You don't to read all those pages, just make an amnesiac character. Seeing as your character can only use information they know, and they know nothing, you can know nothing. So, yeah you should join.

The game is only as big as how many character you have. For me? It's huge. I have half a dozen character swarming around with a thousand stories to hear and say.

If you start with one, your world is small and it's easy to follow. You get used to it fast. Give it a shot.

@EW I'm in your same boat, in the NBZP I never planned going past two characters. Now I have nine characters and am in the works with two others.