Hmm, i had my chars paused when i left for 2 weeks.
When i came back, looks like they unpaused as i was set them to unpause, but before i was able to login they were already autopaused again and thus i was not able to login for few days.
Automatically Unpaused (3 days, 5 hours ago)
personal message
You have been unpaused after the time specified when you went away for vacation. You now have a week's grace period to log in and play before you will be auto-paused once again, this time to cold storage.
Knight Pauses (3 days, 3 hours ago)
message to all nobles of Sandalak
Inha Into Cosula has been autopaused indefinitely due to inactivity.
Due to pausing, he loses the following:
He vacates his estate in Rhic
Automatically Paused (3 days, 3 hours ago)
personal message
You have been automatically put into cold storage due to lengthy inactivity.
So, there was only 2 hours window to login instead of 1 week.
This char was Inha Into War Islands, but same happened to Kostaja Kosunen @ Madina @ Dwilight.