Originally Posted by Anska
Can't you also simply not recruit him after the Curse is lifted in Act 2?
Nope, teh game doesn't give you teh chance. He just forces himself into your group and even says basically it is, because he has the hots for you - even if you never talked to him about anything else, but business.

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