Quote Originally Posted by 'tehshamis',index.php?page=Thread&postID=82452#pos t82452
I traded accounts with a friend about a year ago and the mage (although "mine" at this point)
The mage is and never will be "yours".

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html
8. Ownership/Selling of the Account or Virtual Items.
Blizzard does not recognize the transfer of Accounts. You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void. Blizzard owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to all of the content that appears in the Program. You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content, including the virtual goods or currency appearing or originating in the Game, or any other attributes associated with the Account or stored on the Service. Blizzard does not recognize any virtual property transfers executed outside of the Game or the purported sale, gift or trade in the "real world" of anything related to the Game. Accordingly, you may not sell items for "real" money or otherwise exchange items for value outside of the Game.

The accounts in your name should be safe, as you are not account sharing on them. You may still get banned (because they cannot tell who is behind the account), but you should be able to contact account administration and get the accounts that are in your name returned to you after showing proof of account ownership.

As for your friend's account (including your FRIEND'S mage, regardless of how it was leveled) -- I suggest you stop playing on it.