan, but at the same time very near to the Imlar region. (His mother is from Valkan and his father is from Tel Mysa.) He spent his first couple of decades near that area, mostly among Elves, but since then he's travelled Taeren far and wide. New to the White Shields.
Skills: He's an excellent swordsman, wielding a two-handed longsword. To human eyes he doesn't look strong enough to wield heavier weapons, so he's stayed away from them. His elf eyes also make him a good shot with a bow, but he'd rather get himself dirty.[/hider]