@Characters:
Never played with Sebille, but Ifan is a softie and no remorseless killer on a manhunt.
He saw the order doing something in the war(?) with the elves under his command and he wants to find out, why Alexander gave the order to do that.

Beast is not really a pirate but some kind of resistance leader. And he doesnt really want to be that.

Fane and the Red Prince are the people i dislike the most, so i never played with them.

@Conclusion:
So far i like the first one better too, or at least the combat system. But even there were big weaknesses. It was too easy and this game is too easy too.