I think Character Creation is bugged.
“Quaggan is about to foo up your day.” – Romperoo
was able to log in on existing characters with no problem.
going to try creating character again.
“Quaggan is about to foo up your day.” – Romperoo
You might try a -repair of the client, just in case you have a corrupted file since the patch download.
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/28148006-Repairing-the-Game-Client
Good luck.