How will DA4 start?

DA4 directed by Yoko Taro?

As we have seen a few videos i have a theory.
We start with the Video from DADay.
Then comes a recap of DAI.
After that the CC. I hope for different Origions but i doubt that they will do it ever again. Even if i thought the different factions were made for it.
More likely we start in Kirkwall or somewhere around and Varric pick us up.

Hopefully better than DAI. I thought not having a sequence interacting at the Mage/Templar conclave was a mistake...it would have provided an emotional connection to the story and provided better RP nuance from the start.

I know there was this theory about the country of origin of the person in one game being the same as the setting of the previous game but I really don't buy this as an actual trend. Hawke was from Ferelden because they were a refugee from the Blight. All the various backgrounds for our DAI PC seem connected with the Freemarches to give them some distance from the two main game settings of Ferelden and Orlais but none of them actually linked to Kirkwall. The Freemarches is a collective term given to an area comprising many city states, each with its own governance and character, so a connection to Kirkwall is only tenuous at best.

There is nothing that would suggest why some random person from Orlais should be involved as the PC in DA:D unless they start off as an operative in the Inquisition. This would be incongruous for two reasons. First, you could have disbanded the organisation so most of those outside of the Inner Circle would have returned to civilian life. Second, we were meant to be using people that Solas (or his agents) doesn't know. The fact that Solas was able to infiltrate a meeting organised by Charter will have emphasised how former leading figures in the Inquisition are compromised by his knowledge of their identity. It is, incidentally, the reason why Varric should not be heavily involved in the action. Otherwise, sidelining the Inquisitor makes no sense.

The only other reason for a person from Orlais turning up in Tevinter as the PC would be if they were taken there as a slave. To be honest, though, I think it would be far more interesting to give us a background from somewhere other than a place we are familiar with. Actually this was true of our background in DAI because, as I point out above, the Freemarches are not Kirkwall. Also, Orlais, Ferelden or Kirkwall would mean nothing to completely new players. In order to get everyone up to speed with the new setting it would actually make more sense to have the new PC from there. Hence my suggestion about possible Tevinter backgrounds.

If they go with a trend they did seem to establish in previous games, that of the human PC always being from a noble background that has connections in the setting, then it would almost be a pre-requisite for that person to be from Tevinter, whether mage or mundane. In fact the latter might prove interesting as they would have the opposite problem to a mage noble in the south as in Tevinter their lack of magic would automatically penalise their social standing. Personally, I feel it is about time they had a human background that was not grounded in the nobility but I will not be surprised if they do end up being a noble who has fallen on hard times, may be through their family having fallen foul of Tevinter politics or their home city having been conquered by the Antaam.

As for the possibility of us being a Lord of Fortune, they are definitely a Rivain based guild, which is presumably why we never even knew they existed until Tevinter Nights because their modus operandi is in the north and they rarely stray so far south as Ferelden, Orlais or Kirkwall.

Well, if Solas is connected in any way with the disappearances from Marnas Pell, that could be the plot hook because it is our relatives that have gone missing. However, I do wonder if initially our PC will be totally separate from the hunt for Solas and it will only be later that our path crosses with his and we get involved. The Behind the Scenes video said how they will be dealing with problems that those in authority are ignoring. That could include the Antaam advancing across Tevinter (and Antiva, although the Crows do seem to have this covered), problems in the Grey Wardens, issues between the dwarves of the Ambassadoria and Kal-Sharok (or something else dwarf related), the Venatori misusing red lyrium and the strange events connected with Arlathan Forest. Mind you, that is apparently where Varric and Harding are going to in issue 3, plus making connections with a new faction there. We have yet to be given the blurb for issue 4 but it may well be that will reveal the starting point for our PC.

It’s been nearly a decade since Trespasser according to the expanded universe, so they could easily be someone recruited after Solas left this doesn’t know. I mean, we’ve seen this twice now with Vaea and Co and just recently with Miriam and Co.

That said, I really hope we don’t start as a member of the Inquisition. Ignoring the pure idiocy of the whole “find people he doesn’t know (we constantly surprised him, people can operate differently, he has an army of fade beings who can spy on everyone in their dreams, etc) as you said that would just be another giant middle finger to people who want the Inquisitor to return as protagonist.

Any involvement with the Inquisition should start similarly to the two examples I listed above: people not affiliated with the organization but hired as outside contractors. Later we can join it if the player wishes.

I agree that this is the most likely connection. It could also be similar to Half up Front, where it was actually an agent of Solas who used the protagonists to advance their own scheme. Having discovered the deception and thwarted them, at the end they were directed to Varric if they wanted to join the efforts against him as he was apparently running a hub for information in Kirkwall. That made sense considering the Inquisitor had been given a base there. It would also tie in with the latest cinematic. If Solas, or one of his agents, had betrayed us in that way, it would give us a strong motivation to join the fight against him, even without the threat to the world.

Action Action and Action of course. Almost no RPG element besides the character editior and a few dialogues. Maybe even less than DAI.
There is no way that Bioware will bring back a slow beginning like some of the Origins. I personal would prefer it but unfortunately this is now a rule that the first hour should not be "boring" for some players so there is of lots of combat in the beginning.

But there has to be a big event which shock the players. DAA had the attack on the keep, DA2 had the escape from Lotherig and DAI the destroyed conclave. So what next?
If i have to guess the fleeing from the Qunari because they invaded another city, Skyhold has been destroyed or Solas killed the DA 4 hero´s father´s brother´s nephew´s cousin´s former roommate.

I think part of it to was to maintain the sense of vagueness from those events regarding the Inquisitor's amnesia. It wouldn't have made a lot of sense for them to go 'ok the character has amnesia, maybe you were the villain, maybe this, maybe that,' but then have the player experience those events would've been 'but I, the player, knows Im not the villain.' That may not be enough of an excuse and amensia is a little bit of a weird trope to begin with but there were reasons for it.

Though I also don't think for that very reason this is a particular well they'll dip their feet into again. There have been enough games recently which has shown ways of doing this better than what we have seen without going into that trope.

I thought this was the most likely originally but that was when I thought the invasion would start with the game, whereas it has now been underway for several years. Still, with the Antaam having broken the Llomerryn Accord and attacked Antiva, it is possible we could start there rather than Tevinter.

According to Tevinter Nights, Skyhold is no longer connected with the Inquisition in such a way that this could be the case. If Solas did kill their relative, I think that would more likely be connected with events further north.

My ideas:

1. We are in a region, someone comes to us and says: People have disappeared. We are sent to search for them in the deep roads and stumble over Varric. (In this you only have to change what is spoken and the character which sent you in the deep roads.). Varric help to find the people and in exchange you do something for him in Minrathous.

2. We are the family of a merchant (Orlais background) and help him out. We get under attack. (mage background would be hard to fit in here i think) To get money and get back on the feets you sell your services (like hawke).