Don't see a reason why we shouldn't have you guys, unless you can't write for crap or something :p.

As for death, I'd say no. At least in my opinion, I don't think anyone would want a character they worked hard on to make and polish up for this RP to all of a sudden be killed in some fight gone wrong. I also don't think they'd like to just toss said character out and replace them with... pretty much the exact same thing with a different name just to keep playing as someone they wanted to use all the way.