Assuming there will be towns and villages along the route, it should be no problem picking up new players along the way.  Their introductions could describe where they are (name of town, etc.) and what their situation is prior to our arrival.  The new player and phoenix could work out the names of towns and leave the descriptions of the towns to the new player.<br/><br/>If the party gets separated at some point or of Phoenix has a specific place in her plans where some players might start out or end up, then you can create a separate thread for that place, but I blather on and on...:)