# Companion Approval

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What each companion likes and dislikes, from every reaction in the story. Big swings first.

## Godrick Pendlebrook

**Approves** (237):
- +10: You asked me to tell you when we're wrong
- +8: You stood with me while I was knighted, and I named you my fellowship
- +8: You stood with me while I was knighted
- +6: You said you were sorry, and meant it
- +6: You heard me out when I said we'd been leaving people behind
- +4: You lit Argynvost's beacon and let the Order go home
- +4: You gave Sir Godfrey back the Order's oath
- +4: You sat up half the night teaching me to read
- +4: You read me what Sir Godfrey wrote on his wall
- +4: You took Ireena out of the village, away from him
- +3: You stopped the Abbot's wedding
- +3: You sent the dragon's last tithe down to the valley
- +3: You stood the squire's vigil with Cosmin
- +3: You told the Order what their dragon really asked of them
- +3: You told me my oath was still mine
- …and 213 more

**Disapproves** (105):
- -10: You gave the house one of your own
- -10: You offered Ireena to Strahd to buy your own way out
- -6: You left two children in the hags' cage
- -5: You stood back and let the Abbot give Vasilka to the devil
- -5: You told me not to kneel, then
- -5: You killed prisoners who had given up
- -5: You killed watchmen who had given up
- -5: You killed Vistani who had given up
- -5: You killed Lady Wachter's people after they gave up
- -5: You killed the druids' people after they gave up
- -5: You sent Gertruda back up the stairs to Strahd
- -5: You let Strahd lift Ireena out of the window
- -5: You left the stolen children with the wolves
- -4: You let one of us take a Dark Gift from the amber
- -4: You let one of us lie down in Vosk's amber
- …and 73 more

## Kip Smudgewick

**Approves** (141):
- +10: You asked me to hold you to account
- +8: You stood by me while I settled up with Mister Quillon
- +6: You said we'd be more careful
- +6: You let me ask Strahd for his signature, and nothing else
- +5: You told me you were sorry
- +4: You sealed the Amber Temple so nobody bargains there again
- +4: You gave me Strahd's letter when I asked for it
- +3: You bound Master Vosk never to broker another bargain in this valley
- +3: You sent the dragon's last tithe down to the valley
- +3: You told me I was nobody's stock
- +3: You told Mister Quillon to leave me alone
- +3: You read the small print with me
- +3: You asked me about Pip
- +3: You told me I'm the honest one
- +3: You told me I decide who I am, not the horns
- …and 120 more

**Disapproves** (89):
- -8: You gave the house one of your own
- -6: You told me nobody asked me
- -6: You let me sell my contract to Strahd
- -6: You left two children in the hags' cage
- -6: You offered Ireena to Strahd to buy your own way out
- -5: You let one of us take a Dark Gift from the amber
- -5: You let one of us lie down in Vosk's amber
- -5: You left the stolen children with the wolves
- -4: You told me to mind my own ledger
- -4: You sent Gertruda back up the stairs to Strahd
- -3: You stood back and let the Abbot give Vasilka to the devil
- -3: You kept the dragon's tithe for yourselves
- -3: You let Strahd lift Ireena out of the window
- -3: You turned on the Vistani in their own camp
- -3: You kept what was stolen from the Vistani to their faces
- …and 57 more

## Liriel Dawnsong

**Approves** (215):
- +10: You asked me to show you the way back
- +8: You let me sing the dawn into his chapel
- +6: You told me you'd mend it
- +6: You admitted we'd lost our way a little
- +5: You brought an angel back to himself
- +5: You let me remind the Abbot of the sun at the unveiling
- +5: You brought St. Andral home to his church
- +4: You sealed the Amber Temple so nobody bargains there again
- +4: You let me ask the Abbot whether he remembers the sun
- +4: You laid Rose and Thorn to rest
- +3: You refused to dress a corpse for the devil
- +3: You let me tell the false dawn what it was
- +3: You lit Argynvost's beacon and let the Order go home
- +3: You told me I didn't choose to kneel to Strahd
- +3: You saw through my devotional light, and sat with me anyway
- …and 193 more

**Disapproves** (97):
- -10: You gave the house one of your own
- -8: You offered Ireena to Strahd to buy your own way out
- -6: You stood back and let the Abbot give Vasilka to the devil
- -5: You let one of us take a Dark Gift from the amber
- -5: You let one of us lie down in Vosk's amber
- -5: You told me you don't need my hymn
- -5: You left two children in the hags' cage
- -4: You struck the Abbot down as he knelt
- -4: You told me my god isn't in charge of you
- -4: You killed a Belview who begged for its life
- -4: You killed prisoners who had given up
- -4: You killed watchmen who had given up
- -4: You killed Vistani who had given up
- -4: You killed Lady Wachter's people after they gave up
- -4: You killed the druids' people after they gave up
- …and 65 more

