My group consists of...
Braggi Thum: Female Half-Orc Bard. The daughter of Aria, a now-deceased prostitute from the Midnight Salute and of Cullen, the albino half-orc who works for Smenk. She loathes Cullen, who's never admitted to having sired her, so it should be good fun when they find out they need to go after him...
Bazlond Duerbek: Male Dwarven Ranger. Employed by the Greysmere Covenant as something of a rat-catcher and very much seeking to escape this lowly existance. Although he's been in town longer than anyone but Braggi, he's something of an outsider, due to his position and life as a dwarf. He's made friends with Gwen, though, as they both had discovered the old mining office and use it as a place to escape to.
Gwen Henry: Female Human Barbarian. Her secluded family was killed by bandit raiders when she was young, but she protected herself with her father's huge warhammer. How she found her way to Diamond Lake is still unknown, but she was sponsored by Smenk with the priests of St. Cuthbert. Recently, Smenk has been suggesting she could find another way to work off her debt to him, so she's looking for escape.
Brother Michael O'Malley: Male Human Cleric of St. Cuthbert. Brother Michael was a little too over-zealous in the pursuit of corruption in his home temple. He found himself "rewarded" by being sent to study with the head priest of one of the fastest-growing churches of St. Cuthbert in the region...Father Jierian Wierus. Wierus thinks Michael is a soft city-boy, and Michael thinks Wierus is insane. He seeks funds to make an appropriately large donation to his home church in order to be re-assigned to a better temple.
Rosco Readhand, a.k.a. Padfoot: Male Halfling Rogue. Never one to let an opportunity for profit go by, Rosco was wondering where some of his old friends had gone for a week, until he spotted Braggi in town with a big bag of gold. He basically attached himself to her until she grudgingly admitted that someone versed in trap-finding might well make everyone's life a little easier... (Rosco's player joined at the second session.)
This intrepid little group has just struck their bargain with Alastor Land's ghost, and they are taking his bones back to town with them...