>>536584665
Phrolova isn't from before the lament, she is probably only a few hundred years old.
>>536584690
I don't think there is a need. First having characters don't affect most of the game content (they lend you characters for story and often in events), only endgame stuff kinda matter but the difference between doing the easy floors and 100% is like 2 rolls a month (so you need years to pay a single character). Second, you'll get 1 to 1 and a half full pity per patch entirely f2p, meaning even with bad luck you'll have at least 1 character every 2 patches (or 2 with average luck), which will get you to the endgame soon enough since powercreep has been slow so even 1.0 characters (and some standards) can still complete everything.