This might be a little ambitious for a player just starting out in EQ but if you can get a chaperone or two that are high level it could be extremely worth your while you bum around Karnor's, preferably during peak times, evenings US time when the zone is full so that there are less mobs up and try to loot rots of Jarsath armor:
http://wiki.project1999.org/Jarsath_Scale_Armor
This stuff rots so much because it's not tradable and a lot of those pieces are ultimate for a newbie Iksar SK and getting a good set of armor is going to be the most important thing for you.
I dunno if you'd rather take your time and work your way up to getting gear and stuff but IMO playing a tank as a first class you can use any leg up you can get.
One other word of caution for you, since you seem to be someone who is concerned with aesthetics you should know that Iksars 2 handed slashing swinging animation is probably the worst animation in the game. They don't even hold the sword with 2 hands and it's a very limp, lazy looking swing. I dunno how anybody can stomach playing a character with an animation so horrible.
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