If you DON'T tell an admin before you go:
If you have less then 500 posts, you have a 14 Day inactive period and 7 days to rejoin us. (Days inactive allowed: 20)
If you have between 500 and 1000 posts, you have 21 Days inactive period and 7 days to rejoin us. (Days inactive allowed: 27)
If you have between 1000 and 10,000 posts, you have 21 Days inactive period and 10 days to rejoin us. (Days inactive allowed: 30)
If you have 10,000 posts, you have 30 Days inactive period and 7 days to rejoin us. (Days inactive allowed: 37)
If you DO tell an admin before you go:
Custom Characters get 6 months to rejoin.
Canon Characters get 3 months to rejoin.
If you want to know why Canon characters get so much less time, it's because Canon characters are something that more then one person might want to be, and someone else should be allowed to take it. And if you don't rejoin us within the appointed time, then we will name your account Forgotten Character #??? (Replace the ??? with numbers, we will be going in numerical order) this is so, if you ever do come back like you said you would, you can make a new character or pick up your old character if it is available.