User blog comment:D2r/Was Veil ultimately Redeemed?/@comment-3462718-20111223193257/@comment-1859920-20111224044747

I believe that under any circumstance, there is a redeemable action. It is entirely relevant to the judge or the opinion of the person's mental bias. For me, being a Christian, I believe that, in retrospect, all sins are equal and redeemable by true repentance and belief in Jesus(this is an overall explanation). I think that BJ meant for Veil to "redeem" himself by saving Bryony. This idea is very sketch, but, having listened to the audiobooks countless times, I think that it would make more sense for BJ to portray Veil as having been good in his last moments(kind of like how Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker saved Luke his son even after doing much evil) then to portray him as just growing up evil and dying evil. Also, if you can recall, Bella said that she might've been wrong about Veil and that he might've actuly become good in his last moments.