Hey ZomgEary, good to see you again too!
You should be able to transfer your characters database over, you just need to tell us what your characters_db_version is.
I did a .server info in my mangosd.exe window and it came up with this:
ManNGOS/0.16.0-DEV (* * Revision ELDER 0.0.2 - *) for Win32 (little-endian)
Using script library: ScriptDev2 (for MaNGOS 9414+) Revision [*] * * (Win32)
Using World DB: Elder Database 0.0.2.19 with ScriptDev2 1596
Using creature EventAI: ACID 3.0.3 - Full Release for Mangos (3.2.2a Client)



Can't find the character database version herein though, could you tell me please where to find that info?