I'd be interest in joining but is it absolutely necessary to create a new character. I mean my friends had me play the game for a week before letting me join just so I would understand the basics. After that week was up I made a new character and joined their village. A week after that they stopped playing this and now play WoW nonstop. After supplies ran out in the village I went out on my own and built a camp out in the woods for myself. Since then I have played only by myself now that I have a character that knows quite a bit but I really don't want to start over. Isn't evident enough that I would walk away from my out post which has offered safety and there is an ample food supply because I am remote enough that rabbits and chicken show up often enough without competition form other harthlings.
If I do need to make a new character. I will consider it.