If you really want to label them with old-fashioned alignment, I'd say no companion is Lawful good, but none is chaotic evil either.
Thanks for the feedback.
Isn't Astarion at least a bit on the chaotic side, therefore bordering on CE?
Alignment in this game seems more like a representation of the character descriptively rather than a normative command, so alignment of characters can change based on the choices you make. When you first meet the characters, I would describe the alignments as: Lae’zel: Lawful Evil Karlach: Chaotic Good, leans Neutral Good. Shadowheart: True Neutral (Neutral Evil if Shar bothers you) Astarion: Chaotic Evil, leaning Neutral Evil. Wyll: Either Chaotic Good or True Neutral. Gale: Lawful Neutral, can lean more good or neutral.
Ultimately the lawful-chaotic aspect is less pronounced. Lae’zel is clearly starting evil, as is Astarion. Wyll, Gale, and Karlach are clearly good depending on some early choices. Shadowheart is very neutral early game, with a mix of good and evil opinions.
If you wanted to make a “good” party that is good from the start, it would include some combination of the following: Wyll, Karlach, Gale, Halsin. Minsc has yet to show up in my game, but he would be an option too judging by BG1+2.
The most viable “evil” party would likely include: Lae’zel, Minthara, Shadowheart, Astarion.
I'm well aware of that, but since kanisatha was trying to measure their ingame actions by a good old alignment standards, I was trying to share my perspective on the matter and maybe help a little with that.
Yes @Cahir is correct. But I do generally agree with your starting alignment interpretations, @Zerubbabel. And the key word there is 'starting,' which is what I've been saying again and again for people who keep bringing up that companion alignments can change depending on in-game choices. For me, regardless of this in-game reality with which I agree, it does matter what their history (and therefore alignment) is at the point when I first run into them, which is to say, their past matters a great deal to me.
Since I have stated I would only play the game with a mod that allows a party of six, my party, I think, would be Wyll, Karlach, Halsin, Minsc, and Jaheira/Gale.
