Ok, let me apologize...I don't want you to think I was questioning your intelligence or anything.  Not knowing your plans for the storyline, I just thought it might be better for story unity if everyone was connected somehow.  But I assume you have a plan for where you want to go with the story.  Sorry if that came across in any way other than a simple question regarding what could be a good way to engender character and story development.  I didn't expect that to come across as a negative observation, it definitely wasn't meant to be.<br/><br/>Sorry for any confusion.