Today I finally finished the quests for the Rod and the Gloves on my warrior! I farmed Shadowed men for a while to get rep, but after being shut down twice in the temple I looked for alternatives. Turns out, you can also go to Mistmoore GY and do a 10 second quest repeatedly to raise faction by quite a lot per repeat. I think the timer on the "flower" that SSythia asks for is something like 5-10 mins. He also provides you an indication of your faction at the temple, since he is linked to the same faction.
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