Did you know that even if you have maxed renown at the start you cannot get into bowerstone north early
You need the Arena Champion's seal. That is your pass into Bowerstone North. You can put it on a trophy plaque in a property and they'll still let you in, as long as you own the seal.
What if Avo and Skorm ARE real, and the two gods either through independently having the same idea, or reluctantly working together, planted the idea in that trader's head that he'd made them up himself. And via this method, had him build both their temples, so as to have him do all the initial work for them so that over time, both the pure and the vile of Albion will believe in them both?