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What is Lashonna's motivation to help the PC's find Dragotha's phylactery, exactly? I've read and re-read the relevant adventures, and, while it seems she's trying to "eliminate her competition," it seems like getting rid of Dragotha is counter-productive to her other goals. Her goals are relevant as I'm modifying her (and Dragotha) slightly to fit into my campaign, and I'd like to have a better understanding of her reasons for supporting the PCs, even indirectly.
My understanding was that she wants to surplant Dragotha as the "undead-war-dragon-of-choice"
Dragotha was the harbinger and marshal of Kyuss's armies. It seems this silver-vampire dragon relishes that idea
She wants to be the favored of Kyuss, replacing Dragotha who killed her an is responsible of her new bitter life, see that in Prince of Redhand.
A kind of:"Better rule in Hell than serve in Heaven"
Georges Milton, Paradise Lost.
Considering Dragotha did kill her, apparently made her a vampire, and forced her into service to Kyuss, that's plenty of motivation to get rid of him. I think the quote at the beginning of the adventure does a better job of getting inside her head though... my 2cp.
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Assuming all goes to plan, however (and not having read the last two adventures, obviously)- wouldn't Lashonna be concerned about Kyuss' reaction, or that she could be preventing his "rise" by getting rid of Dragotha? Maybe it will become more clear with the final adventure, but it seems to me that it's in her best interest to let him stay around until it's certain that Kyuss is going to show up... :)
Lashonna's actions won't necessarily come to Kyuss' attention--she's acting very much on the sly. She also, presumably, figures that when the PCs take on Dragotha, they'll be severely weakened and unable to interfere with the return of Kyuss to the material plane. So basically she's playing her two biggest problems off against each other and hoping they cancel each other out.
Kyuss is evil, and probably doesn't care what his servants do to each other, as long as the outcome brings what he desires (freedom from the monolith and the Age of Worms), and Lashonna knows this--if she outmaneuvers Dragotha she has merely proven herself worthy of being Kyuss's right hand woman.