TallIan
Explorer
[MENTION=6853819]TallIan[/MENTION] , no worries on jumping on my story, we all have to have formed as a group by the start anyway. In a similar vein, I was thinking Hunter and Magen would be trying to find Mikel. In his guild or tavern days Hunter could have heard of the bookworm wizard and would be searching him out for knowledge on the Dwimmermount or something like that.
The idea of SunGold’s religious order being our groups sponsor makes some since to me. The Guild Hunter belongs too could afford to be a sponsor but I can’t think of a real good reason they would spend the cash. A religious order though would seem to have plenty of reasons to want to look into the unknown.
That sounds good. I wasn't sure how much of Parian and Gao you have imagined, but they could be Lord Calaway's estate - I only really have a rough family tree with a miserly head. That would create a lot of overlap between the characters.
I do like your idea of seeking out Mikel, along the way - or he could stem from the same city.
Sungold's order would make a good sponsor, I'm not married to the idea of being sponsored by Lord Calaway. We'll have to see how we can fit the whole thing together. Or the group can have multiple sponsors - I guess?