[galraen]

I'm not sure f they'll wait in the same place forever. I seem to recall (a long tim ago so faulty memory could be at work) leaving Imoen were she first joins up, going back sometime later and she was nowhere to be found. I do know that Khalid and Jaheira will have vanished forever if you don't go to the Friendly Arms Inn fairly quickly. The first time I played the game I simply couldn't get past the assassin at the FAI, and when I went back later they were gone. I've noticed on every subsequent game that if I don't pick them up early in the game you can never get them. I'm not sure what triggers their departure, whether it's a simple timer, or is triggered by talking to the mayor type character in Nashkel (sp?) or clearing the mines.