In the first part of my story my main character, a spy, needs someone to help her navigate through dangerous territory where a cult is based (they are guarding some information she needs). She manages to recruit the help of a cult member who has decided to betray his own. In general he is a very selfish, pretentious and manipulative person, driven by his own abstract principles, but he is very clever and ends up being helpful although they mostly dislike one another. Eventually they are both found out and must flee the city along with a number of other characters.
In the second part of the story, the main character must travel to another nation to warn its leader of the information she found out in the first part of the story. She is accompanied by a small group of skilled individuals for protection along the way, and each of her companions brings something useful to the table, except...
The charachter who helped her navigate the city in the first part of the story. In the city he was perfectly adapted to his environment, but now he becomes a fish out of water, as they are traveling through the wilderness. Importantly, the reason he was in the story before is that he had something the main character needed (access to the cult). Now, I can't think of anything useful he has asside from being clever, and given that he is such a selfish person, there is little reason for the other charachters to keep him in the story at this point. The thing is, he is a crutial character to my story. his presence in the group causes some of the other characters to undergo significant transformations, and he himself changes most drastically by the end of the story.
Soooo...
Can anyone help me out with ideas on how to keep him in the story?
In the second part of the story, the main character must travel to another nation to warn its leader of the information she found out in the first part of the story. She is accompanied by a small group of skilled individuals for protection along the way, and each of her companions brings something useful to the table, except...
The charachter who helped her navigate the city in the first part of the story. In the city he was perfectly adapted to his environment, but now he becomes a fish out of water, as they are traveling through the wilderness. Importantly, the reason he was in the story before is that he had something the main character needed (access to the cult). Now, I can't think of anything useful he has asside from being clever, and given that he is such a selfish person, there is little reason for the other charachters to keep him in the story at this point. The thing is, he is a crutial character to my story. his presence in the group causes some of the other characters to undergo significant transformations, and he himself changes most drastically by the end of the story.
Soooo...
Can anyone help me out with ideas on how to keep him in the story?