done the slaver quest (i.e. the ship with the little kids), but no Hendak when I return to the Copper Coronet...is he only there part of the time? Only person around was the innkeeper fat guy...

i have been back to the CC dozens of times, night and day and he is always standing in the same place near the back stair case

When I liberated the Gladiators Hendak died...too bad, tho he magically appeared killing Lethander, and I got to talk to him. But next time I entered the place he was gone.

I made the mistake of trying to "help" him kill Lethander. He didn't "appreciate" the help and attacked me after, forcing me to kill him. This sucked, I never got to finish the slave quest. This second time through, I'm gonna be very careful!