[Dragaera] Vlad and Aliera - Inextricably linked?

[Damien Sullivan]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 06:48:07PM -0800, Maximilian Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote:
> > One wonders what Vlad would do if he was faced with a crisis point, with
> > freedom to choose his action, and the knowledge that his entire life had
> > been manipulated towards one specific action, especially if that action
> > involved life and death for Aliera, Verra, or both?
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> I thought it was quite interesting that he was willing to risk sinking
> the deal for which he risked his life in /Dzur/ to clear Aliera's
> name. (Or at least he risked the Left Hand half of it.) Part of that
> is his sheer orneriness, but it also speaks to a deep loyalty to his
> friends which he doesn't like to even admit exists. He would much
> rather pretend that saving their lives is simply a way of irritating
> them.

Heck, not just friends.  _Athyra_ again -- Vlad says he feels an
obligation to avenge Reins's death on his account, and Reins is just a
guy Vlad dealt with once and couldn't even remember right away.  Vlad is
a very, very, personal person, and responsible in his own way.  Vlad
also has other reasons for what he does in Athyra, but I'm inclined to
think he wasn't lying.

(Especially since, since he felt safe enough teleporting himself and
Savn across the fields, the prudent thing would have been to simply
teleport far away.  Just abandon the Jhereg assassin and undead Athyra,
running away works and the wizard isn't his problem.)

-xx- Damien X-)