Time: Began yesterday, May 6th, around late afternoon (GMT + 2)
Frequency: Rare. Happened 3 times total so far. No pattern identified so far.
World name: Balmung
Character name: William Kaplan
Class/Level: Level 60 AST
Party or solo: Party
Area and coordinates: First instance was Aurum Vale. Then happened again in the "More than a feeler" guildhest, and then in the Thornmarch (Hard) trial

Steps:
1. Queue for Mentor roulette in progress as AST 60
2. Aurum Vale in progress. Party shows 3 DPS. Once tank joins, it shows 5 party members total. Two DPS are the same character. Clicking on one of them highlights both in the party list.
3. Queue for roulette in progress (Mentor, Trials - happened on both)
4. Character appears in the session and counts towards the character count but isn't part of the party. Other players' names appear in the color of players not in my party. Party-wide spells like Protect or Hellios don't affect anyone but me. Party bar shows I am in a party with the DPS who appeared twice during the Aurum Vale run.
That character also showed up in my Contacts list after I finished that trial, but none of the other session-goers didn't.

Screenshot attached from Thornmarch (Hard):
http://image.prntscr.com/image/6c8e3...803aeefacc.png

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