The weird part is, Fane was actually written by a guest writer. Sometimes I wonder how the plot would have gone if he wasn't there to contextualize it.
There is one thing that actually really bothers me, though. Towards the start of the EA, it was said that Larian was only providing the evil companions at first to get feedback on them, basically making an assumption that they were going to be less popular options upon release. Gale was mentioned to be a last minute addition meaning he wasn't considered one of that group for a time, though I assume this is also mostly because not having a wizard party member in a DnD game (no, Wyll isn't a good enough substitute for the arcane caster role) would have been VERY awkward.
But now it's known that we're only getting 2-3 more party members, and one might have been scrapped. So as far as 'good' companions go, there's only Karlach and Minsc, since Helia might have gotten the axe. The whole thing about evil companions being tested first seems very dishonest when it looks like what actually happened was that the 'evil' companions were just the ones that were written and finished first.
