Had three characters for Online, had logged in and was at the character selection screen. Got distracted and had to wait, when I tried to get in (online) with my Forge Guard, it said I had lost connection so I had to go back and select play online again. When I did this, Forge Guard character was gone.
UPDATE:
Played a little on one of my other characters, logged off to desktop, logged back in and… BAM!! He’s back.
Must be a glitch in the display.
Thanks for all your hardwork getting us here, and looking forward to the future.