Originally Posted by Ixal
- Instead of mellowing out all companions to make them easy to get and sex up, they could have had really evil characters (Shadowheart) with a more interesting story than "just misunderstood" or "actually nice".
For someone to be even considered to become a justicar, Shadowheart behaves nothing like a Sharr follower.
As far as I can tell, this strongly depends on how much she likes you. In usual runs, it starts with you rescuing her and she telling you that she won�t forget that. That�s what makes the friendliness plausible.

From that point on she travels towards a crossroad: either abandon Shar or becoming a Dark Justiciar. And if she chooses the latter, she�s no longer nice.
And many of her dialogues are not just mildly unsettling, if you expect a stereotypical nice and friendly lady.

And Lae�zel, with all the easy sex up part, is also not nice at the start. Mind the descriptions: the narrator tells you that you hurt all over. It�s on you how you react to that, but the description is clear: Lae�zel uses you at the start and does not even notice your pain. This can grow into a bond of deep romance, but it does not have to. You can tell her that it hurt and you don�t want to ever repeat it. She�s arrogant and very much into herself and does not value anything but her duty and her own enjoyment.