gives her evil, violent compulsions" (As werewolf lycanthrophy is meant to do by realms lore)?
So is vampirism and we have seen how much Larian cared about that.
And considering how much Larian already reuses tropes for companions like "Duped by a superior" (Shadowheart, Leazel), Ticking Timebomb (Karlach, Gale), I find it very unconvincing that similarity to the durge was a reason.
