Name: Jeremiah Chamberlain
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: 16/07/1768
Sex: Male
Culture: Yankee
Political Leaning: Federalist
Background: Jeremiah Chamberlain is probably amongst the most successful merchants/businessmen in America, hailing from a modest middle-class family. Over the years, he has built up his family business so that by this point, he has a company successful in the textiles, shipbuilding, ironworks, arms manufacturing, and general trade as a whole. In addition to being a wealthy businessman and being amongst the first industrialists in the Empire, he is a staunch patriot and a loyal supporter of the Empire.
Name: John Gibson
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Date of Birth: 13/06/1774
Sex: Male
Culture: Yankee
Political Leaning: Whig
Background: John Gibson is a rising star in the American Navy during this period, hailing from a family of sailors. He has joined the Navy at a young age and distinguished himself in the Barbary Wars as a "war hero", leading to him becoming a Captain by the Canadian War, where he distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesapeake Bay with his frigate, the IAN Richmond, distinguishing itself under his command, surviving the battle even with the heavy damage it had suffered. As a result of his performance, he has been promoted to the Captain of the IAN Lexington, one of two surviving ships-of-the-line of the fleet which fought at Chesapeake Bay.