cant seem to find kodjo, hex, or the black panther, but can find waffle and the rest, weird.
We're slowly making a character guide. Link is on discord. Waffle is forced on you as you need him for main story like the black panther but so you'll have to eventually run into them, but everyone but Waffle is found during the prelude to chapter 3. If you did the chapter 3 skip you just need to do Rohan's and Stryker's side storyline.