I would try and come up with something that makes both sound like they are right. So maybe say that only two HIGH level clerics of Pelor died, yet there was another low level cleric who died in the accident as well. So three priests DID die... and only two high level clerics were killed.
Sean Mahoney
I noticed the same thing. It's one of those minor errors that slipped in during editing I suppose. The magazines allways mentioned only two clerics. I went with that number. After all, it's only a shrine (although, again, the HC does use the word church a couple of times). On the other hand, I like Sean's solution too.
Another conflict is that the timeline mentiones that Embril killed the two clerics and plane shifted the boddies to an unknown place. Kind of strange if they where killed in their own shrine under a collapsed roof eh? It does deprive the pc's of the chance to question the clerics as to the cause of their death.
The name and race of the two (or three) killed priests weren't mentioned anywhere in the HC.
One of my own PC's also plays a cleric of pelor. She was sent to Cauldron to replace the recently killed priests. Although she was only a novice, It was all the Church of Pelor could manage on such a short notice. Kristoff was made high-priest until a suitable replacement could be found.
The conflict between Embril and the shrine of Pelor goes back a long time. The site is a place of ancient power. In fact, it is on that same spot, many miles below Cauldron, that the cagewrights eventually constructed the tree of shackled Souls. The shrine of Pelor is merely the last in a line of many shrines that where constructed in that spot. Before, it was a holy place to Moradin the Soul forger, and before that, Nerull the Reaper.
Embril has long plotted to drive the shrine of Pelor from that spot, so that she could claim it for herself (and the cagewrights, of course). It was through this plotting that the previous high priest of Pelor became aware of Embril’s connection to the cagewrights, although he had not yet informed her superiors in Sasserine, nor his lover and fellow high-Priestess. Embril decided to strike quickly, before her membership of the cagewrights became more widely known. She magically weakened the roof right above the high-priest’s bedchamber, and collapsed it when they where both in bed.
Kristoff had to burry her two superiors on her own, although she did get some help from the Sacrem Delasharn of st. Cuthbert.
Officially, Kristof is male. The roof collapse/Embril murder and plane shift was a change between the magazine and the hardcover to make more connections than already existed.
No real stats for Kristof exist; I recommend using the Human Cleric from the DMG.
Cauldron does not have a graveyard; there is a mausoleum underneat the temple of Wee Jas for those that can afford it, but most people are burnt (and I assume their ashes are thrown in the central lake).
Mistakes are always made, its the way of life. Consider it a challenge; the correct version is always the one you want to use.
You can find a map of the Shrine of Pelor (and St. Cuthbert, Kord and Wee Jas) at the SCAPResources page at http://scapresources.envisable.com.
Shackled City can be difficult at time. But in my experience the deaths don't happen often enough that a second character would be needed that quickly.
Other people have posted corrections for you, but something to keep in mind: The Church of Pelor is a small player in this and not central to the plot outline. They don't even affect the plot outline. You can pretty much do whatever you want with them.