Was it the lack of personal connection Fjord had with the Wildmother that rang hollow? If so, would it be okay to ask what you would have preferred to happen? I kind of understand your feeling, as the Wildmother was the one to approach Fjord, but I guess I'm unsure how that's a bad thing.
Part of it is I'm not really sure what Fjord was supposed to do, mostly because I don't really know how faith works in this setting. Was Fjord supposed to go to random temples and hope a cleric would guide him? Is that something that really happens? Do they even teach the general populace about all the gods, or is it usually generalized into good gods and evil ones? i only ask because how is Fjord supposed to form a meaningful bond of faith, fairly quickly, without already being kind of a religious person?
It also doesn't help that whatever faith Fjord chose, it would probably feel pretty shallow compared to the Clerics in his group. It seems like Clerics are often raised worshiping their gods, and are given power to enact their will. Pike, Jester, and Cad all had long histories with their gods. The only Paladin I remember in Campaign 1 was Vax, and he was also chosen by his god in a way not too dissimilar to Fjord. It feels like if a character is going to multi-class into a Paladin some kind of divine intervention is almost required. I actually liked that Cad was the one to help guide Fjord to making his decision. The idea that a close friend taught him a little about his god and faith, and that it helped Fjord let go of his dependence on his patron's power, seemed very sweet to me.
There might be a lot of potential for Fjord's relationship with the Wildmother to develop. He hasn't taken an oath yet, which seems like a pretty big RP deal for a Paladin, so he could struggle to learn what it means to be a charge of a God and what he is expected to do for her. I could easily see him do things similar to Pike, and lose favor for being too violent or destructive, or even to use some of the darker powers that remain from his old pact. I really want to see Fjord struggle to define his own faith, and I think his relationship with the Wildmother will be pretty different than Cad's.
I hope none of this post has felt rude, or dismissive of your frustrations. It would be really cool to get a sense of how you might have preferred this storyline to go.