Inside the Skill Pillars? (Spoilers Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies)

['thul]

Tintaglia class spoiler

if there's anything one can say about her, then it is that she's not all that consistent when it comes to dealing with humans Elderlings. She's very selfish, yet she does on occasion look out for others, mostly because she feels like it, not because she believes in doing it for any ulterior reasons. People using the skill she typically takes a bit extra interest in, but typically only for a while. Then her attention shifts.
If any people has something she wants, they have her attention. When they no longer have anything she needs/wants, she ignores them.