Thanks, so they're can be 3 fighting in the trial, instead of 2? Does Altina come along if available or do you have to ask her? Thanks again.
yep, three party memebers, she will be in the party at the start of the section if you rescue her.
for recover her: in the freeroaming section at the start of chapter two, before resolve both varia and impaler problem you need to go in the montain keep of the prologue (in feroholm map the mountain in the
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map), talk with the lamia of the prologue and entern in the keep, altina is in the right tower 3° floor, but talk (and defeat) everyone. it's good for your army.
similarity with varia, altina has two mental state. the first is the 'cockwhore', if you fuck her in the keep, for a 'saner' version of her you need to only rescue her, and in the camp before riala tell you the horde invasion talk wiht altina, go in the tend to sleep and then talk with her again (and simon fuck her). you can do this in the dark ruins after the scene with carina, talk with her, go outside in the 'pass map' and then return to her.
if you don't fuck her before the start of the battle near the dark ruoin. in aka route after ending the order of thaumaturgy's trial she leave the party for good (this grant a few point in a couple of hidden stat but it's NOT advisable, you want her in the party, outside the party member there are a lot of thing you miss without her)
unlike varia her mental state don't change her skills. but my advice is keep altina in the 'saner' state and reshape varia after saving her from the rape. this grant you better rp gain with a lot of people and better hidden score gain. [dominate varia is more powerful compare the reshaped one, and her custom blades are cheaper compared the reshaped one, but still she is a good glass cannon even in reshaped form and the gain in the hidden stats are better, IMHO]
because you need to replay it, my advice is to collect and keep all unique orcs you found, in the feroholm map, there is a shrine in the left, you will find a very unique orc, and spare the impaler. that orcs will be very relevant in the future for your amry.