What is the point of playing a Custom character from the eponymous city if several of the Origin Characters already hail from the Gate? Wyll is (allegedly) a local hero from the city, Astarion is from the city (if being held as a slave for a vampire counts as home). Can a custom PC who hails from the City (one of the more common races Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Gnomes, etc) give us the same connection/insight to the city as the Origin Characters? I ask because I want to make/play a custom character but will doing so give me any benefits/special moments like for a native for the Underdark or any of the more exotic races.
