I've been thinking of a few character ideas and figured the party is a bit light on warriors, so I've come up with two possible ways I can go with my character:
1) An ambidexterous Gold Elf fighter specializing in dual long swords using two-handed style
2) A Gold Elf Bladesinger (Fighter/Mage kit from Complete Book of Elves)
* Gold elves are the Forgotten Realms equivalent of Grey Elves.
Option 1 might make my character too similar to stevenberg's ranger, depending on how much he wants to focus on the two-weapon ranger ability.
Option 2 would make me a competent warrior with magical backup capabilities but I wouldn't want to be the main tank since my armor is limited.
As for background, my character would've been an up-and-coming, idealistic elven youth trained by a prestigious elven swordmaster school. During training he got into a fierce rivalry with a fellow student that ended up in a nasty duel and a facial scar. In my character's rage, brutal revenge was had and the elders decided to throw my character out to teach me a lesson. Hence my wandering.