Chenier and Vellos are lying arrogant pricks... That hasn't changed since the beginning.
Arrogant I'll grant you, and Chénier has a tendency to spin propaganda until he believes it himself, but Vellos is usually pretty much on the level when he's OOC.
No my story has been fairly consistant since the beginning...
If you really believe that at this point, then you've got some problems, mate.