Talk:Madeleine/@comment-174.25.77.128-20130403011439/@comment-202.188.45.98-20130913110220

Doesn't seem entirely true. I escorted her from Cassardis to the encampment, then gave her the $1,000 when she asked. After that... I ignored quests involving her completely, and yes I skipped Chasing Shadows.

She ends up just hanging around Gran Soren, mostly at the inn - but she still vends stuff! Merely no shop, and she does walk around town a bit so you can't always depend on her to be there - and, obviously, her later quests are unavailable. Post game she appears at the Gran Soren fields, and yes she does still sell things.

I think this is a nice state of affairs for those playing NG+ who want occasional access to her vending services but don't want to deal with her quests. For most of the game she's in Gran Soren inn, then post-game she's at Gran Soren's refugee tents at the fields, all the while still acting like a vendor. And yes she retains all her unlocked wares if you gave her an idol during an earlier playthrough.

If you ignore her entirely I don't know what happens to her - does she stay in Cassardis forever, or somehow move on and become unavailable in the game? Obviously in this case she isn't available as a vendor - hmm, but wait, I do remember being able to buy stuff from her in Cassardis early in my NG+. So perhaps she still vends things, but you'll need to go to Cassardis every single time. Might not be a completely bad idea if you're done with the game and exclusively playing Bitterblack Isle though, so that's something to consider.