I received my Paladin Class deck yesterday and noticed something interesting. On the back of the package 3 sample cards are present, One Being a shady fellow named the "Dark" Illusionist. I thought to myself, that's funny, why would a Paladin want to associate with any person that had dark in it's description? Then upon opening the box I found that card renamed to be the "Varisian" Illusionist. Also included is a Sacred Slayer which is a Half Orc Rouge, and a Pit Gladiator, more strange choices of companion for a Paladin, flavor wise. Not to mention the Ebon Thorn armor, which has a very evil look and feel to it. Now that's not enough evidence to suggest an Anti Paladin, However it leads me to believe that one of the Original Paladin's was going to be Tristram Reis(Callous Rake,NPC Codex)as he is described as being "unpaladinlike". That would explain having odd companions and dark armor, or perhaps the box art was just a typo and the cards included are just coincidence, You decide ^_^.
I forgot to mention a little tidbit about our friend the "Varisian" Illusionist, part of his power is automatically acquiring a boon, as long as it isn't a blessing. There must be a deeper meaning that at one point he was named dark and had no power over blessings(which,except in WoR, are Divine based).
I would have been interestedto see a Callous Rake based Paladin, it could have opened the door for another character like Arueshalae who has a good and evil role(Redeemed and Fallen). From the short description in the Codex it would imply that this character had a choice as to where his final allegiances lay and also the part those around him would play, much like our favorite Succubus. "The callous rake is a young paladin exhibiting unpaladinlike behavior. If unchecked, these habits become the first step toward disgrace".
Again, just some food for thought ^_~.