I don't even know if N_Taii is doing it on purpose as he undercuts Ulrod with such regularity that I think it might be accidental. Ulrod is the only character who has absolutely no redeeming character traits. He's violent, manipulative, cruel, arrogant, and a rapist. Everyone other "bad guy" has something about them that is not negative. Jazon is clearly not a bad person he's just an absolute horn dog. The magic shop owner does actually attempt to improve Lily's lot in life by educating her and teaching her useful skills. The duke does actually seem to care about the nation beyond his lust for power and pussy. But Ulrod? He's yet to show any real ambition outside of the duke's service, he lead his crew in raping the female guardsmen into submission as soon he was introduced, he raped Alys until she submitted, and his treatment of Cyanna is consistently emotionally abusive bordering on rape. There's really nothing positive to say about Ulrod. So when he gets all emo and locks himself in his tent putting his men in danger because he's not there to organize and lead them, or when he gets extremely possessive of Cyanna, or when he forces himself on her when he's upset about one thing or another, he comes across as a petulant child.
I think what N_Taii is trying to do is to humanize Ulrod and I can't tell if he's doing it to try and get us to have some sympathy for him or to make us hate him more. All it's really done for me is cause me to speed through most of Cyanna's content because the constant verbal and emotional abuse is boring.
With that wall of text out of the way, I'm looking forward to the POL tomorrow. After the bombshell that was last week I'm interested to see where N_Taii goes from it.