You'll want to roll on Mateus, since, as you said, Balmung is locked.
(A bit biased here, since I personally play on Mateus, but it is still currently the biggest RP community outside of Balmung, and in my opinion, the best one, even counting Balmung.)
(A bit biased here, since I personally play on Mateus, but it is still currently the biggest RP community outside of Balmung, and in my opinion, the best one, even counting Balmung.)