I tried making a new character for TC today and on the very first spawn I was killed by all the creatures in the room. No, I did not attack *anything*. Didn't have time to do that even if I was so stupid. So, I went back and made another character with the same (almost exactly) choices, but different name. Whack! Hostile and killed again on the first spawn. I didn't even see a "The Circle is now hostile to you!" that you get when you attack your own faction.
And then the third time, same character choices, another different name and it worked...
Why? Any clue? If others have had this problem, it might be nice to figure out why. I've never had this problem with other my other characters(regardless of faction).