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It's a marvelous game with dozens upon dozens of hours of content for a single playthrough, with replay value like crazy because of all the different classes, subclasses, and story choices available.

Your starting party basically includes all the origin characters, yes. You find a few of them early, then a couple more a short while later. They all come pre-loaded with a class, but you can respec them as well if you like. Just keep in mind that respeccing them to a totally different class might lock you out of class-specific dialog options down the road.

I respec'd my Shadowheart to Tempest Cleric because Call Lightning is just so damn cool.