Talk:Wild at Heart/@comment-29057949-20160715032318

This is one of the many quests that really make you second guess your choices because there really isn't a right answer, and one of the reasons I love this game (and hate myself for being so indecisive).

On one hand you've got Margaret who ultimately leads her sister to her death. Whether her goal was to actually get her sister killed or merely have her be repulsed and afeared by her husband, but she did it because she really loved Niellen - despite his lycanthropy. She's certainly selfish and obsessive and is to be held responsible, but by no means does that make her inherently "evil". After all, she tries detering you from finding/slaying him, first by bribing you in the woods, and then as you're about to finish him off (whilst putting herself in danger). Her underlying motivation is pure, yet also consumes her above all else.

On the other hand you've got Niellen, who unknowingly slaughters his beloved wife, who helped him cope with his burdensome affliction, whom he tried protecting from himself. This story is especially tragic from his point of view. Not only does he worry for and desperately tries finding his wife when she "goes missing", but to later find out he personally tore her to shreds and that, out of all people, it was his sister in law who led her into his jaws...you can't fault him for being infuriated, at both Margaret and himself. For the first time, lucidly, he embraces his feral form, whilst forsaking his goodwill. His retribution comes at a personal cost - debasing what he stood for.

In the end, Margaret is drawn to act by desire, whereas Niellen reacts out of rage. The real question is whether you are willing to claim responsibility for this woman's grisly death, be it out of a sense of righteousness, "neutrality", sympathy for the lycan, completing your main task, etc.