First of all, welcome to The Dark Star, Lugia!

Allow me to address each of your concerns. Some of the more lore-based answers I give are more-so my judgement based on the world that MercuryHg34 (my co-GM) has explained to me as our Lore-GM, and anything I don't fully answer for you can be better explained by him. The more game-play focused questions will probably have more concise answers, as I'm the Mechanical-GM.

[quote=Lugia]
Say, just a question, um, would it be okay if I had a non-human character in this? As in, not just flat-out play as some random animal, instead, he'd be someone who failed with a summoning spell, or had a complete failure while casting a FTH-based spell... I'm trying to decide what kind of creature that he'd end up as, though...[/quote]
The short answer is "kinda." Mercury said earlier on that the only sentient race in this RP is humans. However, after reading your questions over my shoulder, he told me to tell you that you could play as possibly a humanoid, possibly a mutant that is still technically human, transformed in your backstory. Such deformities could lead to extraordinary abilities that appear on your character's Personal Skills.

[quote=Lugia]
Oh, and, I suppose if I were to put him in a class, it would be the Red Mage... as in, completely balanced stats, capable (though not great) at whatever you ask him to do[/quote]
We aren't playing with classes at all. You will be able to mold your character's abilities as you see fit with access to every skill and non-personal ability in the game. This lets some players emulate traditional classes for ease of play while other players get creative and build something no one's ever seen before!

[quote=Lugia]
however, he'd have very low FTH (possibly even 3 at level 1) why, though? He's an athiest, lol (a better description is that he lost his faith after failing so badly at that summon/spell, thinking that no sane deity would allow that to happen).[/quote]
[quote=Lugia]
Anywho, his stats should still be balanced for a level one character, and he'd still be capable of speaking (especially with decently high DEX and INT), and I was thinking that, due to his atheism, once Dark magic is discovered by the players, he MAY (I'm not the one in charge here) be the first character to use it... again, only if you don't mind.[/quote]
Having low FTH is fine, but Atheism is something that would just be side-eyed very easily by other characters in the world. Evidence of the Guardian Deities existences is obviously prominent in this world, so outright denying their existence is, while entirely your own choice, not wise if you intend to have at least decent relations with NPC's and other PC's. Low FTH can also be interpreted as apathy or ignorance towards the tenants or concerns of the Guardian Deities.

Also, any questions or comments about Dark Magic OOC will not be addressed by GMs in any way. It is our intention that the players are... [i]kept in the dark...[/i]