Quote Originally Posted by Anonymouswizard View Post
annoying bug? I decided to slightly alter my character's appearance and so went to the party camp immediately after the tutorial. Apparently this means Shadowheart leaves the beach, so hooray I have to reload!
Not a bug. Leaving the beach area without interacting with Shadowheart causes her to wake up on her own. Since she's easily the most essential companion plotwise there's a lot of opportunities to recruit her later on and you can still get a full party pretty quickly.