[FlameStrike]

In my opinion, just because someone is Epic, people that get to know them shouldn't exactly fall to their knees and start worshipping them, even if they had heard about their deeds and what not...

Epic characters should, or should not be loved/trusted/whatever, according to your character's perspective; for instance, a paladin of Toran shouldn't really see Rufus Coldfinger (the Epic Master Necromancer) as a friend and a trustworthy person just because he's Epic, nor should a Corathite abandon their teachings just because they just met the Epic paladin, Remiel Delmir... (yeah i used pretty much Black and White examples, sorry i couldn't recall of others), but they -should- indeed respect the Epic characters for what they are, since they've been around for a while, were probably through many many different situations, and probably have a good tale they might be willing to tell.