Not sure about the personal bless deed. I've see faction people change names and the faction gear would stay the original name, so I would guess the the personal deed would work about the same way.
As far as throwing, I usually start out with 40 then go to the slimes located at the entrance of the abyss on the fire island side. Then once your around 60, you can move down to the acid slimes. Those will get you to GM pretty quick. From there you can work it pretty much the same way you do archery. I usually have already worked up all my other skills on the char and just kill trogs to 120.