They cleared out mountains to construct a HUGE civilized fortress in the middle of the wilds. To an outlander, that should be a threat. That's more than a fortress. It's a god damn outpost. Look at the romans. They constantly had outposts attacked by the indigenous populations where they went. Why? Because building an outpost like that is offensive to natives. Aside from that, they protect conjurers, dwarves, and paladins. How is that any different from a city guarding the same races and classes? It's crap if you ask me, and it adds to the imbalance of the hero ranges. I bet if a scion and an imperial started ignoring each other in raid situations, and only went after whoever else was there, never each other, that there would be punishment for it. Outlander never gets punished for defending fortress against say, empire or scion retrievers. And I've personally seen with my own eyes fortress elf healers defending the tree while there are nightreavers standing right there. In range, out of range...its total crap to me either way.

I'm pretty set on rolling a cloud giant ranger savage mountaineer outlander VERY soon, and con killing anything that comes out of the fortress. If you think about it, the RP would be perfectly fine to not get turned evil.