So...

We're fast approaching Chapter One and the start of the actual adventure, and I think it's time we had the uncomfortable conversation about what to do with Astraea [@deathbringer], Rodion [@drakey] and Hassan [@sisyphus]. Their players have been awol for some time and I think it's fair that we should discuss how to handle these characters moving forward. Either we can continue as we've been doing and have them be featured as NPCs, or we can remove them from the ongoing adventure by having them not be able to take part in the mission, thus freeing things up a bit and making the story less crowded. I'm 100% fine with keeping them as NPCs that are controllable by everyone, but I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on this. 

So yeah, what would you guys prefer?