Epona is a nice change from dom clan servers but there are a lot of transfers so progress is quite slow rn unless you know someone willing to help you out or are happy to pay your way through. Gwyd is also nice, quieter but drama free, again dom clan though so if that's what you're looking to get away from then probably not the right choice.
Give me a shout if you try either, will give you a hand starting out

be honest, what server do you hand on heart reccomend?
What are you looking for in a server?
Rosmerta - Large, one clan dominant no comp
Crom - Small, one dominant clan
Epona - Open Server, all are welcome to participate regardless of clan
Most others - One dominant clan and another that can do some EDL's but mostly does DL
Herne, Morrigan, Sulis, some others - Multiple large clans capable of killing up to prot, most (other than sulis) only have one clan that can kill gele.
Depending upon the environment you want to play in there are a lot of servers to choose from.
Seeing as how you dislike arawn, I would stay away from the dominant clan style of server and would probably suggest Epona.