Hello Sirenia!

I am in a linkshell called "revelations" which has plenty of new players and those with levels around yours. I myself have a 36 WHM and 22 GLD, among others. I have 5-6 friends (some IRL) that play on Excalibur and we party/quest together and are pretty friendly. Send me a /tell in game sometime.

Ptolomy Claudius is the LS leader
Dragonblade Dynasty and Star Whisper are also able to give out shells.