I liked Corncob's build except for WildShape.
I would stay away from the WildShape, as only your beast form powers work in it. And your beast form powers do not work in bipedal form.
Course then you can turn into and animal and wander around all day, and thats kinda cool from a story...
Fey Charging Barbarian
And even more of a stretch but is the martial version of my previous post.
Again Ritual Caster + skills= 3.5's I can do anything with wizard and druid magic
This guy only gets 2.3 basic melee attacks per round=).
charge -> Howling Strike
on fey step->...
Again at least somewhat liberal interpretation is required to not screw yourself with MAD.
Here is an eladrin build I had sitting around.
Again Ritual Caster + arcana, nature and religion gives you all the story magic you need.
Then what do you do in combat? which is why we are here=)
This...
So your question seems to be how do I make a cool roleplay character, in a roleplay heavy group, that also kicks some butt when it comes down to mechanics.
Keys to success:
1. Attitude: you got in spades and makes the roleplay heavy group work
1. Mechanic is seperate from flavor...