Aaban:
By, continuing, you mean a new campaign, right? Dropping the storyline running to date? All new characters, all new plot?
Yes a new storyline. The characters that existed prior (which is you at this point) will stay at the same XP and those who joined will be at that amount as well. It looks like Arc will be changing to a Gryph Hunter for some combat ability for the group (he volunteered). Otherwise the lineup is as follows: Aaban, Arc's new character, Batrac, Leaves Whispers, and Padaran. I did see that the person who was going to take over Novo logged in but I don't know if that means they are playing.
Since it IS a new storyline and Aaban you are the only remaining member of the original group you are welcome to make up a new character if you like. That actually applies to anyone else although Leaves Whispers put a lot of work into spells and the character so I don't see that happening there. Batrac seems content with his PC and I imagine Padaran's player wants to see the PC get used as well.