Everyone is KoS in Paineel except those who start in Paineel or those who have done faction work. That includes evil humans and those evil races who follow Cazic Thule (Iksar, Trolls and Ogres).
Dark elves don't have the benefit of race or religion to impress the Heretics. Of course, even paladins of Mith. Marr can get into favor in Paineel with enough kobold killing so there's nothing preventing you from doing so.
Once you reach apprehensive (I believe, maybe indifferent), you can start turning in kobold molars in Paineel. Yes, this hurts your Erudin factions but what use does a dark elf shadowknight have for Erudin anyway? Six backpacks of molars was enough to take my Iksar BST up to kindly. All I needed was Amiable so I could get a Paineel key, but whatever -- I'll take it.
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.