Last night I, Kayn, asked around Britain and managed to convince a few guards to accomplish some tasks for them. I finished the quests after much trial and tribulation and discovered that I was much stronger than I had been before! I was strong enough even to hold a virtue shield. It had been a long road, training myself towards a warrior from my less physical mage studies in the past.
I was talking to Twilight Silvermoon and Larkspur near the bridge to the Queen's castle and was admiring Twilight's Order shield. I sure like the looks of that shield! He offered to sponsor me into the Order guards and with an impulse, I agreed! After all, if I found the restrictions of the Order Guards too much for my free spirited nature, I could always go rogue, put flatulence powder in the crumpets and get kicked out or something like that!
Alas, alackaday, the guard would not accept me. It was then that I discovered that I was still technically a "bad" guy. Originally I had been an assassin/necromancer and had revelled in dark deeds, in my youth. Then I had gone the way of pure mage. Then a farmer and finally sought to enter the ranks of Virtue guards. However, I obviously wasn't very virtuous! It is going to take a long time to reach the point of acceptance still but I will strive to seek out evil creatures and vanquish them to prove my worth.