Razran F`Lok and The Dead faction

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I've been playing an ogre shaman for the last few months and have been loving it. I spend more time in Neriak than Oggok, especially the last 10 or so levels. I've had no trouble with it until two nights ago. I was hunting in HHP to help raise my faction with those groups and the FP Militia. Turned in like 90 scalps, got to dubious with them and apprehensive with HHP. Cool.

I go back to Neriak to bank to (what I thought was) play it safe. I always tab/con and I noticed something I hadn't before when I first zoned in. There was an NPC at the top of the wall that conned threatening to me. Wow, I thought to myself.. no worries, maybe I just never noticed it before. I zone to Neriak Commons, head to the bank (like I have been doing for months) and SPLAT this guy Razran F`Lok nukes me dead. I head to wiki and read the info on him, which says he patrols from the caster area to the door that leads to the bank.

A few questions: as an ogre shaman, have I just been extraordinarily lucky in not encountering him on one of his patrols? Or did I somehow stealth-trash my The Dead faction killing orcs in HHP and turning in scalps? I constantly kept an eye on those faction hits to make sure no evil faction was impacted. Lastly, any advice on raising this faction? I'm level 22, so advice on when I can start that would be great as well. I see you can kill some gnomes and high elves to raise it, and I don't really care about those two races or their factions.