I wound up getting this guy as a starter:
http://bravefrontierglobal.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Graven. Any good? Also, how the hell do you get more characters anyways (by this I mean the kewl bad-ass looking ones, not the derpy fuse fodder you get after every battle)? Just playing through quests? Alsooooo, I know fusing units causes you to lose the character you used for the fuse, but can you only use crappy characters? I don't want to accidentally fuse some super-rare character and lose it. Aaaand is fusion basically the only way to level up your individual characters? And last question for now... how do I evolve my characters into their stronger forms? Sorry for all the questions, but this game looks legit entertaining, and I don't really like too many phone games.
EDIT: Oh wtf, the free dragoon looking guy they give on FB is only for iOS platforms. Android get some other random looking dude.