I now have only 14 characters and I am missing 12 characters on my main account. They were all there Yesterday morning.
Sometimes the character select screen acts weirdly. Log in, don't select a character, and then use the up arrow a bunch of times, then the down arrow several times. That will often cause the screen to reload characters. Sometimes your {Username}_characters.ini file can become corrupted. Try renaming it to {Username}_characters.ini.old then restart the game. This will force it to be recreated. You should also be able to use /camp {charactername} or /camp {servername}.{charactername} (if you have tons on different servers).
Thank you for the suggestions I tried what you suggested, logging out and back into the game several times, and camped to specific characters, all to no avail. What finally seemed to work was filing a petition, then they automagicaly reappeared
I'm glad you got your peoples back! Also, please tell me "automagicaly" is not a typo...because it is a delightful word and I love it <3