strategus is down at the moment. you will have to wait a little
1) when the christmas period is over, go to:
strategus.c-rpg.net2)the above
3) strategus is always on your main character
4)crpg gold cannot be transferred into strategus gold, except when you make a trade with someone. you will have to make the gold in strategus by trading.
5)you can join as randommer, there is a new 'coalition' started to help randommers out:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/F-POChowever, joining as randommer will be pretty hard. i would suggest you read the strategus diplomacy forum very good before you start to trade. most factions will attack players on sight that are trading in their towns as when you trade, you actually 'steal' suply&demand and that is something the factions dont want.
6)if you have questions, you can join
Peasants United (click banner below my post), we are a non-profit support organisation for new players mainly focussing on crpg where we train new players and give them free (loomed) items. We are not bound to any clan. We also have a trainer for strategus that is leading the above mentioned faction. If you want, he can help you out as strategus is a pretty big mess