Starting this late in the year is never really the best time for an RP to start in general. With or without NaNoWriMo, it's just the ending months of the year. Especially now that we are almost midway through November, and December getting closer. People will be disappearing to be with family.
I was thinking somewhere along that line if he didn't get on and respond today.
The reason for hesitation is I've assumed things like that in other RPs in the past and got all the aggro.
Looking in the characters tab @Slypheed, it'd probably be safe to assume they're lieutenants until corrected, and just make an edit. That's the rank everybody else has gotten.
I was thinking somewhere along that line if he didn't get on and respond today.
The reason for hesitation is I've assumed things like that in other RPs in the past and got all the aggro.