Sulfuras move made my characters unavailable, stole all my names

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The original announcement:

Burning Crusade Classic Realm Consolidation August 9

To maintain healthy populations for Burning Crusade Classic realms, we’ve regularly reviewed realm populations and offered Free Character Transfers from realms that dropped to a low population. Additionally, we’ve made the decision to retire some Burning Crusade Classic realms and consolidate their remaining players onto other realms that have higher populations. Update – August 9 – 10:15 a.m. PDT Realm consolidations are underway and characters remaining on the following realms are being move…