Colonel Eddard Banning is a member of the rich and powerful Banning family. He has served in the army all his adult life, and aspires one day to the rank of General.
Currently, he serves on the general staff in several capacities, most often seen by the players as their liaison to the king. Whenever the king needs the services of the players, Banning comes to the temple of Balder to talk to them.
Eddard is devoted to his service to the country, and has not yet married. He was born in 1135.