My character isn't locked. I was logged on a week or so ago.
My grandsons chars were locked. He played only long enough to realize he didn't care for it and to hear that Radu was easy to tick off. So now he knows and is back to playing Minecraft
I mentioned the $5 whitelisting because that would allow me to log on.
Sorry I don't know how to quote but here http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29370
It says
If for some reason you do NOT have an e-mail address from your ISP, and you can't provide one, you will need to donate 5 USD (non refundable feee) on our Donations page, and in that e-mail specifiy that the money are for a whitelist name.
I have a yahoo email address.