Siva is level 26 DE Paladin. I had her bound in Grobb, and had logged her out near the Soulbinder. When I logged in again (same day you were summoning everyone to GFay for a stress test, April 7th I think), the guards were conning Threateningly, and I was chased out of Grobb. I didn't get a chance to con any other Trolls.
Later that same day, I was working on the Lucky quest with Iona, level 16 Human Shaman. I got to the step to go to Grobb with the DE illusion item, but when using the mask and conning the guards, they con Threateningly with the mask active as a DE.
Not sure if it's just guards, but they were preventing me from getting into the city.