Hi Donald - CJ from UK Freeforms here. :) It occurs to me that the Ring structure makes for an ideal Freeform, and that in fact the Council of Sartar article by Greg reprinted in Wyrm's Footprints is very much a Freeform. I have always intended to run it as such. freeform characters are extremely easy in my experience to convert to HQ rules, and vice versa - I'd cheerfully discuss it but it is drifting off topic. :)
cj x