Thing is, she's hated OW for years, and has tried several times to get it killed off. It almost worked with the Arcachon/Aenilia war. This seemed like another good way to try.
Wait, wait, wait. So all this time Velax has been talking with Taylin and Taylin's been bitching about all the useless Ohnarians sabotaging the war effort, and it's been
her sabotaging things?