 The player character can be male or female and one of six available races , and the game typically refers to him or her as " The Watcher " . Over the course of the adventure , the player can recruit up to eight secondary characters as companions . Available companions include : Edér , a fighter and worshiper of one of the game 's gods , Eothas ; Aloth , a wizard and child of parents who served nobility ; Durance , a priest and follower of Magran , a goddess of war and fire ; Sagani , a ranger who is on a quest to search for an elder from her village ; Grieving Mother , a strange cipher who can not normally be fully seen by other people , and has a personal connection to the hollowborn problem ; Pallegina , a paladin who works for the Vailian Republics ; Kana Rua , a chanter who was sent by his people to recover a book of sacred text ; and Hiravias , a druid who has been banished from his tribe . 
