The rule is that you are not supposed to have additional unpaid accounts; if you do, all of your accounts will be banned. The only legitimate way to have additional characters is through the purchase of Brownie Points.

If you see someone talking about “unpaid” characters, please use the Report This Post function so that we can talk to the player and find out what is going on. Many people are unaware of this rule, and generally amicable solutions can be found.

(ETA: Ninja’ed, as usual, by MC Bansalot. Dammit!)