Maki--sounds great. I think Elizabeth would work well with Zada or Lorcan either one. Although, Lorcan is capable of a few more warm fuzzies than Zada is. Zada is basically an ice queen. LOL
Quincy--yeah, james is always looking for younger pack members. that would be good.
christian--he should get connected with robert. there's been an arrangement by the daily prophet to get the first rights to all ministry news. that might be worthwhile for him perhaps?
Selwyn--i haven't used andrew in ages, and he's a 6th yr gryffindor now. he's been mentoring under michael tremaine for the last 6 yrs learning to hone his pickpocketing skills to advance to much more sophisticated thievery skills. Probably not on the Hogwarts cirriculum. i've also got poppy, who is marcus belby's daughter--she's a 2nd year. i'm presuming since addie is temporarily absent, that marcus would have custody of her, since Ana Levski is her mother. she, i'm sure, knows far more about her father and what he does, etc., than she realizes she knows.
morally gray folks--well, that's largely lorcan and robert. Either one would work well there.
i haven't had a chance to use Solstice yet, so that would be good!
i loved the thread w/ shylock. that would be fun to follow up on. good idea!
I love gideon. he's got his own little sense of morality and he's just all charged up about dark, elemental magic. that could be a lot of fun. i think gideon probably got rid of his npc wife awhile ago. he and destrey could be very interesting.
elliot and khaat's crew would indeed be interesting. they are fairly normal, you're right. michael tremaine might be more interesting, if you're looking for a bit of a culture shock. he's got this houseful of sentient furniture/stuff from a spell gone wrong years ago. he gave up trying to undo it, and he just goes with it now. michael's sense of normal isn't even normal for the wizarding world.
michael--michael would definitely know khaat and robert, or i presume so, since they work for him. that would work too.
It all sounds good to me.