User blog comment:D2r/Was Veil ultimately Redeemed?/@comment-1048979-20111226184430/@comment-1479469-20120715201659

I actually agree here - at the risk of igniting a firestorm debate, I actually believe Veil to be one of Jacques' WEAKEST characters (as well as the most ethically-problematic for the issue of his race-based view of morality), because his end actions do not fit with how the character has behaved up to that point.

A word on the race-based view of morality. Yes, I know about Blaggut and Romsca, but they are exceptions. By and large, "vermin" are evil because they are vermin - and this applies especially to Veil. You could assume he inherited a psychopathic disorder from Swartt (I personally favour that reading), but that doesn't exactly ease the problem. But perhaps this matter is best discussed elsewhere.