You can exchange the name and say the exact same thing about Shadowheart, so similar are their stories.
I had my first playthrough with Lae’zel and I’m currently playing my second playthrough with Shadowheart, and I disagree.
The intensity with Lae’zel as companion is much higher, and you’re constantly on the edge, but it is cheerful, while with Shadowheart you see the dark parts inside herself, but she is fiercely loyal to you.
A similarity is that both are being betrayed by the ones they serve, but where that leads them and which themes they explore is very different.
Shadowheart lied to you from the start. Lae’zel is brutally honest.
Shadowheart can detach from the fight and retreat into family life while Lae’zel chooses the next battle to pursue.
Shadowheart faces her fear (swimming, wolves) while Lae’zel accepts her own desires even where they go against her upbringing (tenderness).
Did you play the game with both as companion?
