It is with some small twinge that I’ve come to find that my previous character, Gentoo, is officially gone.

I decided, in a moment of weakness that I would take advantage of Square-Enix’s Return to Vana’diel campaign.  Bringing back Gentoo would have given me access to a character that had moderate crafting skills in Alchemy and Cooking, as well as a few bits-and-ends of gear that would be helpful to my static mates, or to myself as auctionable goods.

Alas, after going through the restoration process, SE has no record Gentoo.  Or of my other characters that matter (Redhat and Xubuntu also appear to be gone without record).

I’m not really upset about it.  I am disappointed, of course, that SE thwarted me getting access to a source gil.  But the there’s a darker undertone, that’s hard to put word to.

I don’t have the desire to play Gentoo any longer.  But knowing that a character that serves as a touchstone to various friends is gone for good is something of a somber note.

Update:

After a fair number of calls to SE technical support, Gentoo was retreived — although in a very odd state; equipment an gil that I know I had given away when I quit was back, equipment I know was not given way had disappeared, and equipment that I had tossed in early levels was back in my Mog House Safe.