Very good! Welcome back Voda, you're the only missing one, then we can re-start.
Garyh, I definitely like Thandorin's story, there's only one problem: the Feywild is unaccessible from Barnost, and has been for hundreds of years (unless you find a very good IG reason to make an exception). Thandorin might be one of the rare Eladrin found in Barnost, possibly coming from Partas, a city of refined military arts and fearsome army, but where officers are known to be almost exclusively of dragonborn race?
Or maybe Thum-Binyas, known both for its arcane academies(where Malek was educated too), and the military ones, but the birth is all-important to reach the highest spheres of command?