I don't think the combined forces of Olan and Jaelnec would be enough to convince Aemoten to continue if Thaler would be gone... The "Rilon stuff" was probably the last blow - all that time where he was feeling either utterly useless and miserable, and then lamenting and angry at said uselessness and still incapable of doing pretty much anything (many of those posts felt physically nasty to write). All he has for holding himself together at this point is the belief that he can somehow fix the situation with Thaler, and if that gets crushed... Then it's all. Done. He will collapse where he stands and get up no more. Literally. I would most likely have to out him and Etakar, too, at that point... 

And if Thaler is gone, then Jaelnec might *never* get to be a Knight of the Will...