hmm when newbies ask me help, I usually give them 5m, guide to X (maybe help them get a yellow eagle) and then to Nomads Lair [the story starts @ Death Valley not @ Nephele btw]
1: in CF we call the CF background story "quests" 2: well, implementing a REAL storyline is REALLY hard - you need a script, the technical scripts, audio etc etc
naah it's just a quest.. there was a talk about a full CF storyline [replacing the nomad thing] in one of the next versions or something but dunno about it...