New Comic, Dragon Age: Deception

The fact that it was written for the game by a different person is irrelevant to either 1st or 2nd point I've made. And I don't think it's apt to call Weekes a 'completely different person' given the extent he and Gaider worked together (including the writing of another character, namely Solas) or Gaider either knowing exactly where he wanted to put Cole in the narrative or working extensively on it during the whole production.

The bottom line is that both he and Weekes were/are on main game's writing team and I don't think they'd give what are effectively outsiders to the whole project the task of creating companions.

That is what quite a few of us think, that these characters could be among the "people he doesn't know" that the Inquisitor refers to at the end of Trespasser. They probably won't all be companions, but I think at least some will and the others will be involved in quests. For example I hope Vaea is a companion, so even if Aaron isn't one as well he would be involved in her quests. 

Could you elaborate? Because I barely see any connections between these characters

I don´t think we will see any of these new Comic Characters as Companions.
First i find unlikely that we get more than one companion that came original from the Comics.
And this person should be Maevaris.

Speaking of Maevaris in some Interview before DAI Release David Gaider mentioned that he had
love to include Maevaris in more prominent role but it was to late.
Therefore i can only see Marius or Tessa as potential Companions.
And those two are a bit bland for my taste.
Marius is only interessing because he was (?) the Lover of Calpernia.
Personally i hope that Marius and Calpernia break up so that we can romance Calpernia.

For Vaea, Aaron and especial Olivia Pryde is it also too late to be Companions.
But they still can be included in some minor way.

Marius and Fenris: Both stoic? I don't even get that Marius is quiet because of rage, like Fenris. He's just not into the whole "words" thing. I also would never see Fenris enjoying Swords and Shields.

Veae and Sera: Both City Elves with a twist on the Robin Hood gimic BUT Sera is like...super honest and kinda simple minded. Bad people gotta pay one way or the other, the equalize the classes. Doesn't give two tits about race. Vaea lies with gusto and is very racially motivated to help her own people-- has more in common with Briala, from my perspective.

Blackwall and Aaron: Other than them both being brunette warriors with an honorable air about them, I can't see anything else they have in common.

uh, yeah, but Rainier had to do that because he murdered a carriage of noble people and their kids. Aaron really seems to be wondering by choice and with support of the Fereldan leadership.

but Vaea is racially motivated and does it out of a sense of vengeance so...


Who is Sera's quirky father exactly? o-o


Oh Maker, are you implying the non consenual sex between Fenris and his prior slave master was a tumultuous love affair?

If it was too late to include Maeveris, than it's too late to include any of them. Or did you mean for DAI? I don't think Maevaris would have made sense in DAI.

I don't see how any of the comic characters don't fit that though. Also you can have characters who aren't dark or edgy who still fit the tone of Dragon Age, for example Josephine. Even DAO had characters who weren't that way like Wynne or Oghren. 

Personally I see Maevaris being more of an adviser-like character than a companion. Even if she is a companion however there is no rule against more than one returning character. In fact if anything it is the opposite:
DA2 had three of the eight be returning characters: Anders, Isabela, Merrill.
DAI had five of the twelve be returning characters: Cassandra, Cole, Cullen, Leliana, Varric.
Each game had almost half the cast be from previous things.