OOC: I think I'd like you guys to make up some "contacts" you might have in the surrounding area. I'll give you each three, and as a free one you can pick another of the PC's if you want. Examples might be someone with ties to a Gavar noble house, or a wizard or cleric, or something of that sort.
From looking at characters, I can see some obvious connections:
Arin and Marcus, both weaponsmiths, both in Gavar now
Ashe and Saxon, same general area in the Grand County of Narrap.
Vargo and Arin and/or Marcus, all living in Gavar.
Ashe and Arin, both members of a more elite, swashbucklingy strata of the common class.
Its up to you how you want in character relations to go, and these sort of connections just spring to mind for me.
It looks like we might have a sixth for the game, and with luck we'll get him in the thread as well.
When I get ready to change us over to "the present", rather than this preliminary tavern thing, I will set up an IC and an OOC thread.