Confused on Good/EvilFollow

Wrong. At least not for a while.

If you are good, you go to Qeynos. If you are evil, you go to Freeport. Within each city is a quest that can be done once between levels 13 and 15. This quest allows you to betray your city. When completed, you are PERMANENTLY aligned with the other city. The quest is rumored to be long and hard, but I have not done it or know anybody that has done it.

Oops heh. I THOUGHT what I had the option to do was the betrayal quest, but it must've been something unrelated. The guy said he knew where I slept and threatened to kill me if I told the guards about him when I refused his quest (I'm from Qeynos) and mentioned going to freeport on a boat, so I figured that was him. Oh well.

Yes you can. You are not restricted in any way towards other players. The evil/good alignment is only towards NPCs. You can group with an exclusively evil group with your holy paladin.

Along these same lines, does anyone know at about what level traveling to the opposite areas is feasable? I have a friend or two in the "other" city, and I'm just wondering when I'll be able to go hook up with them.

Also, if anyone is this far along... Are there any merchants/banks at all accessible in opposite areas if I do decide to go pay him a visit. It would make it nearly impossible to function if not.

It's not so much risk; it's much more about the time you'll need to complete the quest. It takes bloody forever to kill all the Gnolls/Orcs you'll need to slay to finish the Betrayal quest.

There's a few steps before it, but that's more or less the grind part of the quest. Remember, you do have to do this before level 18 and solo (well, for some parts), so there's only so much they could ask you to do.

Apperently you are capped at 17 +220% untill you finish the betrayal quest. Read the forum under the actual quest in freeport east zone. So you can kill all the goblins you want, but once your kicked out of your main city your stuck at 17 till you join the other one.