This should get us back on track (tested on ARCH Linux)

modules/standard/whois/character_info_controller.py

@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ class CharacterInfoController:
     def pre_start(self):
         self.bot.register_packet_handler(CharacterName.id, self.character_name_update)
 
+        self.db.shared.exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS name_history ("
+                            "char_id INT NOT NULL, "
+                            "name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, "
+                            "created_at INT NOT NULL, "
+                            "PRIMARY KEY (char_id, name))")
+
     def start(self):
-        self.db.exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS name_history ("
-                     "char_id INT NOT NULL, "
-                     "name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, "
-                     "created_at INT NOT NULL, "
-                     "PRIMARY KEY (char_id, name))")
+
         self.db.create_view("name_history")
         self.command_alias_service.add_alias("w", "whois")
         self.command_alias_service.add_alias("lookup", "whois")
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ class CharacterInfoController:
         with self.db.pool.get_connection() as conn:
             with conn.cursor() as cur:
                 cur.executemany("INSERT IGNORE INTO name_history (char_id, name, created_at) "
-                                "VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+                                "VALUES (%s, %s, %s)",
                                 self.name_history)
         self.name_history = []