I dunno if this is yet another version 1.21 bug or not, but when in the Bloodsailor hideout in the docks district with Linu (not the Seedy Tavern one, the house east of there) she set off a Negative Energy trap and died. I shrugged, finished looting the room, and Stone of Recalled back to the Temple.

She wasn't there. I ran down to Trade of Blades, and she wasn't there either. I exited and reloaded the game (unfortunately, I'd saved after she died), Stoned again, and still no good.

Don't know if any of you guys have run into this one before, but it's fairly annoying. I've only had it happen with Linu, but (presumably) it could happen with any of the NPC hirelings.