I'm here to confirm that Minthara no longer requires specific conditions to be recruited and can now be also recruited even after raiding the Grove.FUN FACT;
If you loot everything off of her in ACT 1, she'll spawn in Moonrise with a 2nd set of her own camp clothes, thus you can own x2 of her own clothes to match as a couple! 
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/xVtCadg.jpg)
Also it seems like Minthara and Halsin no longer share a tent, at least after the first long rest once she's recruited.
Halsin instead moves to a remote place at the camp after a long rest, so it looks like Larian is really going to implement having to choose between Halsin or Minthara in ACT 2.![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/OIg32ji.jpg)
Excellent! Good work! Thanks for the screens!
As far as shadow dropping Emperor spoilers goes, yeah I mean she's clearly Clairvoyant. I don't care how villainous she comes off, if an NPC revealed that level of insight about what's going on right before mortal combat, any hero or wicked Durge who didn't stay their hand at the last minute would surely be a fool! The most valuable asset is information! And Minthara is shorthand for wisdom too. The wise call at this point would be to deliver on the Minthara Origin and the Menzoberranzan highway to hell expansion Campaign!
Fingers still double crossed hehe