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=== Recruitment === | === Recruitment === | ||
Although Minthara can be encountered in [[Act 1]], she cannot join the player's party as a permanent companion before reaching [[Moonrise Towers]] in [[Act Two]]. | Although Minthara can be encountered in [[Act 1]], she cannot join the player's party as a permanent companion before reaching [[Moonrise Towers]] in [[Act Two]].{{note|Recruiting Minthara during Act 2 and then returning to Act 1 areas will make Minthara leave the party. Whether intended or a bug, this can be circumvented by casting [[Silence]] on her before traveling to an Act 1 area.}} | ||
==== Act Two ==== | ==== Act Two ==== | ||
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* If the player is a [[Lolth-sworn drow]], many unique dialogue options are available, one of which includes condemning Minthara and attacking her for abandoning Lolth. | * If the player is a [[Lolth-sworn drow]], many unique dialogue options are available, one of which includes condemning Minthara and attacking her for abandoning Lolth. | ||
* In traditional Drow names, the prefix "Min-" means "lesser", "minor", or "second", while the suffix "-thara" means "glyph", "marker", or "rune".{{ref|Owen K.C. Stephens, "By Any Other Name: The Drow", ''Dragon'' 267 (January 2000): 28-31}} | * In traditional Drow names, the prefix "Min-" means "lesser", "minor", or "second", while the suffix "-thara" means "glyph", "marker", or "rune".{{ref|Owen K.C. Stephens, "By Any Other Name: The Drow", ''Dragon'' 267 (January 2000): 28-31}} | ||
* Minthara has exploration lines for [[Rosymorn Monastery]] as well as for the destruction sequence of the weapon on the rooftop. It's possible that during development she was intended to be a companion earlier than she ended up being for release. | |||
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