And Minsc is confirmed as a companion and origin character. Data miners have already found Minsc specific dialogue choices in the game for when the player is playing as Minsc.
How is he confirmed as origin (being origin would mean starting the game as Minsc)? I find that unlikely but from what you said it does sounds like he will be able to join our team. A tadpole-less companion, or temporary companion (or indeed, a full origin - that would be weird though, starting with Minsc in this very alien Baldur’s Gate setting). I could swear Larian mentioned something like that when discussing 4party limit (characters temporary joining your team of four), however, I seem to be the only one remembering that, so I might have misinterpreted something. Especially so, as there is nothing of that sort in EA as far as I am aware. However, that still would make the most sense to me - any character who joins our party will have their own lines and will be under player control (afterall, BG3 allows for any party member to engage with the conversation, regardless if it’s player character or companion).
