[Dragaera] They should be protecting Vlad much better (Hawk spoilers)

[Patrick Burroughs (Celti) via Dragaera]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Rast via Dragaera
<dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:
> [snip]
> How do you NOT scoop him up and take him to Dzur Mountain for safekeeping?  Put him in school with Telnan. Have him awaken Godslayer and learn to use all its powers.  Train him to be a decent sorcerer.  Have Aliera teach him Elder Sorcery.  Have Morrolan stop by in case there's still anything he can teach Vlad about witchcraft.  Meanwhile, you work through your friend the Empress to persuade/bribe the Jhereg Council to lift the death sentence on Vlad, as a special one time favor.
>
> What am I missing?

For one, the fact that I doubt Vlad would sit still for being coddled
like a schoolchild. It's not in his nature. He doesn't want to sit
around and learn Elder Sorcery, and especially not from as
condescending a teacher as Aliera. He might spend a few weekends
exchanging witchy tips with Morrolan, but I doubt he'd apply himself
to a rigorous regimen of it. I suspect he might be willing to spend a
few weeks getting to know Lady Teldra, especially now that... well,
spoilers! But even there, he'd be supremely bored after a few weeks.

Meanwhile, our friend the Empress is entirely bound by her position
and cannot, MUST not show favour or weakness by bargaining with the
Jhereg Council for one silly Easterner's life, even one as incredibly
important as Vlad is. In the event of Vlad's death, Godslayer can
always be retrieved by Sethra, Morrolan, or Aliera — probably Aliera,
given Pathfinder — and it will be easy to do so, because Godslayer
will not instantly bond with whoever slays Vlad... and perhaps, just
perhaps, his soul will still be intact in Teldra's keeping so they can
resurrect him.

~Celti