There will most likely be plenty of optional companions however adding an aasimar to chapter 1 while alot of people have asked for the race probably wont happen it would most likely happen after the race is added or in a later chapter.
Side note Shadowheart is Neutral Evil (She has evil cleric actions in certain locations)
Secondary note laz'eal and Shadowheart are the only 2 current companions in early access.
3rd note most likely several additional companions will get added as well as a merc option they have already discussed. If you find the RP post I posted on here a while back I posted some commentary on ideas regarding that that could really explain how they could be implimented outside the origins characters in unique ways for additional companions.
A cleric gets the "evil cleric" tag if they choose an evil deity. It doesn't mean the character is evil. I chose Kelemvor for my deity as a cleric so I got the "neutral cleric" tag -- even though I never explicitly chose my alignment.
