Tarvek considers [ himself] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] the Storm King by right. Klaus Wulfenbach is thus an usurper. The possibility that Klaus would gladly hand over power to anyone capable of keeping the peace is not considered. Although Tarvek has no special devotion to the Other, his father clearly considers her as important or even more important than his son’s ascendancy. Aaronev was evidently using the Knights of Jove to serve the Other with the justification that the slaver wasps would be the most effective way to reestablish the Storm King's rule.