[@Duthguy]

Yes, to all of that. Well. only if you are known or observed. Bliss's devoted power works on ignorance. Be it player or npc ignorance. So unless they are dead, asleep or generally in a mindless state you are considered to be known and debuff accordingly. The good news is that books don't count as people "knowing" so if you kill an npc or guy and they write a letter with details of you. It won't do anything until someone else reads it.