## Ratatouille

**Approves** (94):
- +10: You asked me to help set it right
- +8: You sat at my table
- +6: You asked me to tell you when we're wrong
- +5: You told me you were sorry
- +5: You let me cook for the Martikovs
- +5: You took me up the mountain to ask Mordenkainen myself
- +5: You gave Mordenkainen back his name
- +4: You trusted me to step back from the amber myself
- +4: You let me tell Strahd I already have a table
- +3: You told me nobody could have foreseen Strahd's visit
- +3: You asked me what I'd do differently
- +3: You joined the Third Circle
- +3: You told me the kitchen isn't small
- +3: You told me I can go home a wizard and a cook
- +3: You promised nothing's going to happen to me
- …and 77 more

**Disapproves** (46):
- -6: You told me to suit myself
- -6: You gave the house one of your own
- -6: You offered Ireena to Strahd to buy your own way out
- -4: You told me to keep stirring and keep quiet
- -4: You left two children in the hags' cage
- -3: You drew steel on a cook in his own kitchen
- -3: You left the stolen children with the wolves
- -2: You stood back and let the Abbot give Vasilka to the devil
- -2: You let one of us take a Dark Gift from the amber
- -2: You let one of us lie down in Vosk's amber
- -2: You sent Gertruda back up the stairs to Strahd
- -2: You drew steel across Strahd's dinner table
- -2: You gave a child to the wolves
- -2: You sold a child to a hag
- -2: You yielded to Strahd in his own castle
- …and 14 more

## Thistle

**Approves** (178):
- +10: You asked me to show you what a pack does
- +10: You lifted the wolf out of Grandda
- +6: You said we'd fix it
- +5: You told me you were sorry
- +5: You took the silver off Grandda and let him go to the high woods
- +3: You opened the Abbot's cages
- +3: You were there when we said it
- +3: You were there the night we stopped racing
- +3: You told me I was nobody's dog
- +3: You asked me what I'd have done
- +3: You beat me at arm-wrestling, fair and square
- +3: You arm-wrestled me properly and didn't let me win
- +3: You told me to come and find you, after
- +3: You told me you'll miss me too
- +3: You let me name a star for us
- …and 156 more

**Disapproves** (60):
- -8: You gave the house one of your own
- -8: You offered Ireena to Strahd to buy your own way out
- -6: You told me to go
- -6: You left the stolen children with the wolves
- -5: You left two children in the hags' cage
- -4: You told me to stop sniffing you
- -4: You killed a Belview who begged for its life
- -4: You yielded to Strahd in his own castle
- -4: You handed Emil back to Kiril
- -3: You stood back and let the Abbot give Vasilka to the devil
- -3: You sent Gertruda back up the stairs to Strahd
- -3: You sold a child to a hag
- -3: You let Strahd lift Ireena out of the window
- -3: You handed the count a roc chick
- -2: You let one of us take a Dark Gift from the amber
- …and 28 more

## Wren Featherfoot

**Approves** (171):
- +10: You asked how to earn my trust back
- +8: You let me feel sorry for Rahadin, and walk away
- +6: You said we'd watch our hands
- +5: You told me you were sorry
- +5: You brought me to Kasimir with Master Sorrel's letter
- +4: You talked Kasimir out of buying his sister back
- +3: You were there the night we stopped racing
- +3: You told me I didn't need a joke for what Strahd did
- +3: You told me Master Sorrel was right about me
- +3: You let me teach you to juggle
- +3: You told me you've seen it too
- +3: You told me the jokes are part of me
- +3: You told me I don't have to be funny with you
- +3: You told me we'd do the same for you
- +3: You told me to have a joke ready anyway
- …and 152 more

**Disapproves** (68):
- -8: You gave the house one of your own
- -8: You offered Ireena to Strahd to buy your own way out
- -6: You told me it's my loss
- -5: You left two children in the hags' cage
- -4: You called me a thief for saying it
- -4: You killed prisoners who had given up
- -4: You killed watchmen who had given up
- -4: You killed Vistani who had given up
- -4: You killed Lady Wachter's people after they gave up
- -4: You killed the druids' people after they gave up
- -4: You let me go for Rahadin's throat
- -4: You left the stolen children with the wolves
- -3: You stood back and let the Abbot give Vasilka to the devil
- -3: You told Kasimir about the vestige that could buy his sister back
- -3: You let one of us take a Dark Gift from the amber
- …and 36 more