To be completely honest Mae, it always bothered me when I'm in a game and there is no relation ship between the players. These are people YOU are traveling the world with, willing to die for and protect, yet no one knows who each other are? I always found if you establish something like we are part of an adventure's guild or something, that at least set's ground of who we are, why we know each other and why I should bother wasting my healing spells on you. I'm a long time D&D player and have found that preset relationships (Friends, co-workers, siblings, lovers, so on so forth) not only makes the game more interesting, but makes the story more interesting.