Characters are wiped - you should expect this at any moment. If we would've given a day's warning, people not online that day would've complained. If we gave two days for a warning, people who miss it for the third day will complain. If we give three days for a warning, the developers would become angry because players are stopping progress on the game.
Moreover, characters were -cheating-. They were abusing an exploit that let them train anything they want and get any item they want, and any amount of tria that was possible during this time. Did we want these people to transfer over their exploited items to a safe character?
Another thread about the wipe, another lock.
Advisor points are stored on your account - so you should still have them if your account exists.