Allison has always been a polarizing figure. You either loved her or hated her. Eventually both, more often than not.
I always enjoyed having Allison around. She was an exceptionally useful lightning rod. Difficult or impossible to control, yes, but it was possible to channel her efforts to an extent, and she would always end up taking all or most of the heat for anything controversial. Rowan was able to get a lot of dirty deeds done just by letting Allison be Allison and keeping everyone else out of her way when she was after something that furthered his interests. Allison would do all the dirty work and get all the accolades (and infamy) for it, and Rowan got to keep the high ground.
There are very few people who probably had any idea of just how ruthlessly pragmatic Rowan Geronus really was at times. I look back at what I did with him and suspect that his impact on Dwilight is probably under-appreciated.
