I've noticed that when I create a character, my appearance is not the same when I log in also.
As for the <verify> error, I had that error before. I created a second account and did not get that error.
It eventually went away on my first account, but two things happened, and I'm not sure which fixed it. Either it was LethalEncounter reseting the login server, or it was a server that I had a character on came back online.
Here is my encounter with it on 0.3 servers.
http://eq2emulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=303