I am a Halfing Druid and I have no idea how I became dubious to Keepers of Art but Niola won't give me the quest either. I was able to do it by standing behind her and sneaking though no problem.
To start the epic quest, you need faction with Telin Darkforest. You can raise that by turning in the muffins to Pandos. Recently, muffins have become scarce in FP. You can make them spawn by a quest with the Innkeeper at Jade Tiger by the bank in FP. Bake at least 10 muffins, then hail the Innkeeper, who mentions shortages, you then tell him that you can bake [fresh muffins]...he will hand you a 10 slot bag (combinable)..put 1 muffin in each slot, combine and give back to him. He will then despawn and immediately respawn with 4 stacks of muffins on him. Quickly open the trade window and buy his supply. I have been told that you should not need more than 8 stacks to raise faction high enough.
Farios Elianos is the NPC for which you need Keepers of the Art faction, further along in the quest for part of the runed bowl. He is in the library of the building in South Felwithe that is immediately opposite the tunnel where you zone in. This building has the gem-seller in the first room, turn right and the first door in the hall facing you is the library. I discovered the hard way that I was KOS in all caster guilds...I only remember being with a necro friend a very long time ago, and killing Linara Parlone in Najena. That may be the source of my bad faction, otherwise I have no idea how it got to KOS. To raise faction enough to do the batwing (or the black wolfskin) quest, I have only found one way...kill Kizdean Gix in WC. I have been doing this for some time now, when I have some time free from my regular group, and my guild...I am at least not KOS now, but still dubious, and unable to get her to accept the batwings. I will surely try the invisibility suggestion, and I thank you for that, oolish!
niola's faction is keepers of the art. have not researched how to improve that. but if your a ranger or druid and you need to start your epic and are kos to some of the npc's you need to visit, i suggest turning in muffins to pandos. thou, i would make sure you are an ally to niola before you visit pandos. he will kill you. niola will help improve faction for faydark champions, which he is a follower. he will in turn help with clerics and soldiers of tunare. make sure you are ally before you start your epic.
The problem is that sometimes your faction is so bad that she might not give you the batwing quest even in wolf form. This is the answer put your batwings in trade window 4 stacks of 4 then have a friend invis you then click the trade. Rinse repeat. Eventually she will trade normally with you. Took me 600 batwings to get amiable ( dont know wwwhat i killed to get that dubious) hope this helps oolish 53 druid of quellious
Is killing Crushbone orcs the only way to raise faction with Niola? Also, what faction is she under in order to raise faction? Info appreciated, thanks! :-)
I did not have problems with faction with Niola, but for the first response on this page, to get faction up with Telin, you may want to try the muffin quest for Pandos in WFPort first. I had to do 21 stacks of muffins to him. It took me much time. Good luck
To get faction up with Niola, you can kill about 2k Crushbone Orcs. Now, I am amiable and am doing the Batwing Quest in order to get faction up with Telin Darkforest for Druid Epic. Unfortunately, I have turned in about 2k batwings and am still KOS to Telin in BW.
im a druid and i need to turn batwings in to gain faction for keepers of art .. problem is Niola con apprehensive and wont allow me to hand them in . So does anyone know how i could gain faction for her. or maybe an alternate way to gain faction for keepers of art.
Try using wolf form.. that helped for me. She didnt want my batwings either til I was in wolfform. After I had wolfform, it took me about 15 stacks of batwings to get her to amiable. There's batwings for unlimited sale in the first hut in EC when you zone in from WC, btw.. so you don't have to buy them from newbies if you're in a hurry. Worked for me!
I tried wolf form, superior camo, and she still will not take batr wings from me. I con dubiously to her in person and in wolf form. Camo's I am indiff but she sees through that little trick. I have resorted to killing Gix in West Commons which gives me Keepers of the Art faction. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you.