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A frustrating scene for your consideration: A paladin leads his people out of a burning camp, holds together the survivors of a massacre, and fights off Absolute cultists not once but twice\u2026and then you just say goodbye? <\/em>Here\u2019s another: A druid nearly gets an entire grove slaughtered, spends the rest of the story trying to live with the consequences, and the game decides that’s not compelling enough to keep them around. Excuse me?!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em> <\/em>is full of moments like this: A great character, an intriguing story, and then no reliable way to learn what happens next. For Mizora \u2014 Wyll’s patron devil, the one who granted him his warlock powers \u2014 a new mod has delivered a way around that issue. While Mizora technically does hang out in camp, she does so only on her terms \u2014 and when you see her, generally, you want to shove her back into whatever pocket of the Nine Hells she’s crawled out of. Unless, of course, you can recruit her hellish talents to support your aims. Now, thanks to the mod Mizora Joins the Party from modder WorldWalker42, you can do exactly that. She’s not the only NPC who deserves an upgrade to companion status. Here are 10 more.<\/p>\n\n 10 <\/span>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Alfira to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> One song from her was simply never going to be enough.<\/p>\nAlfira\u2019s a tiefling bard you meet in the Emerald Grove in Act 1. When you meet her, she writes you a song, on the spot, about the story you\u2019re currently living. If this happened to me in real life I would swoon<\/em>, and, in-game, it has nearly the same effect. It\u2019s a lovely moment\u2026and it\u2019s the entire relationship you get with her. There\u2019s no bard companion in this game, and Alfira is the clear contender to fix this oversight. (Psst: If you\u2019ve always wanted to spend more<\/em> time with Alfira, absolutely do not<\/em> attempt a Dark Urge run. This is your only warning.)<\/p>\n\n
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Image: Larian Studios via Polygon<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Barcus to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> He survived three acts<\/em> of hell and still <\/em>doesn’t get a spot at the campfire?<\/p>\nBarcus is a gnome you rescue from a burning windmill early in Act 1, if you\u2019re so inclined. After that, his life doesn\u2019t exactly get easier. He\u2019s captured (again), he\u2019s tortured for information about his former friend Wulbren’s whereabouts, dragged to Moonrise Towers, and finally handed leadership of the Ironhand clan in Act 3 after everyone else in charge lets him down. His arc gives him as much story as a companion \u2014 he just needs a class to build skills around. After everything he\u2019s been through, he\u2019s earned at least that much.<\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Zevlor to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> He saved his people twice. Then the game just let him wander off?<\/p>\nZevlor is the tiefling paladin holding the Emerald Grove\u2019s refugees together in Act 1, doing the necessary, not-always-fun job of a leader without actually being elected to do so. If you save the grove and he survives, he leads the tiefling refugees to the city of Baldur\u2019s Gate, a move the game sets up as a big storyline, before Zevlor vanishes from the story almost entirely. Here\u2019s my question (and Reddit\u2019s): If we can recruit Minthara on an evil run, why on earth can\u2019t we recruit Zevlor as the good-aligned alternative? I\u2019ll be by my phone waiting for an answer, Larian.<\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Volo to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> He talks his way into, and back out of, every disaster in Faer\u00fbn.<\/p>\nVolo is the explorer you first meet as he\u2019s getting his head stuck in an owlbear\u2019s nest in Act 1. From there, he only makes more questionable choices \u2014 such as confidently giving out incorrect advice, showing up as a camp trader slash definitely trustworthy eyeball surgeon in your camp, and generally being fabulous at talking his way into situations he has no business surviving. He\u2019s not dangerous. He\u2019s also not tactical. He\u2019d almost certainly be a liability in a real fight. But for the goofy, charming commentary he\u2019d add to every disaster you walk into, Volo\u2019s a natural pick for an NPC that\u2019s ready to party.<\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Araj to camp<\/strong>:<\/em>She wants your blood, your future, and, like,<\/span>probably<\/em>not your death.<\/span><\/p>\nAraj runs a stall in Moonrise Towers dealing exclusively in blood, alchemy, and unsettling eye contact. She wants a taste of your blood, specifically. Why? A True Soul\u2019s blood, she claims, holds secrets worth knowing. (This is the exact amount of non-information that is laser-targeted to get me, every time.) She\u2019s tied to the fallen noble house Oblodra, which gives you an entire unwritten redemption arc dedicated to restoring her name. While she never asks to join you \u2014 she wouldn\u2019t \u2014 her mystery does the recruiting for her.