Talk:Arlen Grace/@comment-32383474-20170625012817/@comment-26854521-20170719004034

I have two theories for that one. The first one is that being an Irregular is not enough to automatically bypass guardian contracts. You would need a certain power or tool (like the thorn) to break them. The second one would be that there are different tiers to immortality and that Zahard and Arlen both had the highest one. It could be that Zahard had to offer something to gain his superior version of it and that could have been the immortality of one of his companions, namely Bloodmadder. In contrast to that, V could have offered his own in an effort to protect Arlen. That could explain why she didn't know that she couldn't kill herself and why Gustang said that he was the worst person he had ever met.