This just made my day.
Oh that's a classic...
He is- I just need to write and add some more dialogue. And get a soundset, but I'm going to wait til everything else is done for that. Elai is fully playable at the moment.
The Firewalker of Kossuth will be a joinable NPC, yes. And after Elai, BG1 NPC and many Cleric kits are done he's probably what I'll be working on first for LoI.
Personally, I'd like to add in a bit more travel somewhere cool- perhaps a portal in the Underdark to somewhere, or a trip to another plane.
Most (almost all? ) of the ideas mest be credited to NiGHTMARE, though.