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EDIT: Oh, I think I may not have explained this idea well enough; By having everyone meet, I didn't mean at once, I meant like, "While Kait is wandering, she met Izerk, who then hired Rane, and then blah, blah, blah, etc." That may be a bit too complex and an issue to organize though. I'm fine with the first objective being a fight of some kind that brings all the PCs together.
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We could start broken up, but we'd need some kind of common goal that would send us in the same direction - so that would need hashing out. And if we did go with that option, it'd be best if we at least paired up so no one is left talking to themselves for ten posts. 

Maybe one of our characters could act as some kind of ring leader, and has sent a message across the realm to "peoples of interest" calling them to a meeting place, where they can discuss how to bring the war to its end. Thus you have all of us coming in from different directions. 

I mean personally I can handle anything. Big group gathering from the very start, or the lonesome road for a introduction period, s'all good with me. 

What does everyone else think about all this?