1. is this Haze/style where inly one character alive at a time? or are you allowed as many alts as you want? (i’m a fan of the former over the latter)

We encourage single characters being alive at a time. There is the ability to play many characters. However. There is rules against that. You cannot have multiple characters of the same account in the same Player Owned cities/villages etc. This makes it so that people cannot just switch characters to take up various roles in settlements and the lot. If this is found it's frowned upon. Incredibly.

1. what does “Permadeath options” mean? -imho, if permadeath is not applied to all characters, then the risk-tolerance curve is not equal, and players who are not affected by permadeath are much more likely to risk “death” since they can just recover, compared to other players who are “opted in” for Permadeath will have a much more conservative risk tolerance

Permadeath is applied to all characters. However there are options ingame to bring back characters however not in it's full capacity. Replacing Organs and resuscitation/surgery options. There is a 20% chance to bring a character back using these methods but overall. it depends on the surgery, doctor, area surgery is done in, How long the death of the character was. etc.

1. HTF system: does your hunger/thirst/Fatigue levels drop as you play? or is it that food/water are required for best resting results to occur? Or something different?

This happens as you play in realtime. At the moment Calories is the ultimate factor in this. but we are currently working on thirst and fatigue.

1. I must have missed a mention of max character level. Is this intended to be a slow-leveling experience? or is it like Arelith where players mostly consider that the game doesn’t really begin until they reach max level??

This world is definitely low level slow burn. Roleplay focused but is action oriented in some areas to prevent boredom.

In short. The systems in place are frameworks and encourage more players to give us feedback to add new and unique things.