It is of course very important to treat new players differently, much more in a way where you guide them and teach them how to properly play the game. However, I think that this whole incident where new players character has been executed will have a much different effect than most people think. I don't think he will be discouraged to play the game, but in fact encouraged. I mean...if someone tortured my char to death it would certainly give me a plenty of motives to continue playing the game and cutting off the head of that bastardly executor! Since this player already made a new character in Barca, I think he is on the right path for retribution. There is no greater motive that a fueling desire for vengeance. The death of his character has in fact drawn him into the plot very nicely, as probably he usually would not care that much.