So thanks for that, my last char (same name) deleted in Nexus simply trying to get over that last hump and the Village was pretty quick to help get me there, which took me by surprise because I expected everyone to sort of be out doing there own thing, much more than Nexus and it was the exact opposite. To clarify on the guards thing, I absolutely suck at hunting, I mean really bad, and I'm horrible at chasing too, so I went into towns more than anything to get at mages. Especially Trib magi, just because I knew they'd be there when their titles came up and I knew I'd at least get a fight. I also knew I had a ton of learning to do so I would often just put myself in bad situations knowingly just for the combat experience. This lead to me spending alot of time (WANTED). I just had no idea there were even more damaging repercussions to my actions.