I never found Anomen or Aerie (at least I don't remember them). I had Korgan from very early on and he definetly is no sissy. He helped me out tremendously. Toward the end I did get sick of hearing what happened to his other part members.
P.S. Korgan with the +3 Axe that returns to the hand after thrown took out some gloems from a distance all by himself ( it was a slow process though)
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