This is really topic for another thread and will probably need to continued elsewhere but FWIW I don't have a problem with Khaga and I really like the refugee / closed borders story of the grove. I'm hoping the Zevlor stuff is an abandoned story line.

I never commented on the Khaga thread because I have no problem with minor tweaks as long as the theme stays intact.

Again, I've not been following the conversation in the Khaga thread but to comment on D&D lore -- true neutral is one of the those alignments that causes people trouble because few read the fantasy novels that gave rise to it. True neutral for Gygax was a combination of Tanelorn from the Moorcock novels and the adventures of Fafhrd and Grey Mauser. Mauser was greedy, lazy, overly fond of drink and easily seduced by power. He took on adventures to get enough gold to get drunk or because his patron made him go adventuring. Classic 'neutral' grey character. The people of Tanelorn know that neither the lords of Law or Chaos should triumph and hope to keep outside their struggle. The best 5th edition source for 'neutral' comes from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foe where the mage stresses the need ensure that neither side wins the blood war and comments on events that could tip the balance one way or other. The (chaotic neutral) Mordenkainen binds demons and makes deals with devils but is mindful not to so in a way shifts the balance to one side or the other; if one side wins the blood war the multiverse itself will fall. Druids are that but with a layer or natural balance on top. If gnolls take over the sword coast this would upset the natural balance as an apex predator eliminates all forms of life. On the other hand if adventurers eliminate all gnolls and makes the roads safe for all then commerce flows, new settlements are built and nature gives way to the forces of civilization.

Now 3rd edition confused everyone by making neutral the default option for most people. The good folk of Faerun pray to Beshaba to avoid her evil eye and follow it up with prayer to Tymora bring them good luck. So neutral is -- confusingly -- all of the above.

Khaga is acting like a mother serpent -- protecting her brood and striking at anyone who threatens the safety of her charges. True neutral falls into neutral evil. No one really knows who is behind the Shadow Druids. The chances are that the shadow druids aren't actually praying to Silvanus but instead to Shar and/or Malar -- one of those gods is posing as Silvanus.