[@McHaggis] That is definitely a possibility. Diedremere is a lot smaller than the other towns on the map, but also much bigger than your average village. This would allow for characters who live there to perhaps have "seen each other around" without actually knowing much other than maybe their name. I would suggest not having any characters be BFFs at the start, but if you want any of your characters to be a bit more acquanted, you're more than welcome to cook up some plans. 

Everyone started recieving their visions at the same time, but it's possible that not everyone packed their bags and immediately went. This will be explained more in the first post, but you all will have the option of your character already being there a few days, just arriving, or perhaps not having gone at all if you think that's something your character would be more inclined to do.