Quote Originally Posted by Shatteredtower View Post
She's not in a game, but she is in a setting where narrative causality has a rough and aggressive sense of humour.

In "Answering the Callback" (#1106), she tells the Order that Loki sent her here, in answer to her prayers. She's on assignment--one that she wanted, but the next strip makes it clear she didn't know Durkon had become a vampire. As far as she knew when she took the job, she'd be confronting a dwarf that would never harm a child. There was no safer place for Kudzu under those circumstances than under the direct supervision of a high level cleric Hilgya could trust: Hilgya.

Once she had the other details, where was she supposed to leave Kudzu that would be safe from the end of the world? She can't just tuck him in a corner somewhere-- the kid wouldn't survive an encounter with one normal rat, let alone a wandering vampire. No, there's no safer place for baby in these circumstances than with a high level cleric, even if she underestimated the dangers of facing a squad of undead spellcasters with the supernatural ability to dominate enemies.
I think its pretty clear that Hilgya does not actually understand a darn thing about Durkon, up to and including his unwillingness to harm innocents. Indeed, she seems to believe him a cruel and terrible person.