Originally Posted by Leucrotta
Originally Posted by kanisatha
So then yet another non-good companion?

I don't think the math really shows that imbalance. Remember, we are getting Karlach, Jaheria, and Minsc as well. And the latter two have been explicitly called out as exclusively good companions in the stream.

Evil Companions:
Asterion
Lae'zel
Minthara
Shadowheart(?)

Non-evil Companions:
Wyll
Gale
Minsc
Jaheria
Karlach
Shadowheart(?)

Even if you count shadowheart exclusively as an evil companion (and I'm more inclined to count her as good since she has such a heavily telegraphed redemption arc and siding with the goblins seems to lock you out of her as a romance option) then the balance is still very close, with a slight imbalance *away* from evil companions.

Originally Posted by Icelyn
If Minthara is a companion for the evil path, then Halsin will also be a companion for the good path! celebrate🐻🐻🐻
Unfortunately for the Halsin lovers out there, I don't think that is the case, since Jaheria is a druid, and we haven't gotten any indication we will have multiple companions of the same class yet.
But that's not a fair breakdown at all. You are equating being "not evil" with being "good". There are three categories: good, evil, and neither good nor evil. For me, the good path equals good companions. And right now that means only Minsc. If you have definitive evidence Jaheira's alignment has been changed to good, I'd love to see that. And Karlach and Halsin I'm sorry but I cannot count because given Larian's track record thus far of NOT being adequately forthcoming with information about the game, I have zero reason to believe or expect we will have anything more than 7-8 total companions in the end.