The party has been restored to life, after three years separated from their souls. The creation of the tainted waters filled the PCs with evil. Their benefactor, a spectral hag, used a variation on a spell, incinerating their bodies while trapping their souls in gems. A cult following of sorts has developed, around the "Children of the Hag Queen", a.k.a. existing party members, whose likenesses are presented as statues.