Missing characters/Character Creation (Single Server Only Issue)

[Nomad]

I was playing on the Pi server yesterday and attempted to zone into Permafrost. Client locked on zone load for a full 10 minutes so I alt-tabbed and closed EQ. Since then, I don't see any of my characters on the Character Select screen.

I try to create a new character and the name is rejected by the server.

I logged into my other account (which had no characters created on the server) and had the name rejected problem again.

I can still log into the rest of the emu servers with both accounts.

Any ideas? I searched the boards for a good hour and a half and I couldn't find anything related.