DA4 possible returning characters

Why is everyone mentioning Sten? He could be dead. I guess they could do what they did with Leliana but I'm personally not in favor of bringing back dead characters.

Can he? I could have sworn Sten is one of the characters whose death is never shown or and left in uncertain terms if it's mentioned in the sliders. I think this includes if he's left in his cage in Lothering but I'll have to find the codex to be sure. I remember way back on the old forums this came up in a conversation about Sten becoming the new Arishok. 

I've found his codex where his fate if left in the cage is mentioned: "If Sten is not rescued from his cage: He remained in his cage to await death, and most likely found it." Sten is never stated to have died and instead is assumed to have died so there's leeway there unlike with Leliana. The choice of words does seem like it could have intentionally been chosen if case Sten needed to make a return. 

Oh, yes. He could be a lyrium addict. I forgot this fact.

So maybe he'll stay safe and sound with my Inquisitor, God bless.

I'd be very surprised if Maevaris isn't a companion

I remember thinking that myself: I think it's the confrontation at Haven that creates this false memory but I've checked and according to the Wikipedia, Sten can't actually die there. That seems odd given how altercations with other party members usually presented the player with the option of killing said party members. It's part of what lends me to believe that the developers may have been leaving themselves room in case they wanted to bring Sten back later down the line, 

If it is done right nobody will say anything. If every word Mae says will be about her being trans, I don't see it going to well but if she is handled like Dorian was it will be ok

While I like Maevaris Tilani, I'd rather she not be a companion. I think she'd be best in an advisor role and maybe as a temporary companion that accompanies the protagonist on specific missions. Because of her status as a magister, I feel she'd make it a bit too easy, for the lack of a better word, for the player if she accompanied them on the field for regular missions and general meandering. To put it differently: her status in society would unlock doors where it might have been more interested for the player if their character had been the one to find the right key or right way to lockpick. 

As for a romance? I don't know, it could be interesting but I don't know if she'd like to move on to something serious since she still seems in mourning over her late husband and I don't want her to be a romance option just because she'd be the first transgender option. That'd honestly feel like putting her transgenderism before her character and that's just disrespectful both to the character and transgender people, in my opinion.

Eh, I think Dorian and Maevaris have differing opinions on certain matters but I see your point and I suppose a better phrasing I could have used was: "-in the role of an advisor or recurring NPC."  

Dorian is almost certainly going to appear since I believe that in each of his possible endings, he always returns to the Tevinter Imperium. It seems like he was deliberately set up to play a part in the next game given its locations. 

I don't think many of the old advisors would return in person, perhaps in correspondence but not in person. Cullen would be an unnecessary presence as his role was primary to oversee, instruct and lead the armies of the Inquisition and those are not something that could be brought over the border to the Tevinter Imperium.

I'd prefer it if Leliana delgates her role to one of her agents as successors, either Harding or *the elven agent whose name escapes me at the moment. This could be even if Leliana is not Divine as she'd be holding down the fort in the southern lands and attempting to track down what agents and traces of Solas remains there. Leliana has already had much time and I think retiring her presence to the south would allow other characters their moments and lessen the determinant content. '

I don't see Cassandra making a personal appearance as I don't think she'd be suited for field work or advising in the Tevinter Imperium. The same with Josephine although for different reasons. Josephine could still use her connections but from a distance and through correspondence. Like Leiliana and Cullen, I consider her role to best retired to the south. 

I think Flemeth may return but I think she'd be more focused around the Evanuris since it seems implied that she intends to seek revenge on them for the murder of Mythal. I have a theory that she may attempt to sabotage Solas' plan in some way so that the Evanuris will be freed and she can exact her revenge. It could, of course, also be that she's counting on them breaking free without sabotage and that's why she's not really opposing Solas despite the chaos that might be born as a consequence of his goal.

I don't quite know about Morrigan but if we turn up in Tevinter and she's somehow managed to endear herself to a magister then I'm calling no so hard. Manipulative as she may be, Morrigan should not be able to effortlessly rise in high society in the Tevinter Imperium. Now Morrigan out of her depth could be interesting to see.

Note: *although if she's the elven agent in Trespasser then that wouldn't work since I believe Solas confirms that she's one of his double agents.

Oh no, I didn't think that you were. That remark was mostly just a manifest of my annoyance with how effortlessly Morrigan handles the Orlesian court. It was set up in one of the sliders in Dragon Age: Origins but I think she should have encountered more obstacles than she did.

Well, unpopular opinion here, but I'd rather not have returning npc's or cameos. I love those guys, but I'm tired of seeing them. Especially as a new PC. I don't like that at all.

More than that, though, I'd like to see more new blood than old.