Well, from what I can see, Jaden and Hors (from his background and job), might know each other a bit, as Hors would be bringing wood to the mill, and he does have a little bit, if so what untrained, woodworking skill.
Keegan could come off as someone to find good places for lumber camps, and could be maping out the wood cuts for the Lumber Consortium. Raphael would also come off as someone that would be an office kind of guy, doing up contracts for them as well.
Effan, being the first of the gnomes in the group, seems to come off as a bit of a loner, but seems to have skill with leather, so would do well with the amount of work in the town, and would have plenty of work for new boots and shoes.
Faldor would be known by a few of us, as he is the bar rat(ok bar rat that sings and tell stories) so he would be well liked in the slightly over worked town.
Not trying to set up how anyone thinks, just thinking out loud, if you all wanted we could be on the golf team, or we could light bags of poo and leave them on door steps for giggles. I just like to look at the group and see what could have been happening, becase this is set in a town where most of us live in for a good amount of time, as apart to the, well you are all in a bar and having a drink.
But this is just how I am, I talk and plot, and I like to hear what you all think, seeing how most of us are all over the place and do not get to sit in the same room and eat hot pockets. So just some ideas, but we are all adults and this is a discussion, so I hope I get at least one gold star for effort.
You get more than one Gold Star from me! I was just trying to figure out the dynamics of the party in relation to one another and you summed it up quite well.
If anyone wants to be on friendly terms with one another, start figuring out how you know each other and let us all know your thoughts.
It isn't necessary that you all know one another as you can still jump into the group fairly seemlessly without knowing one another by the adventure's opening scene(not telling yet).
Thanks for the effort, Kail'er. I have a good feeling about this group.