They're Coming

As a reminder, did this, as with the other classes, give out a free character slot? I have a name held and all, but I may or may not make it immediately depending on the answer.

nexon made it an "explorer" class, so it won't be coming with a free slot (even though the damned thing has it's own "pick which character you want" button at the create a charatcer screen and it's own(?) cs inventory)

Is there any benefit to your existing characters from having the Dual Blade on the same account, like the in-account-tradable equips from Aran and Evan, or some new form of Blessing?
(Obviously if you put the DB on another account, it will miss out on those account-locked equips and the Blessing from your main, but I'm asking about the other direction).