Welcome Misery and Zeevico, take a look around (including the play-by-post thread) and chat with the other folks in the game around these parts. You can also check out a
wiki I'm currently working on for the campaign. Note that it's a work in progress so far and I will be adding more information to it regularly. The most important information is located on the
Virianas city page but the rest of the wiki will get you a general idea on the campaign. The other characters are located
here on the Past Campaign page (long story really). Feel free to make whatever suits your fancy but fair warning: we have a surplus of warrior-types and could use some spells and a skill monkey

If you have any questions feel free to ask, if you feel possessed to make a character up go ahead and post it on the wiki (on the Past Campaign page) or in a post on these forums. As soon as you're done we can fit you right into the game itself!
PS. Don't worry about the dice roller here, it's kind of confusing. We're trying to get an easier one to use but for now you can always use
Invisible Castle, which is a bit easier in my opinion.
PPS. In case you don't have the D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook, here's a link to the always useful
Hypertext System Reference Document.