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1. Does your race allow you to ignore the BAB prerequisites for Improved and Greater TWF? The Improved one normally requires BAB +6, and the Greater version BAB +11.

2. I dunno if Ken will allow level-adjusted races like this; he hasn't before to my knowledge, but we are getting further into the campaign, so it could be he will now. You do fit in thematically with Volreff.

3. If he does allow dragonkin, ask about the level buyoff rules in Unearthed Arcana, that let you use XP at certain levels to buy off the level adjustment. Ultimately it's a better deal XP-wise then constantly being 2 levels behind the group. (In my opinion, LA +2 or greater races are pretty much never worth it without the buyoff option, as for all the abilities they tend to be too fragile to survive for long without a lot of support from allies).

4. I think Ken had disallowed Penetrating Strike, from Dungeonscape, but he did allow me to take the alternate class feature from Complete Champion that lets you SA undead at half damage dice. Then again, it's possible that I forgot to ask him. Definitely worth checking into, since it is superior in pretty much every way to that class feature (since penetrating strike, though it only works when flanking, also works vs. oozes, constructs, plants, elementals, etc.).

Wait a sec! You have 7 racial hit dice for dragonkin?? You realize that each of those counts as a level too, right? So a 7 HD + Swa 3 + Rog 3 +2 LA = a 15th level character!

As a 9th level character you could take an unclassed 7-HD monster with a LA +2, but that would be it.

At least the racial hit dice explains the BAB thing from #1 above.

If you want a dragon-themed race, you might try dragonwrought kobold (again, only if Ken allows it). Venerable dragonwrought kobolds are considered to be pretty cheesy, but my guess is that even if Ken allowed the race, you wouldn't be able to pick the age category.

Is there anything in particular you are going for with your backup PC? EG, a Judan-like Swashbuckler/Rogue who goes a more two-weapon fighting route? If so, most likely your character would be from some distant port, and has had some shipboard experience to reach Farshore. (I can't imagine many of the native tribesmen being swashbucklers.)

Another option would be to create a native Olman character. I'm guessing in that case you'd be more likely to be doing a human barbarian/rogue hybrid.

You might be able to convince Ken to let you (or someone) run a catfolk PC, possibly the scion of the dead rakasta, perhaps one of a handful of survivors who fled their home when disaster overtook them, and now returning because signs/portents/whatever hinted that their ruined village had been broached. Catfolk are LA +1 I believe, but get +4 Dex and access to the catfolk pounce feat. A catfolk would make a good rogue or ranger/rogue type. Or maybe take just rogue, then after joining the group multiclass into swash until you can take Daring Outlaw.

For my backup character, I'm currently contemplating a native Olman spirit shaman (a divine spontaneous caster that draws from the druid spell list, found in Complete Divine). A wizard or cleric necromancer might be another possibility (i.e., an Olman village zombie master!).