Cannot load old characters or create new ones

[Sir_Slush]

I can get to the main menu and navigate around fine, but on loading an old character or before reaching the character creation screen the game throws an error and crashes.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: t-engine.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5ad8a2ad
Fault Module Name: discord-rpc.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5a04d400
Exception Offset: 00025703
Exception Code: c0000409
Exception Data: 00000007
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 6a86
Additional Information 2: 6a86a956660f6189e4f200599a5b088e
Additional Information 3: 12d9
Additional Information 4: 12d9f8693aa2f4ea99f8ca42e508aa27


Update: Disabling Discord Rich Presence in the game or deleting discord-rpc.dll results in a hang and the following error message:


Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: t-engine.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5ad8a2ad
Hang Signature: 1c90
Hang Type: 134217728
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: 1c9038b9ac50202b6570ba89142de046
Additional Hang Signature 2: dd90
Additional Hang Signature 3: dd902f4c32683f70ef7f6506d1c2acbe
Additional Hang Signature 4: 1c90
Additional Hang Signature 5: 1c9038b9ac50202b6570ba89142de046
Additional Hang Signature 6: dd90
Additional Hang Signature 7: dd902f4c32683f70ef7f6506d1c2acbe