In my first playthrough, Isobel was captured and Jaheira killed in the subsequent fight, and I had no leads to find minsc at all.
Until I stumbled into the Half-Orc guard, and my rogue levels immediately knew that was a Guild Enforcer, so I was let in.
Once in, Talked to Nine-Fingers, expecting to talk about her cargo that I threw at Goblins in Act 1. Nope, Tav had the option to jsut flat out ask about Minsc that we had never heard of until then.
