Micah...thanks for the info. I really do not know how or where it happened but I have all my saved games from since I started, so I may go back into a few of them around Dragon's Eye and see where I might have gone wrong. I noticed some innocents also died in a Neo-Orog attack once I returned to Kuldahar but I did not think this was my doing, I just wasn't there to save them in time. If I discover the point in which my luck ran ill, I shall let thee know.
I'm thinking of just re-creating the Paladin and editing his XP to my actual earned level with DaleKeeper. However, I did this once before and he was added to the end of my party lineup (no longer the Leader/spokesperson). How can I change him back to being my top character/first choice? I got IWD second-hand so I do not have the instruction book.