The answer is, indeed, yes. Pre-generated characters will be provided and must be used in this game.
I'll hopefully be contacting each of the lottery winners in advance of the game to pre-select pre-gens and then get the character sheets to them. I'd like all players to have a chance to read them ahead of time and ask me any questions about the game.
The 18+ rating on this game is also there for a reason. As the blurb states, this is a game for adults in which all sorts of profanity and obscenity may be directed toward you, and various unfair and brutal things in bad taste may happen to your character. If any lottery winners are likely to find this Taste of the Blight not to their liking, they should contact me asap.