I'm an avid In Character player, and I DM one game...
I don't know much about FR, and I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing in this case... However, that said, I'm sort of looking for a home for a character concept I've been working on for a while. Since your allowing psionics, albeit lightly, I've been wanting to play a certain Psionic Warrior/Egoist/Slayer concept.
The character is themed on "mind over body" and "Discipline can overcome all adversaries" while still mixing and matching melee combat, quick touch-attack arrows, and Psionic combat. It's a little powerful In my opinion, because the character, with appropriate magic gear, can fight against things slightly above par. In low levels, it appears this character concept is over-powered. However, in higher levels, he seems to fall about center, not too strong or weak.
Big focus would be made to be the "center man" of the group. A little healing, a little archery, a little "magic", and a little melee, with some creative dodging and such thrown in. Racially, Human is still my best bet, with the Bonus feat and all. If not human, it would probably be wise to take a templated character with human wrapped inside.
Also, I want to know a little more about the "theme" of the campaign. You layed out the setting quite well, but unless I know whether we are talking "light hearted," "Dangerous," or whatever the theme is, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to just jump in.
Don't give away any plot or anything, please don't. To be specific, what kind of stlyle are you planning? Combat oriented? Adventure oriented? Role-playing oriented? Storytelling oriented? Munchkin oriented (I joke)?