Noob question on character creating scene before game starts.

Basically I have a simply 2D dungeon game with the controls all laid out.
I understand that the network manager has an offline and online scene. I want to have a scene in between the two of them to select the character the player wants to play.

Something like......
Main Menu Scene where it has the connect/ host button.
Then a character selection screen.
Then the scene where everyone plays.

The problem is I have the registered player prefab being spawned when I try to make the character...

Noob question on character creating scene before game starts.