Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Start out
Start out verb - Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
Both terms in one sentence
- That said, both clans start out with one significant character each and a bunch of generics before the heroes join.
Source: Rookie Red Ranger -
Storywise, in the first game, you start out as a Confederate Magistrate, until you bust Raynor out of his court martial and join La Résistance, at which point you are referred to Commander.
Source: Commanding Coolness - They start out as a Big Bad Duumvirate, but Hook is later cast out of it while Cora gets her daughter to join her.
Source: Big Bad Ensemble
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