As far as i can tell it's never too late to join, it is too late to get a lost magic art however.

in other news I have an intro post up, so yeah

EDIT: This is do I don't double post, yes I am that odd. 
After thinking about Force-Make I decided that a way to identify the different spell effects that I'll be adding to each spell needed to be developed for the sake of everyone, I have crafted such a system and had added it to my CS under the Spells section