On launch i got to lvl 50 and quit when i had to grind the altars of lilith. I wanted to check out season 1 and when i made a character i found out that none of my renown progress was there. I did 1 full zone of lilith altars before i quit, i thought stuff like that was supposed to be account wide?
You have to log in on your highest clear percentage character on the Eternal Realm first.
Their progress is then carried over to seasonal characters.
wow thats dumb, thx for the answer 
I mean to be fair, they did say to do this beforehand. Though I agree, it was a dumb way to handle it.
i have a follow up question, i did get my progress when i loged inn. But now they are not marked on the map so i have no idea which statues i have clicked and which i have not ???