It's not, actually. The difference is that Woljif didn't run away after receiving a direct order to attack from a superior officer in his chain of command. That's kind of important to us Lawful types.

...and yes fine Abramo will admit that results matter too. If he'd found Jannah infiltrating a largish cult and neutralising them by sheer force of personality, he might be a bit more inclined towards the allegedly "Good" options in this here dialog. But as it is - well, she's entitled to a court martial. And the charges aren't as serious as Nurah's, she might escape the noose even if found guilty. But, to be honest, he would not choose to sell her life insurance. 

And on the plus side, Jannah is a human and, if hanged, will strangle much faster than a halfling! (Or a gnome, for that matter.) Although this is of course a somewhat minor consideration compared to the afterlife she goes to. Unfortunately she is unlikely to be found Lawful after the major decision of her short life is breaking an oath, so Hell will not get an opportunity to make sterner stuff of her. 

What? Regill isn't allowed to disagree with Pharasma on how Creation ought to have been designed? In point of fact, he has as many as several ideas for improvements, which he will certainly point out to Pharasma when he sees Her. It's the plain duty of every good officer to give their superiors advice.

...yeah, ok. They can agree on that much at least. And Seelah appreciates the effort but she would like Regill to stop trying to be comforting now. And, um, maybe not try it again until he's put a couple of skill points into it.

Speaking of old friends, Lann is kinda curious about why Sull hasn't shown up with the mongrels yet. Could we head back to Kenabres and check on them?

Very reasonable. Fortunately Abramo has foresightedly been creating a network of Teleport Circles (and wow, if the Jackal had had these things in its science-from-beyond-the-known-stars toolkit the war would have been over in three months) and getting to Kenabres does not waste three days of weary marching.

Yesh, well. Wenduag kidnapped Dyra and is holding her hoshtage sho we don't go anywhere, and we're too dishpirited to sho mush ash shend a meshage about it. You know how it ish.

No, actually, Lann does not know how that is. Lann is kind of annoyed about it in fact. 

Abramo presses his lips together in pain. You cannot allow hostage-takers to get their way, that just gets you more hostage takers. He believes in that principle and intends to follow it. But it can't be denied that it's not good for any particular hostage, only for the many who aren't kidnapped in the first place because of the incentives. And - Dyra, of all people? That's who Wenduag chose for her victim? The harmless little cleric of Abadar - the first person, actually, to say the name 'Abadar' in Abramo's hearing, the person who introduced him to his employer - Dyra, who wanted nothing other than to make everyone better off with trade? That's... Abramo is momentarily lost for suitable epithets, until it comes to him: This is not fair dealing.

It shall not stand.

Lann is pretty sure he knows where she's gone. There's a spot where Wenduag and he used to - well, anyway, that's likely where she is.

Well, yes. What's it to you, horn boy?

Nenio would like to interject that addressing people as 'boy' is her idiosyncratic speech pattern and she'd appreciate if Wenduag knocked it right off.

(Woljif is not going to mention that he has twice as many horns as Lann. He's not. He's learned his lesson about making slightly off-colour jokes in extremely tense situations. And anyway it's not even all that funny.)

Oh all right. He has to say something or he'll explode.

"Wait, the fox girl can remember names? How come crazy spider-cat lady rates it, but charming rogues and cheerful paladins don't?"

Nenio only remembers names of things she intends to dispose of shortly. If they're going to figure in her future experiments she gives them a more convenient label like "boy" or "test subject #341".

This thing? Plainly useless. She wouldn't want its pelt for cleaning supplies. She'll be pleased to forget its name in a minute or two.

(It may be relevant that Nenio's Cunning is currently in the region of 30 and she has grasped the entire situation from the context clues well before any of the others managed to formulate the hypothesis of what Wenduag has done. The act is, after all, unthinkable - unless you are very good indeed at thinking clearly.)

Wow, that's... you know what, Lann will engage with the sudden unexpected viciousness from Nenio another time. Because. He's actually pretty worried about the conspicuous lack of hostages in this cavern. But, like... Wenduag, you didn't, right? Please say you didn't.

Eh. The strong do as they will, and the weak suffer as they must.

So... Abramo would like to get this straight. Wenduag would like the mongrel tribes not to go anywhere, for whatever reasons make sense to her internally and which he's not going to bother asking for an articulation of, he's pretty sure they're not super legible even to Wenduag. So, following her ideology of strength, she kidnaps Dyra and notifies Sull that he should stay put, on pain of losing his cleric. So far, immoral but effective. But then she... eats her hostage? In what possible world is that going to conceivably work? 

*Shrug* Sull's not going anywhere if he has any excuse not to, is he? So it doesn't matter that much if Dyra is actually alive or not, what matters is what Sull believes about it and he's way too fat to actually check anything. And besides, it saved Wenduag several hunting expeditions plus keeping an eye on her hostage all the time. She had class levels, you know.

Of all the short-sighted... Abramo is lost for words again. He's used to fighting demons, who are impulsive and break commitments at the drop of a Hat of Disguise and are kept in military formations strictly by the threat of violence, but nonetheless they are able to keep track of the basic elements of a plan. Such as, for example, not killing the hostage you need to be able to threaten once someone inevitably tracks you down and tries to negotiate! Not that Abramo had any intention of letting such a threat move him, but to be unable to make it at all is just, just...

Insane, Commander. The word you're looking for is 'insane'. Or 'crazy', if you prefer the mongrels' informal language.

Well, yes. You're right. There's no point in getting angry at a madwoman, or trying to reason with her.

Bolt of Justice.

What? No! I'm stronger than you, you have to do what I say!

Savalemekh, help me!

Crickets.

...sorry boss, locusts just don't make the right sound for this situation, it's not my fault! If you wanted "locusts" to be the go-to meme for "nothing happens after someone makes a dramatic outburst" you needed to start your cultural manipulation fifty years ago!