Then again... as I continue to play through the Mae'var quest.... it occurred to me that a truly righteous man (read: paladin) would not even be doing errands for a den of thieves in the first place
Ahhhh, the flaws of the game. Oh well. Back to testing.
Well, as people have pointed out (in other threads), you really don't have to play through the Mae'var quest at all...especially if you aren't a thief. The only thing you *have* to do for the Shadow Thieves (well, there's an option even here, but it's far worse) is clear out a lair of evil vampires, something a Paladin should probably be happy to do regardless of the client. So in general, this isn't exactly a flaw in the game. Think of Mae'Var as a quest that's not open to LG characters, just as the planar sphere isn't really open to a (properly role-played) LE character--who should presumably bring Valygar's body back to the Cowled wizards.