She joins you in camp during your first Long Rest to make sure Gale is alright and bring him an artefact for when the Orb gets hangry (and to get her pets) Good timing too, because for Avatar-Gale the orb requires its first item the morning after, forcing you to either endure or feed it your new evasion ring - or the Everburn Blade in my case. Tara stays in camp until you reach Rivington, when she goes adventuring on her own. You have some dialogue variations with her on the temple roof and if you find her thrice in the Lower City, she will return to camp to join you for the quest finale.
And thank you for sharing so much about your Durge-experience. I am not sure if I can force me to give it another go, but it's great to read what other players think and like about it. The detail that your character basically forms from your decisions against Bhaal's plan is lovely.
Oh wow, that's a huge addition in that case, an entirely new camp character basically! Makes me wonder how much additional things are added in other Origin companion playthroughs. I know Shadowheart gets Shar stuck in her head for the entirety of the temple at least, and I know Astarion has a nightmare of sorts about Cazador early on, but no idea beyond that. I guess what I'd miss most when playing an Origin campaign is that I wouldn't have them as a companion like with a Tav/Durge playthrough and I'd be missing out on a lot of spoken dialogue because of that. I love the whole Astarion-Shadowheart dynamic when undergoing Loviatar's trial for example, or bringing Gale when I decide to lick a spider.
When you play as an Origin like Gale, do you get to do his own romance scenes with your chosen romance partner as well as theirs? Or do you only get to see those when you're playing as someone else romancing him?
And you're welcome! If you ever get the itch to start a new good-aligned Tav playthrough, I'd definitely recommend giving a resisting Durge another go for a bit of added spice and variety. It also offers nice parallel dialogues with some companions that can relate to certain things, like with a Selunite Shadowheart defying Shar and especially an Unascended Astarion defying Cazador. Comparing my Tav to my Durge playthrough, especially in Act 3 when you show fear about your heritage, those are probably the most genuine and selfless moments I've seen for a platonic Astarion in both my playthroughs. And I've never explored his romance but that has even more of that in there I believe.
