I have a question and I'm not sure why this isn't an option - it was my original hope in playing EET. Why is it that the companions that aren't impacted by the storyline advancement eliminated once SOD starts? My hope was that I could dismiss Kagain before the final battle with Sarevok, then pick him up after the World Map is reopened in SOD. Instead, all of the BG1 NPCs go away - there were a bunch in the FAI, and I even 'saw' Xzar and Montaron in the Belching Dragon before they vanished because, SOD.
I like the continuity perspective (Misnc and Dynaheir are dead in SOD, as they were in BG, so were not in the Three Old Kegs in SOD) in part, but I should be able to pick up old companions from BG1 in the same manner. It just doesn't make sense to me that you can't in SOD, or even port them over to BG2, since we can access the same areas.