Romancing Halsin on Act 3?

[ΞchoNyra]

So I kinda forgot to do his quest where we must rescue Thaniel until I have released Nightsong so by the time I came back I've basically cleared almost all of the encounters in Act 2 without Halsin as my companion. Only during I attacked Moonrise Towers and recruit Jaheira when he was available as a follower. I've recently jumped into Act 3 and I was wondering if I was too late to gain his approval since I went through a huge chunk of Act 2 without him. Would the events in Act 3 be enough to make him like me? It's my first playthrough and I don't know what to expect, I'd reckon the game has much more events to explore but I just want to make sure because I don't want to return like 7hrs of progress during Act 2 when I first went to Last Light Inn , lol.

Honestly I'm just kinda bummed that he was so hard to have a crush on me, compared to Gale or Lae'zel whom I never had any intention to romance with. I wasn't even trying to impress them I was just doing what main characters do lmao

[Mike Garrison]

Pretty sure that if you don't lift the shadow curse, Halsin doesn't join you in Act 3. You say you are in Act 3. Is he in your camp?

[ΞchoNyra]

Originally posted by Mike Garrison:

Pretty sure that if you don't lift the shadow curse, Halsin doesn't join you in Act 3. You say you are in Act 3. Is he in your camp?

Hi, perhaps you misunderstood my phrasing. Yes, he is in my camp, although I did the curse lift quest in Act 2 pretty late, (after I've basically cleared other Act 2 quests available), therefore he wasn't available as a companion sooner than I'd like him to. Only during the quest to attack Mooneise then kill Ketheric Thorm were he start to become available in my party.

I was just wondering if the lateness to his recruitment may affect the ability to romance him somehow, like not gaining his approval enough because I did a lot of quests without him.

[arikel.pv]

If Halsin is in your camp, than consider him recruited along with Jaheira.
That said, much of his approval is gained previously, while talking with him about himself, about what might happen with the Grove without him, about his feeling about wandering with the party, etc.
If you did all this in act II (and helped him to lift the curse), then at the start of the act III Halsin's approval will be at least 60 (very good).
However, in my walkthroughs he neatly hid his interest in MC until the party reached BG Lower. Again, there appeared new lines in camp dialogue with the druid, smth about 'how do you feel yourself within the big city'.
In short: if you show Halsin you're interested in himas a person, not just as a companion, then sooner or later he shows his interest, too. In that very form you want.
I never included Halsin in the party in my walkthroughs, just spoke with him often, and got it anyway.