[@Blackbeard]Absolutely! I'm currently in the process of dragging you all together! I have Altim with Ansur now, and Ellarian is going to be introduced to them soon. I [i]plan[/i] on getting Ki'ira to Ansur (if she doesn't keep running away) and your character, as you may have noticed, isn't [i]really[/i] being sent to go and find a great warrior in one of the external villages ;) 

I have RP'd a lot of games in my time, and I am aware that it has taken a little longer than I previously thought to get everyone together because the group is somewhat larger than I had originally anticipated, but rest assured, the group is coming together. Expect an appearance from our story's big-bad very very soon.