I'm fine with making them NPCs for the interim and then giving them to people to play if more come. I like my character selection, too.
wait holyman your using an actual module for this based off of dragonlance chronicles? if so could you put up a link as to where you got the pdfs so i might convert it to 4e for use with my own campaign group.
None of the remaining mains intrest me, but i'd be happy to play Gilthanas when he makes his appearance.
that takes a load off because he joins (along with Tika) in DL2 and brings the party up to 10 possible PCs 
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Rulebook featuring "high magic" options, including a host of new spells.