Bleh, pain in me booty, pardon my pirate. I've mailed the leader of the guild I was in, to see if any guildies are my neofriend. With any luck, I'l have some fantastic revelation, and be able to figure this out.
Knowing me, it was probably set not long after the account's creation day, so I could get potential birthday freebies faster
Ah well, I've got a temporary account for now, and am half way through NQ2, so it's no longer a mad rush to fill the addiction. Oddly, there was an error trying to create my first pet, so I'm petless, but it still lets me play NQ1, which has a separate save for each pet. Not only that, but it -started- on the second difficulty, with 1-2 points in each skill, in the middle of nowhere. :/ Weird.