I've seen a couple of times where chars who were paused presumably before the monster invasion on Dwilight are now unpausing and finding themselves in the middle of monster country and immediately getting captured. Most recently Hyperion Harte unpaused a few days ago, was immediately captured in Uppervia and is still in prison. Maybe these chars should have some kind of get out of jail free card since prison is not a very nice way to welcome someone back to the game.
My understanding is that they will be teleported to their capital when they're released, but what happens if their realm is gone, i.e. Niselur, Phantaria?