So I set out trying to become non-kos with NPCs inside Neriak as a barbarian shaman.
I just started and found this quest
https://wiki.project1999.com/Bottle_of_Red_Wine.
I bought 16 stacks of red wine and found out that with bear form and faction necklace I was unkos to Lokar (dubious or apprehensive, I don't remember). I started handing in one bottle at a time and got positive faction with:
Dark Bargainers
Dreadguard inner
Dreadguard outer
I quickly ascended the faction ladder with Lokar and by the end I was ally with him. So I'm guessing he is on 'Dark Bargainers' faction. However, I went and found a guard and conned him and I was still threateningly. I clicked the neck and was now dubiously but then another guard in a different spot in the zone was threateningly to me...
So I am a little confused. Are the dreadguard factions the guards? And do the inner/outer have any clear defintions? I thought it would have been outside neriak in nek forest for outer and then inside the city for inner... are there other guard factions than these?