Thanks all for the response. I had made a character to look around on Great Lakes but there was nobody in Haven but me. Since then, I'm trying to decide between two different characters on Lake Superior. The first was quickly helped rather significantly by a local, but I kind of wish I'd not taken the Warrior template (would have chosen Paladin if any of the templates). The second is an Archer/Fisherman

. Now the old pain of wanting to do everything at once resurfaces, too many cool options.
So I'm on as the first character now (Manatee) beating some training dummies in Haven. Will be more than happy to come and learn the 'real game' of Siege Perilous once I've got a little more time behind the wheel here