Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-32073823-20170605091742/@comment-83.248.229.123-20170605095514

If you want a mercenary companion go for the Iron Cudgel, you get 10 instead of 5 by taking them now. The dusty horde will die regardless at a later date, and ari-gardna will get hired by someone else. The Iron Cudgels are the one who stays.