Yup I heard that rumour- its actually what led me to this site in the first place.
I like the idea for sure- a companion for all those lonely quests. What would have been interesting to have seen in the original, and I think it was mentioned here before, was the ability to have children and reproduce. It would have made the game so vast and almost unlimited especially if they had of made it possible for your children to join the guild. Oh well no use crying over spilt milk or missing features. Fable was fine as it was but with Fable 2 in production every feature discussed here which wasnt included in the original game has the possibilty of being included in the F2. So with that said apologies if I get a little off topic here and start discussing Fable 2