Personally, I think Skal should have an Underdark settlement that acts specifically like Skaljard/Dunmarle for players who are brand new to the game and want to start with Monster races.
Underdark/Andunor can be pretty brutal for brand new players. It doesn't hold your hand at all and it doesn't pull any punches.
Surface / Guldorand have the lovely experience of starting out on Skal first and it's even recommended as the starting zone for all players, but you're forced to start as a Surface race.
Skal has the Skaldark, a very, VERY wide underground that is pretty boring currently, and filled with enemies that could easily be taken care of before level 10.
I really feel like the Skaldark as a whole could use a makeover and that starting UD settlement could be planted down in there somewhere, maybe near the [FOIG] tower so that pushing to escape Skaldark is more of a threat than some whimpy Quaggoth. It surely wouldn't be more than some little encampment that the more intelligent monster races occupy (the players).
There's even a boat that takes you directly to the Underdark server that just got a small update. It's entirely useless to everyone on Skal because your only option on arriving, unless you've been despicable enough to have your character given "Outcast" status...or you willingly want to be a slave. It could be given way better use with a low level UD settlement. The [FOIG] tower could even be a the neutral zone between the two, monitored by DMs much like Dis and Shadovar.
This would also help introduce new players to PvP better than scaring off the one Necromancer that appears every week.