Hello there, not sure if this is the right board to ask this in, but here's my case anyway.
I logged in today to find that my main character was missing. When creating a new character, there of course was a runestone asking me if I wanted to inherit.
I am very sure of something, though, I logged out the night before while standing somewhere in my village. That means my character was not in the game world, right?
I never got to read up what happens to the character when you log out when not in a bed, but I never, ever encountered a character in the gameworld that wasn't either active, afk or in a bed, so there couldn't be a random animal or murderer causing me harm.
So the next thing to ask, was I tracked down?
No. My character didn't even have Theft, Rage, or anything else that could leave scents that would summon my character to his hearthfire. Actually, I never even touched claimed land (safe for passing through in a boat) in the last few days because I had a rather intense phase building up in the village and introducing newcomers to the game.
How could I still be dead? A random bug? Did the backup fuck up?
Anyone had something similar happen to him/her or a friend? And most importantly, if it turns out to be a mistake, do I get my stuff back? I had some keys important to my village on me.
Thanks in advance.