I cannot obtain Zaar! Please help.

[bong]

This is my third playthrough, and I thought obtaining Zaar was automatic. However, somehow during the dialogue with him before the fight, we just didn't have the fight and I was escorted to the end of the section where you have to extend the bridge to escape Evanger.
Now I'm at the part in Broken Eagle Pass where I'm about to enter into the Taymurian Border Camp where they won't let me in to get him. When I try to back through from the outlands to the camp where Zaar was, the gate sealed by Krenze or whatever is still there. When I try to enter from the catacombs it won't let me through. I have no idea what to do to proceed. Anybody have any ideas?

[Apollyon. Black Edition.]

Very strange... Perhaps that is a result of pact with Blind Demon? If I understood correct, you told Zaar about secret pass to the city. I couldn't say for sure because this situation is unusual, or you've described that not full enough, or not correct enough.

But I know no way not to obtain Zaar in party. If this is your 3rd playthrough I guess you should get back for a few saves back and catch a sequence of what you have done. This is all I can say for now.

[ZummiGummi]

This just happened to me. Not sure if the primary puppet matters. I was playing Evia and choosing all the "bad/greedy" options.

Then, if you choose to betray Thole by telling him about the catacombs, it seems like he'll let you go, deeming the info fair reparations for his killed men - which means no fight & no Zaar.

Basically, however, it seems like this is a BAD idea, even if you're trying to go full-"evil"