[Dragaera] Vlad and Aliera - Inextricably linked?

[Philip Hart]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Damien Sullivan wrote:

> 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.)

Not to disagree with this analysis at all, but I think it's fair to say 
that Vlad expects to be killed by the Jhereg and doesn't otherwise have a 
ton to live for so he's more likely to give his fancy free rein than he 
would be otherwise.