We know that with two new pantheons (Chinese and Shinto) opening up very, very soon (11:59 PM EST tonight and we'll place a temporary comment on the reserve page to mark that) we wanted to do something for everyone apping or planning on it.
Due to the high interest, we'll allow everyone with seven characters or less to reserve up to four characters at a time. Those who requested at two slots can have one more (bringing them up to three). This is optional but we thought it would be nice so no one has to wait if they really would like to bring in more.
This also will be helpful when we have the planned world shift sometime next month and we know how much harder it is to introduce new characters then.