Alright, I've decided on the list of characters I'm adding to begin with. First I'd like to thank everybody for your interest and your patience, and apologize preemptively to those who didn't make it in. Eight total characters is already far more than I bargained for, and, at least to start out with, I don't want to expand the total number of players too much and end up bogging down the thread's progress with everybody reacting to everybody else.
There will be opportunities to join in as we go along, with more slots potentially opening up once we have things rolling, or if people drop out. When/if that happens, those who already have submitted bios will have first dibs on the available slots, since there are really no sheets here that I actually want to reject on principle -- I just ended up having to narrow things down based on which characters had a lot of overlap or fewer ties to everybody else and ended up picking those who I felt would give us the most varied cast with the most things connecting them to bond or fight over.
So, without any further babbling on my part, in the order the people applied, the characters we're starting with are...
@ERode - Rossweine Lupus Grayle
@Izurich - Liese Victoire Brendorn
@Zeroth - Kaiser Underwall
@webboysurf - Nathaniel Lothwren
@Mcmolly - Dorothy “Dot” Auferrum
@Zombehs - Signar Wayland
@pkken - Zenshin Ferros
For those who didn't get their sheets in on time, I'll also extend the same offer as I did to those who didn't make it otherwise, and reserve the first extra spots for you.
In any case, I'll try to get a discord established and a starting post up tomorrow evening after I get off from work, so that we can finally get this show on the road! Thanks a bunch, and looking forward to seeing where this wild story takes us!