[@Mortarion], looks good. Only required change is lowering the amount of money Tsleeixth has, since it's currently the same as he had in chapter 1.

[@Chicken], you don't need to read Fruits of Contention chapter 1 or the NRP (though you can if you want to). I'm working on a summary of the first chapter and it should be out in a couple of days. 

All of our characters start off in the same group. You can customize how your character got to the group, and he/she doesn't even have to sign up as a mercenary. For example, they can simply be a paid passenger or have applied for general labor on the ship. The only requirement is that the character needs be at Solitude on Last Seed 5, the time when IC starts.