I recently got the starter edition for For Honor, and didn't know that along with the three vanguard characters it unlocked the base characters of a faction. I chose the wrong faction by mistake, and now seem to be at a loss. Is there a way to either re pick my faction to unlock the characters I prefer or restart?
Follow this video to change your faction. As for the characters, I believe they will remain unrecruited until you purchase/recruit them. They're super cheap to recruit though, I believe 500 steel per character except for the DLC ones. You can easily do orders and get a lot of steel in Multiplayer.
Note: You can still use the unrecruited characters, however you won't be able to customize them until you own them.