The Role play Handbook and our wiki is a good guide. Any questions about lore can be asked in RP discussion and if you want to find people to tie your character in with from the get go (as opposed to being stuck in a everyone is a total stranger) situation, then you can go to the making connections thread. I am not new the the community but when I was there was a lot of supportive and enthusiastic role players in the community. That number has only grown. I am sure you can pm most people here and they will help you with anything you need (Even me.)
