Unfortunately my gaming group fell apart and won't be joining back up again for quite some time, so there's no more story to be told . I did try to find this thread to inform everyone but could no longer find it on the boards (it fell of the first two pages and I could no longer access it?)!
I've considered trying to wing the story on from here, but to be blunt I simply don't have the talent (I relied on the session events to weave a story).
Thanks all for your kind support! I hope to return some day with the tales of a new adventuring group
For any lurkers on this thread - I've hauled the beginnings of this tale and am throwing it into a Google doc where I'll be attempting to turn it into something that is a little more polished (I'm signing up to a writing group.). If you'd like to follow along, then please PM and I'll get you added.