Went back to camp, disconnected the NPCs, left the game, came back
Then we were in the wrong characters.
Left, My partner tried to choose "his" character, I logged in again, and we were in our correct characters.
Added NPCs, summoned bear, fought.
Saved. (many times) had an issue so had to go back to a saved game.
I'm in the wrong character again. He has all the NPCs
We go back to camp...there is a bunch of dialoge boxes showing that none of us can read, and then other NPCs start attacking. NO F-ing idea what the F is going on.
Logged out. Eventually we will try again, but multiplayer is massively bugged to Heck.