While you won’t have companions, you will collect followers that can be sent on important missions. Deciding which minion to send is important because failure can have long-reaching consequences (such as affecting the prices of items you can buy in villages). Some of these characters will already be interested in helping your cause, but others will have to be defeated in combat before they’ll swear fealty. One intriguing projected scenario has your character besting a demon, who then moves into your stronghold to beef up its defenses.