Usually in cases like this one it is due to an intermediate state of the server. If it continues more than a half hour, try going to the CeB chat and asking if there is a server problem. I strongly suspect Placio's explanation is correct.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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