I highly doubt that was the real beginning of the game, if you look at your stats in the beginning of the demo your character is at level 5 already. I would hope that each character has it's own unique game start, if not then I would have to agree with you on that.
well i was just thinking if they dont have unique starts its really gonna cut down on replayability..i know i wont start another character for a long time after i finish with the first one if they all start out the same place..