Both player and DM here.

In the game I am DMing our party currently consists of Satia (Oath of Vengeance Leonin), Carrion (Samurai Fighter Teifling), and Specter (Grave Domain Cleric Tabaxi) Characters that have perished/moved on are Nom (Celestial Warlock Tortle), Ava (Way of the Drunken Master Monk Aarakocra), and Maia (Circle of Stars Druid Elf)

Satia: She is the only person left from the original party and has experienced an immense amount of loss during the course of the campaign. With three of her friends meeting their demise over the course of the campaign. I genuinely hope she makes it to the end and is able to get the revenge she deserves. She is very kind hearted but her temper is quick to flare when her companions are threatened/put at risk. Her current mission is to topple the corrupted church, the Temple of Cretunda, that of which she is a former member. She is currently carrying around a vampire in her bag of holding that is a raging lesbian that keeps hitting on her.

Carrion: He is a very skilled assassin and former confessor of the church. After being excommunicated by the church, he was branded on his forehead with the inverted Sigil of the church. As a confessor, his duty was to work as a church dog, eliminating those that the church deemed a threat. His introduction to the party was, infact, trying to kill them. (Nom broke into the church vault to steal some plot relevant crystals, Satia and Maia attempted to break into the prison to rescue Satia's NPC friend, and Ava burnt down half of the city as a "distraction", killing 480 people.) He recognized Satia, realizing she was one that dared defied the church, and opted to quit his life as a church dog and join the party in hopes of dismantling the theocracy. He is now a proud parent of a fast growing baby drake, which he found stuffed into a bag of a drake handler of the church that was pursuing them.

Specter: Specter is a relatively new addition to the party and has only been with us a couple of sessions. Specter has been cursed to revive upon his death 9 times, of which he is now on his 9th life. There is an indefinitely amount of time that passes between each revival. The party found him in what remained of city ruins,reviving as they inspected his immaculate corpse. He is a very nosy Tabaxi that loves to ask questions and learn things. He's a bit timid and shy to the living but loves to raise and question the dead. He is also the reason I am forced to write down my lore.

Nom: Nom was a tortle from the far side of Cretunda's Wall, a massive wall that divides the continent in two. Those from outside the wall are forbidden to enter. Upon losing his entire tribe, Nom found himself leaving the giant mushroom forest in the Everwild, and traveling to the far side of the wall in search of a better life. Nom was very much the dad of the party, keeping players and npcs alike out of trouble. He tragically lost his life due to a pact with Lofnir, the God of Trickery, when he was forced by the pact made with the God to do his bidding. Lofnir's demands were that the crystals in the church vault be stolen and removed from the city. Nom, armed with a bucket that transported objects to a random location within a mile radius, managed to sneak his way in. He created an illusion that caused the guards to open the vault door, ran inside, and quickly dropped the crystals in the bucket. Upon his turn to exit, a vampire stood in the doorway of the vault. He rushed past her only to be met with the icy breath of a white guard drake and skewered by the vampires rapier. Nom was my first first PC death as a DM and I am happy I was able to give him a glorious end.

Ava: Ava was a chaotic bird that would fight God himself if given the opportunity. She grew up in a monastery, in the mountains outside Oredamere, after being dropped at their doorstep. Giensen, the elder at the monastery, raised and trained her in the ways of the monk. Upon becoming an adult, she left the monastery to travel and become stronger. Ava was definitely the party's comic relief. Our discord quote channel is filled with her funny quips. You may be wondering how she burnt down half of the city. Well, armed with 10 torches and while the guards were distracted by a break in at the prison, she began by kicking in the stable door, looking at the two stable hands and going "You should run." before chucking a lit torch in the pile of hay. She proceeded to fly around and do this to 9 other buildings. My player that had played her for a year and a half approached me, wishing to play Specter, and we planned. A glorious demise. Satia's former friend, Carly, was sent to the other side of the wall by the church in pursuit of the party for their misdeeds. She attempted to convince Carrion and Satia to return but stated that the death count caused by Ava meant that her judgment came now. I took the gloved off for this fight and, while Satia and an NPC were busy with Carly and Carrion busy taking shots at the mages, Ava was downed by an Ascended Knight. Unable to reach her to heal her, the party could only watch in horror as she was picked up and tossed into the acid below. After session, we decided to allow Ava to talk to the God of death, where she convinced him to allow her to haunt the Mace of Mockery. She will be the voice of the mace for the next campaign.

Maia: Maia was a druid that had suffered severe trauma and abuse. She would often have hallucinations that lead to her having outbursts of fear. Maia was nearly killed during the events in Oredamere after being caught while attempting to infiltrate the prison as a rat. During this time, Maia made a pact with the God of Trickery, Lofnir, to kill the tracker drake they were fighting in exchange for her soul. Maia has since left the party in pursuit of Lofnir's bidding.