Okay, having had some unpleasant encounters in Lakeridge, I've learned my error. If the territory is disputed or belongs to the other faction, you can be killed at any moment (on a PvP server, which it turns out mine is). You're safe as long as you're in your own faction's territory with your PvP disabled, though...
At the moment, I'm running a 25th-lvl human paladin (Veryniceguy), an 18th-lvl human warrior (Talanalan - and one Internet chocolate-chip cookie to the first person to name the reference!), a 17th-lvl night elf hunter (Kittitias), and a 14th-lvl draenei hunter (Klickitat - maps give you good names that are unlikely to be already in use). I also started a dwarven warrior named Bonesteel and a gnome rogue named Sparkgap, but they bored me after a time, so they're languishing. If you see me on the Darrowmere server, say hi!
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