Can't believe i missed this.
Firstly harpers. Not all harpers are neutral. Elminster is chaotic good. in fact quite a few harpers are of good alignment (Storm Silverhand, Arilyn Moonblade, Danilo Thann). As Armisael said Harpers are meddlers, they seek to proactively affect the balance, usually to slide it back towards good. If you read your manual it will describe the Harpers as a secret organization for good, NOT for neutrality. In that sense even though their mission is to maintain the balance, they're really a force for good in the realms making sure the balance is tilting towards good.
True neutrality. To me true neutrals would not stay out of a conflict, but rather proactively help the underdog so to speak, be that good, evil, law or chaos. This should not be confused with the goals of the harpers as i stated above which is why they keep pestering the hell out of you. Also remember that this game has a storyline and a romance with Jaheira which the harpers play a role in. In terms of the BG2 story you could explain that Jahiera's siding with you against the Harpers could be her coming to your aid - the underdog against this group that is hounding you. Or maybe she just loves you, who knows?
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