Got the SK under dock sword, the rafter rat part is bullcrap. The caps for the 1st upgrade was not bad, the hunters drop them quite often. Now level 9 with the blade in hand, I am thinking going back to the DE city- or sneaking up and faction in goblins for NH.
The 2h is so much better than a 1h- even the first level version.
Wonder what level you need to be to advance to the 2nd upgrade/ 3rd level- bro told me I was too noob to advance.
I did have to do the tunic part of the very start to get the quests going. Just hailing the start guy does the same as the noob note turn in.