questions on fame points and using TPs as a neutral

[mikeinspain]

Question 1: How exactly do the missions you do for karavan or kami ambassadors relate to the fame points you get? As a newbie I've been trying to raise my karavan fame by doing missions for karavan ambassadors but only 1 or the 7-8 missions I've completed added fame points. I had been advised to concentrate on "bandit killing" mission and I have done several. One of the completed bandit missions got me 2 karavan fame points, 3 others did not.

Question 2: I actually like being neutral but decided to boost karavan fame when I found I could not buy TP tickets at the Karavan TP in the Verdant Gardens Den of Fury/Upper Bog area. But I've since seen a post saying that as a neutral I could have bought a TP ticket at the Kami Circle TP. Is that true?

thnx