Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
My headcanon is that it was, as you describe, the fact that she was the only one to not join up remotely willingly. Even if Gut and Ragzlin had some misgivings due to their prior worship of Maglubiyet, I could easily see them voluntarily submitting to implantation to get a leg-up on their existing clan hierarchies and unite multiple clans under their rule.

But the far more likely reason is a lot simpler (and more depressing); anti-goblinoid racism. The idea that a free-willed Ragzlin and Gut might have anything at all to contribute is thus not even considered - not by the Guardian, not by Tav, and not by their companions. Even unequivocally good characters like Halsin, Wyll and Karlach seem pretty dismissive of the goblin clans, seeing them as an unwelcome pestilence at best.
Or maybe its just because only Minthara ever actually separates from the army such that you could actually recruit her. Even on an "infiltrate the cult" playthrough (which is theoretically the only way you were intended to see her) she has to basically be kicked out of her position before you can recruit her.