DA4: Creating our own mercenary band?

I wouldn't mind. I like that sort of thing. Whether necessarily mercenary, or not, the idea of a group of outcasts and highly unlikely heroes thrown together, and stuck together, that somehow-against all odds-form an oddball family appeals to me.

Maybe that's why I love the BSN.

 That's a perfect description of this crazy place. 

I like OP's idea quite a bit. The DA2 cast being my favorite group of oddballs. It would be fun to be able to create a merc band, having a choice in the type of people you recruit.

In Dragon Age 5, perhaps. I don't think it would work with what is set up for Dragon Age 4.

Considering how Trespasser ended, we are either going to be the Inquisitor again(please I hope so) or we will be working as members of the secret Inquisition. Add to that our connections with Tevinters like Dorian and that connects us to the Qun-Tevinter War as well. 

I suppose, though I figured being a mercenary company might work better in a game where there is more freedom rather than you're a mercenary for a tiny bit and then are part of the Inquisition for the rest of the game. It'd be simpler to just start out with them or be an individual sucked into the plot like previous games. 

Ah, okay. Yeah that could work. 
It even works if we play the Inquisitor again, since they have practice pretending to be a mercenary(if not were one before DAI).

This idea is sort of my theory as well. I think the inquisitor storyline is over

I think the idea will be to find people Much like dao

My guess is we are somehow immune to solas in some way but I still find it hard to believe they make us ordinary (maybe we are tainted by lyrium)

yes! heck in dragon age 2, i pretended that hawke runs a merc band in many of my playthrough (and let's face it, it's kinda like a merc band ).

so yeah that would be awesome. inquisition was great, but running an organization this big kinda takes away the personal touch, still nice and all, but i miss the personal touch. being a leader of a merc band could be great, you recruit people into the band and can run it the way you like, either taking any job for money, or more like a band of thieves, or maybe a band of do gooders mercs that only take "moraly" kinda job that helps people. so many possibilities! =D

yeah not starting as the leader is a good idea, you are a member and actually have to follow orders instead of giving them (or choose to break them ). and take over later in the story. though taking over after the ldeader dies is a bit overused. how about we take over by overthrowing the leader? =D hmm... actually that overused as well... gotta be middle ground here...

Mercenary background is pretty much universal - your character is expected to have some combat experience and they don't have to be that much educated (I mean, PCs from previous game asks so many stupid questions about basic lore even if they're of noble background). It also creates a lot of possibilities for character's motivation - money, fame, adventure for its own sake...

Having a small company would also mean that war table-like missions would probably come back.

All of them are cliche.

I would just say copy Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for it. Recruit permanent characters, tactical based gameplay, hell do the same sort of story.

Well, technically we are already mercenaries, given the amount of side quests needed to fund our operations and influence. Not to mention how just about any group of Bioware Companions fit the "Ragtag Bunch of Misfits" trope.