Today I thought I would pop through my Epic portal and have a look around Epic after some years away. When I left Epic last, I was HotS kingdom and Libila religion. So, when the portal asked where I would like to spawn (which I admit seemed odd, since I had been there before), I chose Affliction/Blackbone.
When I arrived at Blackbone, guards were aggressive toward me. Upon examining myself, it showed I was still Freedom Isles, Libila religion. When I died, the only respawn option I was given was New Hope (the JK starter town on Elevation). As expected, the JK guards and templars were aggressive to me, as well.
I managed to get off the cluster with the help of a friend inviting me to an Epic kingdom, but I can't imagine a newer player would know what to do or manage to stay alive long enough to do it.
Surely this is a bug, and nobody should spawn on Epic as Freedom Isles kingdom?