<\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Sazza to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> She’s been rescued over and over, and comes back sharper every time.<\/p>\nSazza is a goblin scout you first run into during the raid on the Emerald Grove. Depending on your choices, you can end up saving her life three separate times, across three different acts \u2014 a feat that can snag you an in-game achievement. She\u2019s brash, overconfident, and totally aware of what she brings to the table. Players keep asking for a goblin companion specifically because of her\u2026and also <\/em>specifically because saving someone that many times without getting to actually keep them around starts to feel oddly personal. (\u201cWhat do you mean you\u2019re leaving? I just saved you again!\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Kagha to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> She nearly got a grove slaughtered. She’s still living with that.<\/p>\nKagha is second-in-command at the Emerald Grove in Act 1. With that power comes responsibility, of course \u2014 responsibility she\u2019s shirking by secretly working with the Shadow Druids against her own people. You can choose to expose or forgive her betrayal, depending on what kind of run you\u2019re going for. Spare Kagha, and she gets a redemption arc that is arguably more interesting than Halsin\u2019s entire story, because she actually has something extremely fresh and visceral to atone for. (Remember, Halsin\u2019s conflict is both centuries old and mostly settled by the time you meet him.) Kagha\u2019s story is happening right in front of you, in real time, and then the game just lets her walk away from it.<\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Popper to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> Good boy gets all the treats!!!<\/p>\nPopper is a kobold you find at the Circus of the Last Days in Act 3. He\u2019s one of the only performers there who isn\u2019t secretly a doppelg\u00e4nger. His entire personality runs on devotion to \u201cHis Majesty,\u201d a housecat he\u2019s fully<\/em> convinced is actual royalty, and a steady supply of treats he calls \u201ctreatos.\u201d Like Volo, he is not even a little powerful or tactical, and nobody\u2019s pretending otherwise, but do we want the best good boy in our party to give him all the treatos all of the time? Yes, of course we do. Next question.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios via Polygon<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting He Who Was to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> He’s dead, vengeful, and clearly having the time of his afterlife.<\/p>\nDeep in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, you can stumble on an extremely unsettling ritual. There\u2019s an undead figure who\u2019s raising skeletons specifically<\/em> to torment a woman who wronged him centuries ago\u2026who\u2019s clearly enjoying every sadistic second of the process. He Who Was doesn\u2019t get a real questline, just this one grim, memorable scene \u2014 and then he\u2019s gone. This might seem like a good thing. It\u2019s not. If you\u2019re on an evil run, your companion choices get pretty thin. Being able to add He Who Was to your party as an unhinged, undead friend instead of watching him vanish back into the fog would fix that problem immediately.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Image: Larian Studios<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Why we\u2019re inviting Arabella to camp<\/strong>:<\/em> She’s a kid with powers nobody saw coming\u2026least of all, her.<\/p>\nYou rescue Arabella, a tiefling kid, from Auntie Ethel\u2019s basement in Act 1. She then spends the rest of the story recovering from this trauma in your camp \u2014 relatable, makes sense. But by Act 2, she starts manifesting strange, uncontrolled magical powers. In Act 3, she abruptly goes her own way. There is no closure. There are only questions and unrealized potential. Watching her walk off mid-mystery might be the single least resolved thread in the entire game.<\/p>\n
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 <\/em>didn\u2019t run out of good characters when it ran out of companion slots. This is, of course, a good problem to have, if it\u2019s a problem at all! But it does leave curious, lore-focused players in a weird spot: Even with six great companions ready to recruit, you can still spend the whole game wondering what it\u2019d be to fight alongside Kagha, or to chill for an evening in camp with Barcus. For Mizora, at least, that\u2019s not a hypothetical question anymore. If you\u2019ve been waiting to recruit her, check out this mod \u2014 and figure out who you want to nominate for the next NPC turned actual companion, too!<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n
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