User blog comment:Snowpaw the Wild/Essay: Veil Sixclaw - "Good Guy" or "Bad Guy"?/@comment-1479469-20100616014407

I agree with this guy as well. I have always believed that a heroic last act, while in intself honourable, does not redeem a life of sin. The problem is that people blind themselves to what the character of Veil does in the novel prior to his "sacrifice" (which is in itself controversial) - however, even if it does redeem him in some way, his character is still one which is inherently a bad one.

Perhaps a better question would be to ask why Veil seems predestined for a life of evil - why a good upbringing cannot change him. I suppose one could assume that he inherited a sociopathic disorder from his father, but I somehow doubt Jacques had that in mind when he wrote the book.