I'll be getting my first post up tonight. I think I'm just gonna have Liam come in as someone looking to join; have him start off in the lower echelons.
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I think I should do something similar, but I don't think she'd be welcome initially if she did things like that. The whole...walking in business.
I'm just gonna point out here that there are two characters already waiting in the wings for an IC introduction, both of whom have been waiting since the last version of this game (and therefore get first dibs!). While nothing stops you waiting for your introduction, introducing lots of characters all at once with the due levels of caution from the Ashes will get repetitive and clunky and, frankly, be quite out of character for the Ashes.
If you want to hold onto your characters until it's basically 'their turn', that would be fine, but, given how unpredictable any RP's pace is, we can't actually guarantee when that might be.
If you're keen to jump in now, I would just recommend being legit members from the off.