[@Lord Orgasmo] Fair question that I will put in the OP as soon as I answer it here.

We will be beginning just before the official ceremony of joining, [abbr=Mostly because that would kinda just be a bunch of pompus fluff that I don't want to write, but the actual induction might have some significance. Plus, it's a slightly more dramatic way to start a story.]but after the trial.[/abbr]