Worldstones is meant to be a small group storyline. It is not going to have a large cast, and since a big part of the beginning of the game is going to have the Chosen alone or with a very limited interaction base, we will be relying heavily on NPC interaction at first. You are
highly, highly encouraged to add some NPC icons to your journal to hop into open threads in areas where there wouldn't be much interaction otherwise.
NPCs don't require an application; if you're in the game, we either know you win at life, or we liked your application enough to give you a shot at not being a douche and trust you to handle an NPC or four.
NPCs can be anyone from barkeeps to slaves to other travelers to merchants to nobles to guards. Have fun with it.
( That said ... )