I'm glad to hear pretty much everything has worked out.
Regarding a few other issues I saw in this thread, I managed to get a few answers:
1. The Siege War signups were not intentionally cleared, and the tech team is unsure what may have caused some people to lose their signup spot. This appears to be a separate issue. Unfortunately, there's no way to correct the matter other than signing up again.
2. The issue regarding Thysdyr and his area is a known bug that the QA team is addressing.