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I am returning to my main point which is nothing about her story, arc or character is dependent on you killing the grove, that issue comes up in exactly one conversation, and she is fine with 'good' options after you recruit her as good options accrue allies and power, things she loves and she hates the absolute so, she would be fine with working with and being a member of a party that defeated her in Act 1, allying to power is her thing second thing after stopping the absolute, a good path act 1 Tav meets both those criteria.
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Yes exactly, this is my main gripe with Minthara. Later on we discover that she would fit perfectly in our group and that she isn't more evil than Astarion or Lae'zel.
Everytime I see snippets of gameplay from other people (Reddit screenshots, clips etc...), I'm always getting confronted with hints (doing a good playthrough, wearing her armor or simply watching them shoving her into the abyss) that they killed her. Of course everyone plays the game how they want, but each time I witness someone experiencing this game, I get the thought "Oh, they killed my favourite character, nice." Every time.
Every other companion is signaling "Hey, it's worth sticking to this character, they could become an ally", but Minthara is just one of three goblin leaders. The punching bag of Baldurs Gate 3.
It's really sad she is locked behind the psycho evil path. After recruiting her she isn't even on that path anymore (which is good for her), but then why do we have to do it in the first place.
